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Indra de Soysa

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Indra de Soysa

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Department of Sociology and Political Science

indra.de.soysa@ntnu.no
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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.

Competencies

  • FDI
  • Sri Lanka
  • aid
  • civil war
  • crime & violence
  • development
  • economic growth
  • inequality
  • political conflict
  • political economy

Publications

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2026

  • de Soysa, Indra. (2026) Does women's empowerment protect women from violence? A test of political and economic empowerment on female homicide rates and victim ratios in comparative international perspective, 1990–2021. European Journal of Criminology
    Academic article
  • Kavitha, A K; Adair, Timothy; Fazaeli, Ali Akbar; Aronsson, Emma Amanda; Ashaba, Maggie; Backhaus-Hoven, Insa Linnea; Bakhtiari, Ahad; Balaj, Mirza; Barnes, Tasha; Barouni, Mohsen. (2026) WHO launches global network of institutes to strengthen capacity for health inequality monitoring. International Journal for Equity in Health
    Commentary

2025

  • de Soysa, Indra. (2025) Economic Governance, Political Freedoms and the Conditions of Societal Violence: Liberty and Peace. Routledge
    Academic monograph
  • Aronsson, Emma Amanda; de Soysa, Indra. (2025) Informal employment, population health, and welfare policies: A global empirical analysis between 2011–2021. PLOS ONE
    Academic article

2024

  • Helmersen, Ingrid Holthe; de Soysa, Indra. (2024) Which freedoms benefit the poor? A two-horse race between economic and political freedoms on health-adjusted life expectancy and child mortality, 1990–2020. Journal of International Development
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2024) Green with envy? The effects of inequality and equity within and across social groups on greenhouse gas emissions, 1990–2020. World Development
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2024) Democracy, Egalitarianism and the Homicide Rate: An Empirical Test of a Variety of Democracies, 1990–2019. British Journal of Criminology
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; Ruth, Rebecca. (2024) Does Norwegian Aid Reward Equitable Access to Health in Recipient States? Assessing a ‘Moral Superpower’s’ Aid to Pro-Poor Development, 1990–2019. Forum for Development Studies
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Moe, Espen; Sæther, Simen Rostad. (2024) Egalitarian governance and the green energy transition: an empirical test of 46 industrial economies, 1990–2020. Environment, Development and Sustainability
    Academic article
  • Velde, Lode Van der; Shabaan, Ahmed Nabil; Månsson, Anastasia; Wennberg, Peter; Allebeck, Peter; Karlsson, Thomas G; Flodin, Pär; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Knudsen, Ann Kristin Skrindo; de Soysa, Indra. (2024) Alcohol-attributed disease burden and formal alcohol policies in the Nordic countries (1990-2019): an analysis using the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. European Journal of Public Health
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya. (2024) A friend indeed to friends in need? China's trade regime and Covid-19 vaccine diplomacy. China Economic Quarterly International (CEQI)
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Finseraas, Henning; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya. (2024) Group Grievances, Opportunity, and the Onset of Civil War: Some Theory and Tests of Competing Mechanisms, 1990-2017. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy
    Academic article

2023

  • Brazys, Samuel; de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya. (2023) Blessing or curse? Assessing the local impacts of foreign direct investment on conflict in Africa. Journal of Peace Research
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Kaasa, Jorunn; Rød, Jan Ketil. (2023) Immigration and the “Welfare Magnet” hypothesis: An examination of municipality-level crime in Norway, 2007–2016. International Area Studies Review
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2023) Does Income Inequality Degrade Human Capital? Assessing the Effects of Income Inequality on Access to Public Goods & Human Health, 1960-2020. Journal of Income Distribution
    Academic article

2022

  • de Soysa, Indra. (2022) Austerity by Design Comment on “Ensuring Global Health Equity in a Post-pandemic Economy”. International Journal of Health Policy and Management
    Academic article
  • Vadlamanatti, Krishna; Cooray, Arusha; de Soysa, Indra. (2022) Can bigger health budgets cushion pandemics? An empirical test of COVID-19 deaths across the world. Journal of Public Policy
    Academic article
  • Besnier, Elodie Anne Suzanne; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; de Soysa, Indra; Palermo, Tia. (2022) Equity and Child Health: Addressing Health Inequalities and Improving Child Health Through a Public Health Approach. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Doctoral thesis
  • de Soysa, Indra; Krieger, Tim; Meierrieks, Daniel. (2022) Oil and property rights. Resources Policy
    Academic article
  • Jakobsen, Tor Georg; de Soysa, Indra. (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
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2022) Economic Freedom vs. Egalitarianism: An Empirical Test of Weak & Strong Sustainability, 1970-2018. Kyklos (Basel)
    Academic article

2021

  • Hornset, Norunn; de Soysa, Indra. (2021) Does Empowering Women in Politics Boost Human Development? An Empirical Analysis, 1960–2018. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2021) Does Egalitarian Democracy Boost Environmental Sustainability? An Empirical Test, 1970-2017. Journal of Sustainable Development
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya. (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
    Academic article
  • Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; Cooray, Arusha; de Soysa, Indra. (2021) Health-system equity, egalitarian democracy and COVID-19 outcomes: An empirical analysis. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
    Academic article
  • Tandberg, Charlotte; Gates, Scott; de Soysa, Indra. (2021) The Same, Only Different: Revisiting State Capacity’s Theoretical and Empirical Implications for the Study of Intrastate Armed Conflict. University of Oslo
    Master thesis

2020

  • Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; Janz, Nicole; de Soysa, Indra. (2020) U.S. Multinationals and Human Rights: A Theoretical and Empirical Assessment of Extractive Versus Nonextractive Sectors. Business & Society
    Academic article
  • Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; de Soysa, Indra. (2020) Oil price volatility and political unrest: Prudence and protest in producer and consumer societies, 1980–2013. Energy Policy
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya. (2020) Does free-market capitalism drive unequal access to health? An empirical analysis, 1970–2015. Global Public Health
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2020) Extractive resources, conflicts, and migration.
    Non-fiction chapter
  • Toft, Elise; de Soysa, Indra. (2020) Rich and Naïve? Assessing the Effects of Norwegian Aid on Political Corruption, 1980–2018. Forum for Development Studies
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; Cooray, Arusha. (2020) Healthcare equity and COVID-19 Assessing the relative effectiveness of egalitarian governance and healthcare system capacity on the COVID-19 pandemic. United Nations University Press
    Research report
  • de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; Cooray, Arusha. (2020) Do bigger health budgets cushion pandemics? An empirical test of COVID-19 deaths across the world. United Nations University Press
    Research report
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2020) Economic Governance and Homicide: Some Theory and Empirics, 1990 – 2017. Journal of Peace Research
    Academic article

