Jon Elster

Working Group Leader, CSCW; Professor, Columbia University

Email: je70@columbia.edu
Work phone: 22547700

Background

Working experience:

Research director, Institute for Social Research, Oslo, 1984 to present.
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, since 1988
Member, Academia Europaea since 1989
Adjunct Professor, Department of Economics, University of Oslo, 1990-92.
Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy since 1991
Robert K. Merton Professor of Social Science, Columbia University, 1995 to present.
Adjunct Professor, Centre for the Study of Civil War, Oslo 2003-2007

Please refer to the full CV for a complete list.

Education:

Mag.art.(philosophy) from the University of Oslo, 1966. Thesis: "Prise de conscience dans la Phénoménologie de l'Esprit de Hegel".

Docteur ès lettres et sciences sociales from the University of Paris V, 1972. Thesis: "Production et reproduction: Essai sur Marx".

External homepage:

Please see the external homepage at Columbia University for more information about this person.

PRIO Projects

Finished:

Mechanisms of belief formation in civil wars (project leader)
Techniques of violence in civil war
The Role of First Actors
The role of neutrals (project leader)
Thucydides
Transitional Justice in the Settlement of Conflicts and Kidnapping (project leader)

Events

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:30-14:30 – What do we know about Civil War?
18 - 19 Nov 2011 – Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism
Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:00-19:00 – PRIO Annual Peace Address 2010: Justice, Truth, Peace
Thu, 10 June 2010 – Emotions and Civil Wars
Thu, 18 June 2009 – Rumours and Conspiracy Theories in Civil Wars
15 - 16 Jun 2007 – Law in Peace Negotiations
Thu, 17 August 2006 – The Role of First Actors in Civil War
Wed, 14 December 2005 – Workshop on Conflicts and Economics, 14-15 December 2005
Tue, 18 October 2005 – Transitional Justice and Civil Conflicts Settlements
Tue, 25 January 2005 – Thucydides and Civil War
Wed, 18 August 2004 – The Boundaries of Civil Wars
Tue, 18 November 2003 – Definitions of Civil War and the 'Terrorism-War Dichotmy'

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.