Indra de Soysa
Background and activities
Interests: International Relations, International Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Causes of War, Globalization, Human Rights, Third World Studies
Prof. Indra de Soysa has a PhD in Political Science from the University of Alabama in the USA. He has worked previously at the International Peace Research Institute in Oslo (PRIO) and the University of Bonn in Germany. His research interests are primarily in the field of political economy and has published widely in top international journals, such as International Organization, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Peace Research, World Development, and Social Science and Medicine to name a few. Prof. de Soysa is a member of the Royal Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and serves on several editorial boards of top international journals.
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2022) Economic Freedom vs. Egalitarianism: An Empirical Test of Weak & Strong Sustainability, 1970-2018. Kyklos (Basel). vol. 75 (2).
- (2022) Ethnic Diversity, Racial Prejudice, and Attitudes towards Equity in the West and Beyond: A Multilevel Analysis, 1989–2014. International Journal on Minority and Group Rights.
- (2021) Does Egalitarian Democracy Boost Environmental Sustainability? An Empirical Test, 1970-2017. Journal of Sustainable Development.
- (2021) Free market capitalism and societal inequities: assessing the effects of economic freedom on income inequality and the equity of access to opportunity, 1990–2017. International Political Science Review.
- (2021) Does Empowering Women in Politics Boost Human Development? An Empirical Analysis, 1960–2018. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities. vol. 23 (2).
- (2021) Health-system equity, egalitarian democracy and COVID-19 outcomes: An empirical analysis. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. vol. 49.
- (2020) Economic Governance and Homicide: Some Theory and Empirics, 1990 – 2017. Journal of Peace Research.
- (2020) Does free-market capitalism drive unequal access to health? An empirical analysis, 1970–2015. Global Public Health.
- (2020) Rich and Naïve? Assessing the Effects of Norwegian Aid on Political Corruption, 1980–2018. Forum for Development Studies.
- (2020) Oil price volatility and political unrest: Prudence and protest in producer and consumer societies, 1980–2013. Energy Policy. vol. 145.
- (2020) U.S. Multinationals and Human Rights: A Theoretical and Empirical Assessment of Extractive Versus Nonextractive Sectors. Business & Society.
- (2019) Does Foreign Direct Investment Encourage State Militarization and Reduce Societal Security? An Empirical Test, 1980-2017. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy. vol. 26 (1).
- (2019) Does foreign direct investment encourage state militarization and reduce societal security? An empirical test, 1980-2017. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy. vol. 2019:20190011.
- (2019) Does Ethnolinguistic Diversity Preclude Good Governance? A Comparative Study with Alternative Data, 1990-2015. Kyklos (Basel). vol. 72 (4).
- (2019) Does Ethnolinguistic Diversity Preclude Good Governance? A Comparative Study with Alternative Data, 1990‐2015. Kyklos (Basel). vol. 72 (4).
- (2019) Does social globalisation through access to information communication technologies drive obesity among youth? An empirical analysis, 1990–2013. Global Public Health. vol. 14 (12).
- (2019) Does social globalisation through access to information communication technologies drive obesity among youth? An empirical analysis, 1990–2013. Global Public Health. vol. 14 (12).
- (2018) Is Islam compatible with free-market capitalism? An empirical analysis, 1970–2010. Politics and Religion. vol. 12 (2).
- (2018) Gender empowerment, inequalities and the prevalence of adult female obesity: An empirical analysis using new data, 1990–2013. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. vol. 47 (8).
- (2018) Does Ethnic Diversity Increase Violent Crime? A Global Analysis of Homicide Rates, 1995-2013. European Journal of Criminology.