2019

  • de Soysa, Indra. (2019) Does Foreign Direct Investment Encourage State Militarization and Reduce Societal Security? An Empirical Test, 1980-2017. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2019) Does foreign direct investment encourage state militarization and reduce societal security? An empirical test, 1980-2017. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy
    Academic literature review
  • de Soysa, Indra; almås, synnøve. (2019) Does Ethnolinguistic Diversity Preclude Good Governance? A Comparative Study with Alternative Data, 1990-2015. Kyklos (Basel)
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Knutson, Andreas Harry Solheim. (2019) Does social globalisation through access to information communication technologies drive obesity among youth? An empirical analysis, 1990–2013. Global Public Health
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Almås, Synøve. (2019) Does Ethnolinguistic Diversity Preclude Good Governance? A Comparative Study with Alternative Data, 1990‐2015. Kyklos (Basel)
    Academic article
  • Knutson, Andreas Harry Solheim; de Soysa, Indra. (2019) Does social globalisation through access to information communication technologies drive obesity among youth? An empirical analysis, 1990–2013. Global Public Health
    Academic article

2018

  • McNamara, Courtney L.; de Soysa, Indra. (2018) Special Issue on trade and health: Introduction. Global Social Policy
    Editorial
  • de Soysa, Indra; Lewin, Oda. (2018) Gender empowerment, inequalities and the prevalence of adult female obesity: An empirical analysis using new data, 1990–2013. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Noel, Carmen. (2018) Does Ethnic Diversity Increase Violent Crime? A Global Analysis of Homicide Rates, 1995-2013. European Journal of Criminology
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2018) Is Islam compatible with free-market capitalism? An empirical analysis, 1970–2010. Politics and Religion
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya. (2018) Income Inequality, Equity and State Terror, 1976-2016. Revista Scienza e Pace
    Academic article

2017

  • de Soysa, Indra. (2017) Predatory Government and the Feasibility of Rebellion: A Micro Logic of the Capitalist Peace.
    Academic chapter
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2017) Proxy Wars: Implications of Great-Power Rivalry for the Onset and Duration of Civil War.
    Academic chapter
  • de Soysa, Indra; Hermanrud, Kristine. (2017) Missing the forest for the trees! A reply to “Lazy thinking, lazy giving—or lazy research?”. International Area Studies Review
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Jakobsen, Tor Georg; Holum, Marthe Liss. (2017) FREE-MARKET CAPITALISM, INTERPERSONAL TRUST, AND TRUST IN POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS: A MULTILEVEL EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS, 1994–2014. Journal of Globalization Studies
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya. (2017) Economic Freedom, Social Protections, and Electoral Support for Anti-Immigrant Populist Parties in 27 Industrial Democracies. Economic Freedom of the World
    Academic article
  • Albertsen, Daniel; de Soysa, Indra. (2017) Islam, Oil, and the Middle East Region: An Empirical Analysis of the Repression of Religion, 1980-2013. Politics and Religion
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; de Soysa, Ann Kristin Hjelle. (2017) Do globalization and free markets drive obesity among children and youth? An empirical analysis, 1990–2013. International Interactions
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2017) What do we know about armed violence and how best to prevent it? Extended lessons for Sri Lankan defence posture and policy. Institute for National Security Studies Sri Lanka (INSSSL)
    Research report

2016

  • de Soysa, Indra. (2016) Predatory Government and the Feasibility of Rebellion: A Micro Logic of the Capitalist Peace.
    Academic chapter
  • Hermanrud, Kristine; de Soysa, Indra. (2016) Lazy thinking, lazy giving? Examining the effects of Norwegian aid on forests in developing countries. International Area Studies Review
    Academic article
  • Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; de Soysa, Indra. (2016) Do resource-wealthy rulers adopt transparency-promoting laws. International Studies Quarterly
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya. (2016) Does social diversity impede sound economic management? An empirical analysis, 1980–2012. Social Science Research
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Gizelis, Theodora-Ismene. (2016) More heat, less light! The resource curse & HIV/AIDS: A reply to Olivier Sterck. Social Science and Medicine
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2016) Capitalism & the “new wars”: free markets and societal insecurity before and after the cold war, 1970–2013. Civil Wars
    Academic article

2015

  • Kok, Marcel; Lüdeke, Matthias; Lucas, Paul; Sterzel, Till; Walther, Carsten; Janssen, Peter; Sietz, Diana; de Soysa, Indra. (2015) A new method for analysing socio-ecological patterns of vulnerability. Regional Environmental Change
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2015) Oil and the new wars: Another look at the resource curse using alternative data. Development Studies Research
    Academic article

2014

  • Sterzel, Till; Lüdeke, Matthias; Kok, Marcel; Walther, Carsten; Sietz, Diana; de Soysa, Indra; Lucas, Paul; Janssen, Peter. (2014) Armed conflict distribution in global drylands through the lens of a typology of socio-ecological vulnerability. Regional Environmental Change
    Academic article
  • Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; Østmoe, Gina Maria G.; de Soysa, Indra. (2014) Do IMF programs disrupt ethnic peace? An empirical analysis, 1985–2006. Journal of Peace Research
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya. (2014) Free Markets and Civil Peace Some Theory and Empirical Evidence.
    Academic chapter

2013

  • de Soysa, Indra; Vadlammanati, Krishna Chaitanya. (2013) Do pro-market economic reforms drive human rights violations? An empirical assessment, 1981-2006. Public Choice
    Academic article
  • Jakobsen, Tor Georg; de Soysa, Indra; Jakobsen, Jo. (2013) Why do poor countries suffer costly conflict? Unpacking per capita income and the onset of civil war. Conflict Management and Peace Science
    Academic article
  • Midtgård, Trude Mariane; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; de Soysa, Indra. (2013) Does the IMF cause civil war? A comment. The Review of International Organizations
    Academic article

