Christoffer Wold Andersen
About
I am a PhD candidate in political science at NTNU, and I work on the LEGACIES project led by Professor Charles Butcher.
My PhD project connects the legacies of historical and precolonial states to variations in modern repression and coercive institutions. Using a broad definition of repression that includes coercive institutions, persistent and structural inequality, and even targeted mass killings, I contribute to the understanding of the role of institutional persistence in influencing and shaping the “bad” (coercive and repressive) institutions of modern states. The project uses data from the LEGACIES-project, and the methods of inquiry are empirical and quantitative, exploring how coercive institutions from the past connect to the present using geospatial data on the (continuous) boundaries of historical states.
Publications
2022
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Andersen, Christoffer Wold;
Buhaug, Halvard.
(2022)
The Effect of Refugee related Violence on Political Trust in the Global South and Europe: A quantitative study of the influence of violence by and against refugees on political trust in Afrobarometer and European Social Survey participating countries.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Master thesis
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Simmonds, Emily Grace;
Adjei, Kwaku Peprah;
Andersen, Christoffer Wold;
Aspheim, Janne Cathrin Hetle;
Battistin, Claudia;
Bulso, Nicola;
Christensen, Hannah M.;
Cretois, Benjamin;
Cubero, Ryan John Abat;
Davidovich, Ivan Andres.
(2022)
Insights into the quantification and reporting of model-related uncertainty across different disciplines.
iScience
Academic article
Journal publications
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Simmonds, Emily Grace;
Adjei, Kwaku Peprah;
Andersen, Christoffer Wold;
Aspheim, Janne Cathrin Hetle;
Battistin, Claudia;
Bulso, Nicola;
Christensen, Hannah M.;
Cretois, Benjamin;
Cubero, Ryan John Abat;
Davidovich, Ivan Andres.
(2022)
Insights into the quantification and reporting of model-related uncertainty across different disciplines.
iScience
Academic article
Student thesis or dissertation
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Andersen, Christoffer Wold;
Buhaug, Halvard.
(2022)
The Effect of Refugee related Violence on Political Trust in the Global South and Europe: A quantitative study of the influence of violence by and against refugees on political trust in Afrobarometer and European Social Survey participating countries.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Master thesis
Outreach
2026
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Conference lectureAndersen, Christoffer Wold. (2026) Historical States and Coups. Danish Historical Political Economy Workshop
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Conference lectureAndersen, Christoffer Wold. (2026) Historical States and Coups. 14th Annual Eurasian Peace Science Conference
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Conference lectureAndersen, Christoffer Wold. (2026) Historical States and Coups. Norwegian National Conference in Political Science
2025
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Conference lectureAndersen, Christoffer Wold. (2025) Historical States and the Legitimacy of Ethnic Groups. 62nd Annual Conference
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Conference lectureAndersen, Christoffer Wold; Butcher, Charles Robert. (2025) Historical Statehood, Repression, Revolutions, and Mass Atrocities. 24th Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference
2024
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Conference lectureAndersen, Christoffer Wold. (2024) Historical States and Coercive Institutions. LEGACIES Workshop: Historical Institutions and their Legacies
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Conference lectureAndersen, Christoffer Wold. (2024) Historical States and Repression. 23rd Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference