Scott Gates

Research Professor

Email: scott@prio.org
Work phone: +4722 54 77 32
Mobile phone: +47916 48 367

Research Interests

Applied Game Theoretic Analysis, International Relations Theory, International Political Economy, Formal Models of Bureaucracy, Economic Modeling.

Background

Languages spoken:

English, Norwegian

Working experience:

Director, CSCW, PRIO, August 2002-2012

Professor, University of Oslo, 2015--

Professor, Norwegian Univ of Science & Technology, 2003--

Michigan State University, Associate Professor, 1996-2003

PRIO, Program Leader and Research Professor, 1999-2002

PRIO, Visiting Research Fellow, 1997- 1999

Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology, Visiting Scholar 96-97,98

Univ. of Trondheim, Visiting Associate Professor, 1994-95

Michigan State University, Assistant Professor, 1989-1996

Education:

PhD, Political Science, University of Michigan, 1989
MS, Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, 1985
MA, Political Science, University of Michigan, 1983
BA, Political Science, University of Minnesota, 1980
BA, Anthopology, University of Minnesota, 1980

PRIO Projects

Finished:

A New Agenda for European Security Economics (project leader)
Advanced Conflict Data Catalogue (ACDC)
Beliefs & Bloodshed: Understanding Religion and Intrastate Conflict
Child Soldiers - Children in Armed Conflict
Civilian Dimensions of Peace and Conflict - CIVICON
Conceptualization and Measurement of Democracy (CMD)
Conflict Prediction
Consequences of Civil Conflict
CSCW Centre Office
Disaggregating Civil Wars (project leader)
Effective Non-Violence? Resistance Strategies and Political Outcomes
Globalization, the State and Conflict (SIP) (project leader)
Kin State Intervention in Civil War
Natural Hazards and Civil Conflicts in Asian Countries (project leader)
Organization and Recruitment in Rebel Groups (project leader)
Payoff of Promises: Articulating, Negotiating, and Implementing Wealth-Sharing (project leader)
Polarization and Conflict (project leader)
Power Sharing Agreements, Negotiations and Peace Processes (project leader)
Power-sharing and Democratic Governance in Divided Societies (project leader)
Power-Sharing, Democracy and Civil Conflict (project leader)
Sexual Violence and Armed Conflict (SVAC)
Strategic Justice During Civil Conflict
Systems Thinking in Conflict Resolution and Post-Conflict Situations (project leader)
The Strategic Use of Violence for Political Goals
Transitional Governance (project leader)
Transitional Justice in the Settlement of Conflicts and Kidnapping
Workshop: Political Institutions, Development And a Domestic Civil Peace

Events

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:00-19:30 – Modern Civil War views on the US Civil War
Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:30-14:30 – What do we know about Civil War?
12 - 13 Feb 2012 – Counter-Insurgencies in Afghanistan
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:00-10:30 – Warfare in Independent Africa
Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:00-20:00 – Arts, Culture, and Social Change Within the Arab Spring
18 - 19 Nov 2011 – Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:00-13:30 – Warfare in South Asia
Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:00-13:30 – The Obama Administration's Foreign Policy
16 - 17 Dec 2010 – Environmental Factors of Civil War
Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:30-16:00 – Gender and Conflict Research
05 - 06 Nov 2010 – Strategies for Political Change: Why groups use nonviolence, violence, or both
04 - 05 Nov 2010 – Political Institutions and Conflict Resolution
23 - 24 Aug 2010 – Political Parties and Civil Peace
Thu, 24 June 2010 – Peace, Stability and Development in the Middle East and North Africa
Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:00-16:00 – GROW-Net Workshop
Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:00-17:00 – Facts and Myths about Civil Wars
29 - 30 Apr 2010 – The Principals and Agents of Violence
Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:00-15:00 – Gender and War
Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:45-22:00 – Persepolis - What Makes or Breaks a Revolution?
16 - 17 Apr 2009 – Institutional Constraints to Violence
Thu, 04 December 2008 – Youth Exclusion and Political Violence: Breaking the Link and Engaging Young People Positively in Development
Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:00-22:00 – Civil War in Europe - Film Seminar
Mon, 17 December 2007 – Transnationalism and Civil War
Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:30-22:00 – Civil War in Colombia
Wed, 06 Dec 2006 14:00-15:30 – Statebuilding seminar with Ashraf Ghani
Thu, 30 November 2006 – Failed States and Regional Insecurity
Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:00-14:30 – Rising Militancy in the Niger Delta
Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:30-21:00 – After the Civil War
Fri, 08 September 2006 – Terrified and Terrifying
Thu, 07 September 2006 – Transnational and International Facets of Civil War
Mon, 21 August 2006 – Power-Sharing and Democratic Governance in Divided Societies
Mon, 19 June 2006 – Post-Conflict Transitions: Political Institutions, Development And a Domestic Civil Peace (PIDDCP)
Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:00-12:00 – Foreign Direct Investment and the Propensity for Repression
01 - 03 Jun 2006 – Building Knowledge about Children in Armed Conflict
Tue, 13 Dec 2005 10:00-11:30 – Human Security Seminar with Andrew Mack
Tue, 18 October 2005 – Transitional Justice and Civil Conflicts Settlements
Fri, 23 Sep 2005 18:30-21:00 – La primera noche [The First Night]
Wed, 11 May 2005 – Transitional Governance Workshop
Sun, 01 May 2005 09:00-18:00 – Transitional Governance
Mon, 13 December 2004 – Workshop on Conflicts and Economics, 13–14 December 2004
Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:00-12:00 – Civil War Since 1945. What Can be Done?
Fri, 17 Sep 2004 18:30-21:00 – Civil War and Suicide Bombers
Wed, 18 August 2004 – The Boundaries of Civil Wars
Tue, 29 June 2004 – Conflict & Economic Performance
Fri, 14 May 2004 – Negotiations - Opening Workshop for the Civil Peace Working Group
Fri, 19 Sep 2003 19:00-21:00 – Film Seminar on Civil War
Mon, 06 Jan 2003 13:00-17:00 – CSCW Launch