2012

  • Flaten, Ranveig Drolsum; de Soysa, Indra. (2012) Globalization and Political Violence, 1970-2008. International Interactions
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Gizelis, Theodora-Ismene. (2012) The natural resource curse and the spread of HIV/AIDS, 1990-2008. Social Science and Medicine
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Midford, Paul. (2012) Enter The Dragon! An Empirical Analysis of Chinese versus US Arms Transfers to Autocrats and Violators of Human Rights,1989 - 2006. International Studies Quarterly
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2012) The Capitalist Civil Peace: Some Theory and Empirical Evidence.
    Academic chapter
  • Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; de Soysa, Indra. (2012) Do Pro-Market Economic Reforms Drive Human Rights Violations – An Empirical Assessment. Public Choice
    Academic article

2011

  • de Soysa, Indra. (2011) De nye sosiale mediene er annerledes fordi folk har fått en egen fri kanal. VestNytt
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2011) The Natural Resource Curse and State Failure: A Comparative View of Sub-Saharan Africa.
    Academic chapter
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2011) The Hidden Hand Wrestles Rebellion: Theory and Evidence on How Economic Freedom Prevents Civil Violence. Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2011) Economic Policies and Armed Conflict: The Promise of Globalization.
    Academic chapter
  • de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya. (2011) Does Being Bound Together Suffocate, or Liberate? The Effects of Economic, Social, and Political Globalization on Human Rights, 1981-2005. Kyklos (Basel)
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2011) Another Misadventure of Economists in the Tropics? Social Diversity, Cohesion, and Economic Development. International Area Studies Review
    Academic article
  • Neumayer, Eric; de Soysa, Indra. (2011) Globalization and the Empowerment of Women: An Analysis of Spatial Dependence via Trade and Foreign Direct Investment. World Development
    Academic article
  • Munoz, Lucia Munoz Liste; de Soysa, Indra. (2011) The Blog vs. Big Brother: New and Old Information Technology and Political Repression, 1980–2006. International Journal of Human Rights
    Academic article
  • Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; de Soysa, Indra. (2011) Does Being Bound Together Suffocate or Liberate? Testing the Effects of Economic, Social and Political Globalization and Human Rights,1981-2005. Kyklos (Basel)
    Academic article

2010

  • de Soysa, Indra; Fjelde, Hanne. (2010) Is the hidden hand an iron fist? Capitalism and civil peace, 1970-2005. Journal of Peace Research
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; Cooray, Arusha. (2010) Do bigger health budgets cushion pandemics?: An empirical test of COVID-19 deaths across the world. UNU-WIDER working paper series
    Popular science article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Bailey, Jennifer Leigh; Neumayer, Eric. (2010) Free to Squander? Democracy and Sustainable Development, 1975-2000.
    Academic chapter
  • de Soysa, Indra; Jackson, Thomas; Ormhaug, Christin Marsh. (2010) Tools of the torturer? Small arms import and repression of human rights, 1992-2004. International Journal of Human Rights
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2010) Ideer. Dagbladet
    Academic article

2009

  • Jakobsen, Tor Georg; de Soysa, Indra. (2009) Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death! State Repression, Ethnic Grievance and Civil War, 1981-2004. Civil Wars
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Binningsbø, Helga Malmin. (2009) The devil's excrement as social cement: natural resources and political terror, 1980–2002. International Social Science Journal
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2009) Tamilene i Sri Lanka har rett til selvbestemmelse. Adresseavisen
    Commentary
  • de Soysa, Indra; Jakobsen, Jo. (2009) Rewards of Freedom: Democracy and the Inflow of Foreign Direct Investment.
    Academic chapter
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2009) Hell is Other People? Social Fractionalization and State Repression, 1980-2004. Politische Vierteljahresschrift
    Academic article
  • Fjelde, Hanne; de Soysa, Indra. (2009) Coercion, Co-optation, or Cooperation? State Capacity and the Risk of Civil War, 1961–2005. Conflict Management and Peace Science
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Jackson, Thomas; Ormhaug, Christin. (2009) Does Globalization Profit the Small Arms Bazaar?. International Interactions
    Academic article
  • Eriksen, Silja; de Soysa, Indra. (2009) A Fate Worse than Debt? International Financial Institutions and Human Rights, 1981–2003. Journal of Peace Research
    Academic article
  • Bussmann, Margit; de Soysa, Indra; Oneal, John R.. (2009) Globalization and income inequality in the developing world.
    Academic chapter

2008

  • de Soysa, Indra; Neumayer, Eric. (2008) Disarming Fears of Diversity: Ethnic Heterogeneity and State Militarization, 1988—2002. Journal of Peace Research
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2008) A Review of Rodwan Abouharb and David Cingranelli (2007) Human Rights and Structural Adjustment. The Review of International Organizations
    Academic literature review

2007

  • de Soysa, Indra. (2007) Disarming Fears of Diversity: Ethnic Heterogeneity and State Militarization, 1988–2002. World Bank
    Research report
  • Neumayer, Eric; de Soysa, Indra. (2007) Globalization, Women's Economic Rights, and Forced Labor. The World Economy
    Academic article
  • Jütting, johannes; Dreschsler, Denis; Bartsch, Sebastian; de Soysa, Indra. (2007) Informal Institutions. How social norms help or hinder development. OECD Publishing
    Anthology
  • Jütting, johannes; Drechsler, Denis; Bartsch, Sebastian; de Soysa, Indra. (2007) Conclutions and Outlook.
    Academic chapter
  • de Soysa, Indra; Jütting, johannes. (2007) Informal Institutions and Development: How they matter and what makes them change.
    Academic chapter
  • Jütting, johannes; Drechsler, Denis; Bartsch, Sebastian; de Soysa, Indra. (2007) Introduction and Overview.
    Academic chapter
  • Binningsbø, Helga Malmin; de Soysa, Indra; Gleditsch, Nils Petter. (2007) Green giant or straw man? Environmental pressure and civil conflict, 1961–99. Population and environment
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Nordås, Ragnhild. (2007) Islam's bloody innards? Religion and political terror, 1980-2000. International Studies Quarterly
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Neumayer, Eric. (2007) Resource Wealth and the Risk of Civil War Onset: Results from a New Dataset of Natural Resource Rents, 1970–1999. Conflict Management and Peace Science
    Academic article
  • Dietz, Simon; Neumayer, E; de Soysa, Indra. (2007) Corruption, the Resource Curse and Genuine Savings. Environment and Development Economics
    Academic article

