Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede 1971-

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Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede 1971-

PERSONAL: Born October 9, 1971, in Øslo, Norway; son of Nils Petter (a researcher) and Kari (a researcher; maiden name, Skrede) Gleditsch; married Ismene Gizelis (a professor), August 2, 2003. Ethnicity: "White." Education: University of Øslo, Cand.Mag. (political science), 1993; University of Colorado, M.A. (political science), 1996, Ph.D. (political science), 1999.

ADDRESSES: Office—Department of Political Science, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92083-0521; fax: 858-534-7130. E-mail[email protected].

CAREER: Prosjekt Alternativ Framtid (Project Alternative Futures), Øslo, Norway, assistant editor, 1994-95; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, research fellow at Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and Harvard University/Massachusetts Institute of Technology Data Center, 1998-99; University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, lecturer in social-science methodology, 1999-2001; University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, assistant professor of political science, 2001-, Hellman faculty fellow, 2003. Guest speaker at educational institutions, including Columbia University, Yale University, and Duke University.

MEMBER: International Sociological Association, International Studies Association, Peace Science Society, European Consortium of Political Research, American Political Science Association, Midwest Political Science Association.

AWARDS, HONORS: Fulbright fellow, 1995-96; Johan Jørgen Holst scholar, Scandinavian American Foundation, 1995-97; travel grant, Research Council of Norway, 1999; Rudolf Wildenmann Prize, European Consortium for Political Research, 2001; Warren E. Miller Prize, Political Analysis, 2002.

WRITINGS:

All International Politics Is Local: The Diffusion of Conflict, Integration, and Democratization, University of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, MI), 2002.

Contributor to books, including Protest, Power, and Change: An Encyclopedia of Nonviolent Action from ACT-UP to Women's Suffrage, edited by Roger S. Powers and William B. Vogele, Garland Publishing (New York, NY), 1997. Contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals in the United States and abroad, including Journal of Conflict Resolution, Political Analysis, Journal of Peace Research, International Studies Quarterly, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Political Psychology, American Political Science Review, and International Interactions. Assistant editor, Alternativ Framtid, 1994-95; member of editorial board, Urbana: Análysis y métodos, 1999-, and Cooperation and Conflict, 2001-.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

ONLINE

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch Home Page, http://www.weber.ucsd.edu/∼kgleditz (August 25, 2004).

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