Ragnhild Nordås

Ragnhild Nordås is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, a faculty affiliate of the Program in International and Comparative Studies, and a faculty associate at the Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research. She is also a Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).

Ragnhild Nordås´ core research interests are in political violence and repression. Current research projects focus in particular on causes, dynamics, and consequences of sexual violence, incuding public perceptions of such violence. 

She is one of the co-creators of the global dataset on Sexual Violence and Armed Conflict (SVAC): www.sexualviolencedata.org 

Fields of Study:

• World Politics/International Relations
• Comparative Politics
• Peace and Conflict Studies