2006

  • Jakobsen, Jo; de Soysa, Indra. (2006) Do Foreign Investors Punish Democracy? Theory and Empirics. Kyklos (Basel)
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2006) Energy, Wealth and Governance in the Caucasus and Central Asia. Routledge
    Anthology
  • Neumayer, Eric; de Soysa, Indra. (2006) Globalization and the Right to Free Association and Collective Bargaining. World Development
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2006) Do Foreign Investors Punish Democracy? Theory and Empirics, 1984–2001. Kyklos (Basel)
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2006) Margit Bussmann, Indra de Soysa, and John R. Oneal. (2005) The Effect of Globalization on National Income Inequality. Comparative Sociology
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2006) Globalization and the Right to Free Association and Collective Bargaining: An Empirical Analysis. World Development
    Academic article

2005

  • de Soysa, Indra. (2005) False prophet, or genuine savior? Assessing the effects of economic openness on sustainable development, 1980-99. International Organization
    Academic literature review
  • de Soysa, Indra; Neumayer, Eric. (2005) False Prophet, or Genuine Savior? Assessing the Effects of Economic Openness on Sustainable Development, 1980-1999. International Organization
    Academic article
  • Neumayer, Eric; de Soysa, Indra. (2005) Trade Openness, Foreign Direct Investment and Child Labor. World Development
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2005) Filthy Rich, Not Dirt Poor! How Mother Nature Nurtures Civil Violence.
    Academic chapter
  • de Soysa, Indra; Neumayer, E. (2005) False prophet, or genuine savior? Assessing the effects of economic openness on sustainable development, 1980-99. International Organization
    Academic literature review
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2005) The Effects of Globalization on National Income Inequality. Comparative Sociology
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2005) False Prophet, or Genuine Savior? Assessing the Effects of Economic Openness on Sustainable Development, 1980-99. International Organization
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2005) Trade Openness, Foreign Direct Investment and Child Labour. World Development
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2005) Trade Openness, Foreign Direct Investment and Child Labor. World Development
    Academic article

2004

  • de Soysa, Indra. (2004) Understanding development: Theory and practice in the third world, 2nd edition. Journal of Peace Research
    Book review

2003

  • de Soysa, Indra. (2003) Foreign Direct Investment, Democracy, and Development: The Correlates and Concomitants of Globalization. Routledge
    Academic monograph

2002

  • de Soysa, Indra; Gleditsch, Nils Petter. (2002) The Liberal Globalist Case.
    Academic chapter
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2002) Paradise is a Bazaar? Greed, Creed, & Governance in Civil War, 1989–99. Journal of Peace Research
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2002) Ecoviolence: Shrinking Pie or Honey Pot?. Global Environmental Politics
    Academic article

2000

  • Gleditsch, Nils Petter; Lindgren, Göran; Mouhleb, Naima; Smit, Sjoerd; de Soysa, Indra. (2000) Making Peace Pay: A Bibliography on Disarmament and Conversion. Regina
    Non-fiction monograph

1999

  • Gleditsch, Nils Petter; de Soysa, Indra. (1999) To Cultivate Peace. Agriculture in a World of Conflict. PRIO
    Research report
  • de Soysa, Indra. (1999) Boon or Bane? Reassessing the Effects of Foreign Capital on Economic Growth. American Sociological Review
    Academic article

1998

  • de Soysa, Indra. (1998) But Power and Wealth are Satisfying: A Reply to Lemke and Reed. Journal of Conflict Resolution
    Academic article

