I am a PhD candidate in political science at NTNU, and I work on the Anatomy of Resistance Campaigns (ARC) project led by Professor Charles Butcher.

Dissertation:

I study under what conditions pro-democracy protests succeed, with a particular focus on actors mobilizing against the state. The aim of my project is to understand the role of non-state actors in building or protecting democracy, and when movements can be successful in a world where global democracy levels are declining and previously consolidated democracies are experiencing democratic backsliding.

To understand the dynamics of pro-democracy movements, I leverage original and existing datasets on mass mobilization against the regime. I build an original dataset on actors in six countries that experienced democratic backsliding (South Korea, Ecuador, Hungary, Benin, Poland, and Brazil) to understand how actor traits, movement composition, and mobilization dynamics influenced democratic outcomes. I apply a variety of quantitative and qualitative techniques to analyze movement patterns and outcomes.

Teaching activities:

I have held lectures in a variety of courses at NTNU including POL3502: Causes of War, POL2014 - Specialization in Political Science: Comparative Politics, SOS1002 - Research Methods in the Social Sciences, as well as supervised bachelor students and a master student in comparative politics.