PRIO started tracking events online in 2007. This listing is not complete. Past events may be mentioned in our news archive.

Publications

The following publications are specific to the Centre for the Study of Civil War. A more complete list may be available at www.prio.org.

All Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Article

Gates, Scott; Cyanne Loyle; Jon Elster & Helga Malmin Binningsbø (2012) Armed Conflict and Post-Conflict Justice, 1946–2006: A Dataset, Journal of Peace Research 49(5): 731–740.

Hegre, Håvard; Scott Gates; Håvard Strand & Håvard Mokleiv Nygård (2012) Development Consequences of Armed Conflict, World Development 40(9): 1713–1722.

Gates, Scott & Christopher K. Butler (2012) African Range Wars: Climate, Conflict, and Property Rights, Journal of Peace Research 49(1): 23–34.

Rustad, Siri Aas; Halvard Buhaug; Scott Gates & Åshild Falch (2011) All Conflict Is Local: Modeling Sub-National Variation in Civil Conflict Risk, Conflict Management and Peace Science 28(1): 15–40.

Gates, Scott; Halvard Buhaug & Päivi Lujala (2009) Geography, Rebel Capability, and the Duration of Civil Conflict, Journal of Conflict Resolution 53(4): 544–569.

Gates, Scott & Christopher K. Butler (2009) Asymmetry, Parity, and (Civil) War: Can International Theories of Power Help Us Understand Civil War?, International Interactions 35(3): 330–340.

Hegre, Håvard; Håvard Strand; Scott Gates & Mark P. Jones (2006) Institutional Inconsistency and Political Instability: Polity Duration, 1800-2000, American Journal of Political Science 50(4): 893–908.

Fredriksson, Per G.; Eric Neumayer; Richard Damania & Scott Gates (2005) Environmentalism, Democracy, and Pollution Control, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 49(2): 343–365.

Gates, Scott & S. Mansoob Murshed (2005) Spatial–Horizontal Inequality and the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal, Review of Development Economics 9(1): 121–134.

Gates, Scott (2002) Recruitment and Allegiance: The Microfoundations of Rebellion, Journal of Conflict Resolution 46(1): 111–130.

Buhaug, Halvard & Scott Gates (2002) The Geography of Civil War, Journal of Peace Research 39(4): 417–433.

Monograph

Brehm, John & Scott Gates (2008) Teaching, Tasks, and Trust - Functions of the Public Executive. New York: Russell Sage. Russell Sage Foundation Series on Trust.

Book Chapter

Roy, Kaushik & Scott Gates (2011) Introduction, in Scott Gates, ed., Unconventional Warfare in South Asia, 1947 to the Present. Farnham: Ashgate (9–30).

Roy, Kaushik & Scott Gates (2011) Introduction, in Roy, Kaushik; & Scott Gates, eds, Conventional Warfare in South Asia, 1947 to the Present. Farnham: Ashgate (9–30).

Gates, Scott & Kaushik Roy (2011) Introduction, in Gates, Scott; & Kaushik Roy, eds, The Nuclear Shadow over South Asia, 1947 to the Present. Farnham: Ashgate (9–28).

Gates, Scott (2011) Why Do Children Fight? Motivations and the Mode of Recruitment, in Child Soldiers: from Recruitment to Reintegration. Palgrave Macmillan (29–49).

Gates, Scott & Jens Chr. Andvig (2010) Recruiting Children for Armed Conflict, in Reich, Simon; & Scott Gates, eds, Child Soldiers in the Age of Fractured States. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press (77–92).