1997

  • de Soysa, Indra. (1997) Testing the Transition Theory With Alternative Measures of Power. Journal of Conflict Resolution
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • de Soysa, Indra. (2026) Does women's empowerment protect women from violence? A test of political and economic empowerment on female homicide rates and victim ratios in comparative international perspective, 1990–2021. European Journal of Criminology
    Academic article
  • Kavitha, A K; Adair, Timothy; Fazaeli, Ali Akbar; Aronsson, Emma Amanda; Ashaba, Maggie; Backhaus-Hoven, Insa Linnea; Bakhtiari, Ahad; Balaj, Mirza; Barnes, Tasha; Barouni, Mohsen. (2026) WHO launches global network of institutes to strengthen capacity for health inequality monitoring. International Journal for Equity in Health
    Commentary
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2022) Austerity by Design Comment on “Ensuring Global Health Equity in a Post-pandemic Economy”. International Journal of Health Policy and Management
    Academic article
  • Vadlamanatti, Krishna; Cooray, Arusha; de Soysa, Indra. (2022) Can bigger health budgets cushion pandemics? An empirical test of COVID-19 deaths across the world. Journal of Public Policy
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2005) False prophet, or genuine savior? Assessing the effects of economic openness on sustainable development, 1980-99. International Organization
    Academic literature review
  • Sterzel, Till; Lüdeke, Matthias; Kok, Marcel; Walther, Carsten; Sietz, Diana; de Soysa, Indra; Lucas, Paul; Janssen, Peter. (2014) Armed conflict distribution in global drylands through the lens of a typology of socio-ecological vulnerability. Regional Environmental Change
    Academic article
  • Jakobsen, Jo; de Soysa, Indra. (2006) Do Foreign Investors Punish Democracy? Theory and Empirics. Kyklos (Basel)
    Academic article
  • Jakobsen, Tor Georg; de Soysa, Indra. (2009) Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death! State Repression, Ethnic Grievance and Civil War, 1981-2004. Civil Wars
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Neumayer, Eric. (2005) False Prophet, or Genuine Savior? Assessing the Effects of Economic Openness on Sustainable Development, 1980-1999. International Organization
    Academic article
  • Neumayer, Eric; de Soysa, Indra. (2005) Trade Openness, Foreign Direct Investment and Child Labor. World Development
    Academic article
  • Brazys, Samuel; de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya. (2023) Blessing or curse? Assessing the local impacts of foreign direct investment on conflict in Africa. Journal of Peace Research
    Academic article
  • Kok, Marcel; Lüdeke, Matthias; Lucas, Paul; Sterzel, Till; Walther, Carsten; Janssen, Peter; Sietz, Diana; de Soysa, Indra. (2015) A new method for analysing socio-ecological patterns of vulnerability. Regional Environmental Change
    Academic article
  • Hornset, Norunn; de Soysa, Indra. (2021) Does Empowering Women in Politics Boost Human Development? An Empirical Analysis, 1960–2018. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities
    Academic article
  • Flaten, Ranveig Drolsum; de Soysa, Indra. (2012) Globalization and Political Violence, 1970-2008. International Interactions
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Hermanrud, Kristine. (2017) Missing the forest for the trees! A reply to “Lazy thinking, lazy giving—or lazy research?”. International Area Studies Review
    Academic article
  • Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; Janz, Nicole; de Soysa, Indra. (2020) U.S. Multinationals and Human Rights: A Theoretical and Empirical Assessment of Extractive Versus Nonextractive Sectors. Business & Society
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2021) Does Egalitarian Democracy Boost Environmental Sustainability? An Empirical Test, 1970-2017. Journal of Sustainable Development
    Academic article
  • Neumayer, Eric; de Soysa, Indra. (2007) Globalization, Women's Economic Rights, and Forced Labor. The World Economy
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2011) De nye sosiale mediene er annerledes fordi folk har fått en egen fri kanal. VestNytt
    Academic article
  • Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; de Soysa, Indra. (2020) Oil price volatility and political unrest: Prudence and protest in producer and consumer societies, 1980–2013. Energy Policy
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Jakobsen, Tor Georg; Holum, Marthe Liss. (2017) FREE-MARKET CAPITALISM, INTERPERSONAL TRUST, AND TRUST IN POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS: A MULTILEVEL EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS, 1994–2014. Journal of Globalization Studies
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Vadlammanati, Krishna Chaitanya. (2013) Do pro-market economic reforms drive human rights violations? An empirical assessment, 1981-2006. Public Choice
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Neumayer, Eric. (2008) Disarming Fears of Diversity: Ethnic Heterogeneity and State Militarization, 1988—2002. Journal of Peace Research
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2008) A Review of Rodwan Abouharb and David Cingranelli (2007) Human Rights and Structural Adjustment. The Review of International Organizations
    Academic literature review
  • de Soysa, Indra; Fjelde, Hanne. (2010) Is the hidden hand an iron fist? Capitalism and civil peace, 1970-2005. Journal of Peace Research
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2019) Does Foreign Direct Investment Encourage State Militarization and Reduce Societal Security? An Empirical Test, 1980-2017. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2019) Does foreign direct investment encourage state militarization and reduce societal security? An empirical test, 1980-2017. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy
    Academic literature review
  • de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya. (2017) Economic Freedom, Social Protections, and Electoral Support for Anti-Immigrant Populist Parties in 27 Industrial Democracies. Economic Freedom of the World
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Binningsbø, Helga Malmin. (2009) The devil's excrement as social cement: natural resources and political terror, 1980–2002. International Social Science Journal
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; almås, synnøve. (2019) Does Ethnolinguistic Diversity Preclude Good Governance? A Comparative Study with Alternative Data, 1990-2015. Kyklos (Basel)
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Knutson, Andreas Harry Solheim. (2019) Does social globalisation through access to information communication technologies drive obesity among youth? An empirical analysis, 1990–2013. Global Public Health
    Academic article
  • Albertsen, Daniel; de Soysa, Indra. (2017) Islam, Oil, and the Middle East Region: An Empirical Analysis of the Repression of Religion, 1980-2013. Politics and Religion
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; Cooray, Arusha. (2010) Do bigger health budgets cushion pandemics?: An empirical test of COVID-19 deaths across the world. UNU-WIDER working paper series
    Popular science article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2011) The Hidden Hand Wrestles Rebellion: Theory and Evidence on How Economic Freedom Prevents Civil Violence. Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Gizelis, Theodora-Ismene. (2012) The natural resource curse and the spread of HIV/AIDS, 1990-2008. Social Science and Medicine
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Midford, Paul. (2012) Enter The Dragon! An Empirical Analysis of Chinese versus US Arms Transfers to Autocrats and Violators of Human Rights,1989 - 2006. International Studies Quarterly
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya. (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
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; de Soysa, Ann Kristin Hjelle. (2017) Do globalization and free markets drive obesity among children and youth? An empirical analysis, 1990–2013. International Interactions
    Academic article
  • Hermanrud, Kristine; de Soysa, Indra. (2016) Lazy thinking, lazy giving? Examining the effects of Norwegian aid on forests in developing countries. International Area Studies Review
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2009) Tamilene i Sri Lanka har rett til selvbestemmelse. Adresseavisen
    Commentary
  • de Soysa, Indra; Krieger, Tim; Meierrieks, Daniel. (2022) Oil and property rights. Resources Policy
    Academic article
  • Helmersen, Ingrid Holthe; de Soysa, Indra. (2024) Which freedoms benefit the poor? A two-horse race between economic and political freedoms on health-adjusted life expectancy and child mortality, 1990–2020. Journal of International Development
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya. (2020) Does free-market capitalism drive unequal access to health? An empirical analysis, 1970–2015. Global Public Health
    Academic article
  • Binningsbø, Helga Malmin; de Soysa, Indra; Gleditsch, Nils Petter. (2007) Green giant or straw man? Environmental pressure and civil conflict, 1961–99. Population and environment
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2024) Green with envy? The effects of inequality and equity within and across social groups on greenhouse gas emissions, 1990–2020. World Development
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2024) Democracy, Egalitarianism and the Homicide Rate: An Empirical Test of a Variety of Democracies, 1990–2019. British Journal of Criminology
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; Ruth, Rebecca. (2024) Does Norwegian Aid Reward Equitable Access to Health in Recipient States? Assessing a ‘Moral Superpower’s’ Aid to Pro-Poor Development, 1990–2019. Forum for Development Studies
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2015) Oil and the new wars: Another look at the resource curse using alternative data. Development Studies Research
    Academic article
  • McNamara, Courtney L.; de Soysa, Indra. (2018) Special Issue on trade and health: Introduction. Global Social Policy
    Editorial
  • de Soysa, Indra; Jackson, Thomas; Ormhaug, Christin Marsh. (2010) Tools of the torturer? Small arms import and repression of human rights, 1992-2004. International Journal of Human Rights
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Nordås, Ragnhild. (2007) Islam's bloody innards? Religion and political terror, 1980-2000. International Studies Quarterly
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Neumayer, Eric. (2007) Resource Wealth and the Risk of Civil War Onset: Results from a New Dataset of Natural Resource Rents, 1970–1999. Conflict Management and Peace Science
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Almås, Synøve. (2019) Does Ethnolinguistic Diversity Preclude Good Governance? A Comparative Study with Alternative Data, 1990‐2015. Kyklos (Basel)
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2004) Understanding development: Theory and practice in the third world, 2nd edition. Journal of Peace Research
    Book review
  • Jakobsen, Tor Georg; de Soysa, Indra. (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
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2022) Economic Freedom vs. Egalitarianism: An Empirical Test of Weak & Strong Sustainability, 1970-2018. Kyklos (Basel)
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya. (2011) Does Being Bound Together Suffocate, or Liberate? The Effects of Economic, Social, and Political Globalization on Human Rights, 1981-2005. Kyklos (Basel)
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2010) Ideer. Dagbladet
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Moe, Espen; Sæther, Simen Rostad. (2024) Egalitarian governance and the green energy transition: an empirical test of 46 industrial economies, 1990–2020. Environment, Development and Sustainability
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2011) Another Misadventure of Economists in the Tropics? Social Diversity, Cohesion, and Economic Development. International Area Studies Review
    Academic article
  • Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; Østmoe, Gina Maria G.; de Soysa, Indra. (2014) Do IMF programs disrupt ethnic peace? An empirical analysis, 1985–2006. Journal of Peace Research
    Academic article
  • Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; de Soysa, Indra. (2016) Do resource-wealthy rulers adopt transparency-promoting laws. International Studies Quarterly
    Academic article
  • Neumayer, Eric; de Soysa, Indra. (2011) Globalization and the Empowerment of Women: An Analysis of Spatial Dependence via Trade and Foreign Direct Investment. World Development
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Neumayer, E. (2005) False prophet, or genuine savior? Assessing the effects of economic openness on sustainable development, 1980-99. International Organization
    Academic literature review
  • Velde, Lode Van der; Shabaan, Ahmed Nabil; Månsson, Anastasia; Wennberg, Peter; Allebeck, Peter; Karlsson, Thomas G; Flodin, Pär; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Knudsen, Ann Kristin Skrindo; de Soysa, Indra. (2024) Alcohol-attributed disease burden and formal alcohol policies in the Nordic countries (1990-2019): an analysis using the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. European Journal of Public Health
    Academic article
  • Neumayer, Eric; de Soysa, Indra. (2006) Globalization and the Right to Free Association and Collective Bargaining. World Development
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2005) The Effects of Globalization on National Income Inequality. Comparative Sociology
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Kaasa, Jorunn; Rød, Jan Ketil. (2023) Immigration and the “Welfare Magnet” hypothesis: An examination of municipality-level crime in Norway, 2007–2016. International Area Studies Review
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2005) False Prophet, or Genuine Savior? Assessing the Effects of Economic Openness on Sustainable Development, 1980-99. International Organization
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2005) Trade Openness, Foreign Direct Investment and Child Labour. World Development
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2009) Hell is Other People? Social Fractionalization and State Repression, 1980-2004. Politische Vierteljahresschrift
    Academic article
  • Aronsson, Emma Amanda; de Soysa, Indra. (2025) Informal employment, population health, and welfare policies: A global empirical analysis between 2011–2021. PLOS ONE
    Academic article
  • Munoz, Lucia Munoz Liste; de Soysa, Indra. (2011) The Blog vs. Big Brother: New and Old Information Technology and Political Repression, 1980–2006. International Journal of Human Rights
    Academic article
  • Fjelde, Hanne; de Soysa, Indra. (2009) Coercion, Co-optation, or Cooperation? State Capacity and the Risk of Civil War, 1961–2005. Conflict Management and Peace Science
    Academic article
  • Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; de Soysa, Indra. (2011) Does Being Bound Together Suffocate or Liberate? Testing the Effects of Economic, Social and Political Globalization and Human Rights,1981-2005. Kyklos (Basel)
    Academic article
  • Toft, Elise; de Soysa, Indra. (2020) Rich and Naïve? Assessing the Effects of Norwegian Aid on Political Corruption, 1980–2018. Forum for Development Studies
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Jackson, Thomas; Ormhaug, Christin. (2009) Does Globalization Profit the Small Arms Bazaar?. International Interactions
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2023) Does Income Inequality Degrade Human Capital? Assessing the Effects of Income Inequality on Access to Public Goods & Human Health, 1960-2020. Journal of Income Distribution
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya. (2024) A friend indeed to friends in need? China's trade regime and Covid-19 vaccine diplomacy. China Economic Quarterly International (CEQI)
    Academic article
  • Knutson, Andreas Harry Solheim; de Soysa, Indra. (2019) Does social globalisation through access to information communication technologies drive obesity among youth? An empirical analysis, 1990–2013. Global Public Health
    Academic article
  • Eriksen, Silja; de Soysa, Indra. (2009) A Fate Worse than Debt? International Financial Institutions and Human Rights, 1981–2003. Journal of Peace Research
    Academic article
  • Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; de Soysa, Indra. (2012) Do Pro-Market Economic Reforms Drive Human Rights Violations – An Empirical Assessment. Public Choice
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya. (2016) Does social diversity impede sound economic management? An empirical analysis, 1980–2012. Social Science Research
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Finseraas, Henning; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya. (2024) Group Grievances, Opportunity, and the Onset of Civil War: Some Theory and Tests of Competing Mechanisms, 1990-2017. Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy
    Academic article
  • Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; Cooray, Arusha; de Soysa, Indra. (2021) Health-system equity, egalitarian democracy and COVID-19 outcomes: An empirical analysis. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Lewin, Oda. (2018) Gender empowerment, inequalities and the prevalence of adult female obesity: An empirical analysis using new data, 1990–2013. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Noel, Carmen. (2018) Does Ethnic Diversity Increase Violent Crime? A Global Analysis of Homicide Rates, 1995-2013. European Journal of Criminology
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2018) Is Islam compatible with free-market capitalism? An empirical analysis, 1970–2010. Politics and Religion
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya. (2018) Income Inequality, Equity and State Terror, 1976-2016. Revista Scienza e Pace
    Academic article
  • Jakobsen, Tor Georg; de Soysa, Indra; Jakobsen, Jo. (2013) Why do poor countries suffer costly conflict? Unpacking per capita income and the onset of civil war. Conflict Management and Peace Science
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2002) Paradise is a Bazaar? Greed, Creed, & Governance in Civil War, 1989–99. Journal of Peace Research
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2006) Do Foreign Investors Punish Democracy? Theory and Empirics, 1984–2001. Kyklos (Basel)
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2006) Margit Bussmann, Indra de Soysa, and John R. Oneal. (2005) The Effect of Globalization on National Income Inequality. Comparative Sociology
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2005) Trade Openness, Foreign Direct Investment and Child Labor. World Development
    Academic article
  • Dietz, Simon; Neumayer, E; de Soysa, Indra. (2007) Corruption, the Resource Curse and Genuine Savings. Environment and Development Economics
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (1997) Testing the Transition Theory With Alternative Measures of Power. Journal of Conflict Resolution
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (1998) But Power and Wealth are Satisfying: A Reply to Lemke and Reed. Journal of Conflict Resolution
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2020) Economic Governance and Homicide: Some Theory and Empirics, 1990 – 2017. Journal of Peace Research
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (1999) Boon or Bane? Reassessing the Effects of Foreign Capital on Economic Growth. American Sociological Review
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2002) Ecoviolence: Shrinking Pie or Honey Pot?. Global Environmental Politics
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2006) Globalization and the Right to Free Association and Collective Bargaining: An Empirical Analysis. World Development
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra; Gizelis, Theodora-Ismene. (2016) More heat, less light! The resource curse & HIV/AIDS: A reply to Olivier Sterck. Social Science and Medicine
    Academic article
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2016) Capitalism & the “new wars”: free markets and societal insecurity before and after the cold war, 1970–2013. Civil Wars
    Academic article
  • Midtgård, Trude Mariane; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; de Soysa, Indra. (2013) Does the IMF cause civil war? A comment. The Review of International Organizations
    Academic article