Reich, Simon & Scott Gates (2010) Child Soldiers in the Age of Fractured States: Introduction, in Reich, Simon; & Scott Gates, eds, Child Soldiers in the Age of Fractured States. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press (3–13).

Gates, Scott & Simon Reich (2010) Conclusion: Children and Human Security, in Gates, Scott; & Simon Reich, eds, Child Soldiers in the Age of Fractured States. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press (247–254).

Butler, Christopher K. & Scott Gates (2010) The Technology of Terror: Accounting for the Strategic Use of Terrorism, in William R. Thompson, ed., Coping with Terrorism: Origins, Escalation, Counter Strategies and Responses. Buffalo, NY: State University of New York Press (53–73).

Strand, Håvard & Scott Gates (2008) Military Intervention, Democratization, and Post-conflict Political Stability, in Resources, Governance and Civil Conflict. Abingdon: (147–162).

Aydin, Aysegul & Scott Gates (2008) Rulers as Mass Murderers: Political Institutions and Human Insecurity, in Marie-Joëlle Zahar, ed., Intra-State Conflict, Governments and Security: Dilemmas of Deterrence and Assurance. London: Routledge (72–95).

Gates, Scott & S. Mansoob Murshed (2006) Spatial Horizontal Inequality and the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal, in Spatial Disparities in Human Development. Tokyo: .

Hegre, Håvard; Nils Petter Gleditsch; Scott Gates & Tanja Ellingsen (2005) Towards a Democratic Civil Peace, in War. Library of International Relations. London: (165–193).

Brehm, John & Scott Gates (2004) Supervisors as Trust Brokers, in Trust and Distrust in Organizations. New York: (41–64).

Gomez, Brad; Scott Gates & John Brehm (2003) Donut Shops, Speed Traps, and Paperwork, in Politics, Policy, and Organizations: Essays in the Scientific Study of Bureaucracy. Ann Arbor, MI: (133–159).

Edited Volume

Roy, Kaushik; & Scott Gates, eds, (2011) Unconventional Warfare in South Asia to the Present. Farnham: Ashgate. Critical Essays on Warfare in South Asia, 1947 to the Present.

Gates, Scott; & Kaushik Roy, eds, (2011) The Nuclear Shadow over South Asia, 1947 to the Present. Farnham: Ashgate. Critical Essays on Warfare in South Asia, 1947 to Present.

Roy, Kaushik; & Scott Gates, eds, (2011) Conventioinal Warfare in South Asia, 1947 to the Present. Farnham: Ashgate. Critical Essays on Warfare in South Asia, 1947 to the Present.

Gates, Scott; & Simon Reich, eds, (2010) Child Soldiers in the Age of Fractured States. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press. The Security Continuum.

Gates, Scott; Brad Gomez; & John Brehm, eds, (2003) Donut Shops, Speed Traps, and Paperwork. Ann Arbor. Politics, Policy, and Organizations: Essays in the Scientific Study of Bureaucracy.

Non-refereed Journal Article

Reich, Simon & Scott Gates (2009) Think Again: Child Soldiers, Foreign Policy.

Urdal, Henrik; Håvard Strand; Halvard Buhaug; Scott Gates & Håvard Hegre (2009) Nils Petter Gleditsch: A Lifetime Achiever, European Political Science 8(1): 79–89.

Gates, Scott (2008) Mixing It Up: The Role of Theory in Mixed Method Research, Qualitative Methods: Newsletter of the American Political Science Association Organized Section for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research 6(1): 27–29.

Conference Paper

Gates, Scott; Håvard Mokleiv Nygård; Håvard Hegre & Håvard Strand (2010) Arab Exceptionalism -- How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Trust my Secret PoliceFort Worth, TX, 21–23 Oct.

Butler, Christopher K. & Scott Gates (2010) African Range WarsRoyal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters 250th Anniversary Conference.

Butler, Christopher K. & Scott Gates (2010) Property Rights and ConflictCentre for the study of equality, social organization, and performance.

Gates, Scott; Halvard Buhaug; Åshild Falch & Siri Aas Rustad (2009) Subnational Variation in Civil Conflict Risk, presented at 50th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, New York, NY, 15–18 February.

Gates, Scott; Lars Seland Gomsrud & Håvard Strand (2009) Surviving the Capitalist Peace: Leaders' Incentives and Economic FreedomPotsdam, Germany, 10 September.

Gates, Scott & David Lektzian (2008) Drugs, Governance, and Civil ConflictSan Francisco, CA, 2008.

Aydin, Aysegul & Scott Gates (2008) From Repression to Genocide: Why Would a Leader Ever Commit Mass Murder?, presented at 49th Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, 26–29 March.