Books

  • de Soysa, Indra. (2003) Foreign Direct Investment, Democracy, and Development: The Correlates and Concomitants of Globalization. Routledge
    Academic monograph
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2025) Economic Governance, Political Freedoms and the Conditions of Societal Violence: Liberty and Peace. Routledge
    Academic monograph
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2006) Energy, Wealth and Governance in the Caucasus and Central Asia. Routledge
    Anthology
  • Jütting, johannes; Dreschsler, Denis; Bartsch, Sebastian; de Soysa, Indra. (2007) Informal Institutions. How social norms help or hinder development. OECD Publishing
    Anthology
  • Gleditsch, Nils Petter; Lindgren, Göran; Mouhleb, Naima; Smit, Sjoerd; de Soysa, Indra. (2000) Making Peace Pay: A Bibliography on Disarmament and Conversion. Regina
    Non-fiction monograph

Part of book/report

  • de Soysa, Indra. (2016) Predatory Government and the Feasibility of Rebellion: A Micro Logic of the Capitalist Peace.
    Academic chapter
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2017) Predatory Government and the Feasibility of Rebellion: A Micro Logic of the Capitalist Peace.
    Academic chapter
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2017) Proxy Wars: Implications of Great-Power Rivalry for the Onset and Duration of Civil War.
    Academic chapter
  • de Soysa, Indra; Gleditsch, Nils Petter. (2002) The Liberal Globalist Case.
    Academic chapter
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2005) Filthy Rich, Not Dirt Poor! How Mother Nature Nurtures Civil Violence.
    Academic chapter
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2011) The Natural Resource Curse and State Failure: A Comparative View of Sub-Saharan Africa.
    Academic chapter
  • Jütting, johannes; Drechsler, Denis; Bartsch, Sebastian; de Soysa, Indra. (2007) Conclutions and Outlook.
    Academic chapter
  • de Soysa, Indra; Jütting, johannes. (2007) Informal Institutions and Development: How they matter and what makes them change.
    Academic chapter
  • Jütting, johannes; Drechsler, Denis; Bartsch, Sebastian; de Soysa, Indra. (2007) Introduction and Overview.
    Academic chapter
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2011) Economic Policies and Armed Conflict: The Promise of Globalization.
    Academic chapter
  • de Soysa, Indra; Bailey, Jennifer Leigh; Neumayer, Eric. (2010) Free to Squander? Democracy and Sustainable Development, 1975-2000.
    Academic chapter
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2012) The Capitalist Civil Peace: Some Theory and Empirical Evidence.
    Academic chapter
  • de Soysa, Indra; Jakobsen, Jo. (2009) Rewards of Freedom: Democracy and the Inflow of Foreign Direct Investment.
    Academic chapter
  • de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya. (2014) Free Markets and Civil Peace Some Theory and Empirical Evidence.
    Academic chapter
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2020) Extractive resources, conflicts, and migration.
    Non-fiction chapter
  • Bussmann, Margit; de Soysa, Indra; Oneal, John R.. (2009) Globalization and income inequality in the developing world.
    Academic chapter

Report

  • de Soysa, Indra. (2007) Disarming Fears of Diversity: Ethnic Heterogeneity and State Militarization, 1988–2002. World Bank
    Research report
  • Gleditsch, Nils Petter; de Soysa, Indra. (1999) To Cultivate Peace. Agriculture in a World of Conflict. PRIO
    Research report
  • de Soysa, Indra. (2017) What do we know about armed violence and how best to prevent it? Extended lessons for Sri Lankan defence posture and policy. Institute for National Security Studies Sri Lanka (INSSSL)
    Research report
  • de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; Cooray, Arusha. (2020) Healthcare equity and COVID-19 Assessing the relative effectiveness of egalitarian governance and healthcare system capacity on the COVID-19 pandemic. United Nations University Press
    Research report
  • de Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya; Cooray, Arusha. (2020) Do bigger health budgets cushion pandemics? An empirical test of COVID-19 deaths across the world. United Nations University Press
    Research report