Gates, Scott & Kaare Strøm (2008) Power-sharing, Agency and Civil ConflictZurich, Switzerland, 15 September.

Strand, Håvard; Mark P. Jones; Håvard Hegre & Scott Gates (2007) Democratic Waves? War, New States, and Global Patterns of Democratization, 1800 –2000, presented at Statsvitenskaplig Fagkonferanse, Trondheim, 3–5 March.

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin; Scott Gates & Tove Grete Lie (2007) Post-Conflict Justice and Sustainable Peace, presented at Conference on Management of Post-Conflict Transition: The Challenges of Institutional Reform, Khartoum, Sudan, 22–24 January .

Gates, Scott (2007) Recruiting Child Soldiers, presented at the 48th Annual Metting of the International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, 28 February–3 March.

Gates, Scott & Aysegul Aydin (2007) Why Do Rulers Commit Mass Murder? The Microfoundations of Human Insecurity, presented at the 48th Annual Metting of the International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, 28 February–3 March.

Binningsbø, Helga Malmin; Scott Gates & Tove Grete Lie (2006) Post-Conflict Justice and Sustainable Peace, presented at Polarization and Conflict Workshop, Nicosia, Cyprus, 26–29 April.

Gates, Scott & Aysegul Aydin (2006) Rulers as Mass Murderers: Political Institutions and Human Insecurity, presented at the 47th Annual Conference of the International Studies Association (ISA), San Diego, CA, 22–25 March.

Gates, Scott; Tove Grete Lie & Helga Malmin Binningsbø (2006) Postconflict Justice and Sustainable Peace, presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Philadelphia, PA, 31 August–3 September.

Lektzian, David & Scott Gates (2005) Drugs, Governance and Civil Conflict, presented at the 46th Annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Honolulu, HI, 1–5 March.

Gates, Scott & Päivi Lujala (2005) Geography, Strategic Ambition, and the Duration of Civil Conflict, presented at International Conference on 'Mapping the Complexity of Civil Wars', Zürich, 15–17 September.

Gates, Scott & David Lektzian (2004) Drugs, Governance and Civil Conflict, presented at a workshop on 'Resources, Governance Structures, and Civil War', Uppsala, 13–18 April.

Gates, Scott & Håvard Strand (2004) Modeling the Duration of Civil Wars: Measurement and Estimation Issues, presented at Meeting of the Standing Group on International Relations, the Hauge, 9–11 September.

Jones, Mark; Scott Gates & Håvard Strand (2004) The Escalation Process from Political Instability to War, presented at the 45th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Montreal, 17–20 March.

Strand, Håvard & Scott Gates (2004) Military Intervention, Democratization, and Post-conflict Political Stability, presented at the 45th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Montreal, 17–20 March.

Gates, Scott (2003) Modelling the Duration of Civil Wars: Selection Bias, Measurement and Estimation Issues, presented at Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, 3–6 April.

Gates, Scott & Päivi Lujala (2003) Lootable Natural Resources and the Duration of Armed Conflict, 1946–2001, presented at the Eleventh Norwegian National Conference in Political Science, Trondheim, 8–10 January.

PRIO Policy Brief

Strøm, Kaare; Scott Gates & Håvard Strand (2010) Peace and Democracy – Can We Have Both?, CSCW Policy Brief, 3. Oslo: PRIO.

Strand, Håvard & Scott Gates (2008) Lessons Learned from Power-sharing in Africa, CSCW Policy Brief, 8. Oslo: PRIO.

Strøm, Kaare & Scott Gates (2008) Power-sharing and Civil Conflict, CSCW Policy Brief, 1. Oslo: PRIO.

Gates, Scott & Kaare Strøm (2007) Power-sharing, Agency and Civil Conflict - Power-sharing Agreements, Negotiations and Peace Processes, CSCW Policy Brief, 1. Oslo: PRIO.

Report - Other

Gates, Scott; Halvard Buhaug; Håvard Hegre; & Håvard Strand (2007) Global Trends in Armed Conflict, Globale Norge - hva nå?. Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Gleditsch, Nils Petter; Håvard Hegre; & Scott Gates (2004) Towards a Global Civil Peace, background note to the United Nations Foundation. .

Report - External Series

Gates, Scott; Håvard Hegre; Marianne Dahl; & Håvard Strand (2012) Why Waves? Global Patterns of Democratization, Working paper. .

Nygård, Håvard Mokleiv; Håvard Strand; Scott Gates; & Håvard Hegre (2010) Consequences of Civil War, Background paper for World Development Report 2011. .

Rustad, Siri Aas; Halvard Buhaug; Scott Gates; & Åshild Falch (2009) Risk Assessment and Mitigation Measures for Natural and Conflict-Related Hazards in Asia-Pacific, NGI Report 200716001. Oslo: Norwegian Geotechnical Institute.