Student thesis or dissertation

  • Besnier, Elodie Anne Suzanne; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; de Soysa, Indra; Palermo, Tia. (2022) Equity and Child Health: Addressing Health Inequalities and Improving Child Health Through a Public Health Approach. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Doctoral thesis
  • Tandberg, Charlotte; Gates, Scott; de Soysa, Indra. (2021) The Same, Only Different: Revisiting State Capacity’s Theoretical and Empirical Implications for the Study of Intrastate Armed Conflict. University of Oslo
    Master thesis

Teaching

Courses

  • POL1005 - Geopolitical Risk
  • POL8503 - International Political Economy
  • POL3503 - International Political Economy

Outreach

2017

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2016

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2012

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2011

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    de Soysa, Indra. (2011) Mobilen beste våpen mot diktatur.
  • Interview
    de Soysa, Indra. (2011) Mobilen beste våpen mot diktatur.
  • Interview
    de Soysa, Indra. (2011) Mobilen beste våpen mot diktatur.
  • Interview
    de Soysa, Indra. (2011) Mobilen beste våpen mot diktatur.
  • Interview
    de Soysa, Indra. (2011) Mobilen beste våpen mot diktatur.
  • Interview
    de Soysa, Indra. (2011) Mobilen beste våpen mot diktatur.
  • Interview
    de Soysa, Indra. (2011) «Dette er det beste våpenet mot diktatur».
  • Interview
    de Soysa, Indra. (2011) Telenor er mer effektiv enn Erik Solheim mot diktatur.
  • Interview
    de Soysa, Indra. (2011) Mobilen beste våpen mot diktatur.
  • Interview
    de Soysa, Indra. (2011) Mobilen beste våpen mot diktatur.
  • Interview
    de Soysa, Indra. (2011) Nynorsk Pressekontor.
  • Interview
    de Soysa, Indra. (2011) Mobilen beste våpen mot diktatur.

2010

  • Conference lecture
    de Soysa, Indra. (2010) Er kapitalisme en forutsetning for fred?. Civita frokostmøte
  • Interview
    de Soysa, Indra. (2010) Klatret høyt på siteringsindeks.
  • Interview
    de Soysa, Indra. (2010) Ikke håp om framgang på Sri Lanka.
  • Interview
    de Soysa, Indra. (2010) Kapitalisme, krig og fred.
  • Interview
    de Soysa, Indra. (2010) Den kapitalistiske freden.

2009

  • Interview
    de Soysa, Indra. (2009) Regimer som nekter å gi etter.
  • Interview
    de Soysa, Indra. (2009) Kapitalisme skaper fred.
  • Interview
    de Soysa, Indra. (2009) PRIOs troverdighet om Sri Lanka.
  • Interview
    de Soysa, Indra. (2009) PRIOs troverdighet om Sri Lanka.
  • Interview
    de Soysa, Indra. (2009) Fra opprørere til statsstøtter?.
  • Feature article
    de Soysa, Indra. (2009) Norges svekkede troverdighet.
  • Interview
    de Soysa, Indra. (2009) Selvstyre til tamilene er løsningen.
  • Interview
    de Soysa, Indra. (2009) Norges svekkede troverdighet.
  • Interview
    de Soysa, Indra. (2009) Sri Lanka er et tvangsekteskap.
  • Interview
    de Soysa, Indra. (2009) Sri Lanka er et tvangsekteskap.
  • Interview
    de Soysa, Indra. (2009) Sri Lanka er et tvangsekteskap.
  • Interview
    de Soysa, Indra. (2009) Kapitalisme skaper fred.

2008

  • Conference lecture
    de Soysa, Indra; Østby, Gudrun. (2008) 'Too Weak to Fight? Horizontal Inequality & State Repression of Human Rights'. International Studies Association Annual meeting
  • Conference lecture
    de Soysa, Indra; Christin, Ormhaug; Thomas, Jackson. (2008) Tools of the Torturer? Small Arms Imports and Repression of Human Rights. International Studies Association annual meeting
  • Interview
    de Soysa, Indra; Binningsbø, Helga Malmin; Gleditsch, Nils Petter. (2008) Ressursbrist leder inte till krig.

2006

  • Conference lecture
    Binningsbø, Helga Malmin; de Soysa, Indra; Gleditsch, Nils Petter. (2006) Green Giant or Straw Man? Environmental Pressure and Civil Conflict, 1961–99. The 47th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association
  • Conference lecture
    de Soysa, Indra; Binningsbø, Helga Malmin. (2006) Is the Devil’s Excrement Social Cement? Oil Wealth, Dissent, and Repression, 1980–2001. Annual Convention of the International Studies Association
  • Conference lecture
    de Soysa, Indra. (2006) Islam's Bloody Innards?. Polarization and Conflict
  • Conference lecture
    de Soysa, Indra. (2006) Free to Squander? Democracy and Sustainability. Society for Human Ecology (SHE)
  • Conference lecture
    de Soysa, Indra. (2006) Islam's bloody innards? Religion and Political Terror. Fagkonferense i statsvitenskap, Norge
  • Conference lecture
    de Soysa, Indra. (2006) Informal Institutions and Development: What do we know, what can we do?. Informal Institutions and Development
  • Conference lecture
    de Soysa, Indra. (2006) Disarming Fears of Diversity: Ethnicity and Militarization. Polarization and Conflict/PRIO
  • Conference lecture
    de Soysa, Indra. (2006) Is the Devil's Excrement Social Cement? Oil wealth, Dissent, and Repression. International Studies Association annual meeting
  • Conference lecture
    de Soysa, Indra. (2006) Hell is Other People? Ethnicity and Human Rights Repression. Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN)
  • Conference lecture
    de Soysa, Indra. (2006) How Taxing is Trade? Trade Openness, State Capacity, and Civil War. Polarization and Conflict/PRIO
  • Lecture
    de Soysa, Indra. (2006) Green Giant or Straw Man? Environmental Scarcity and Civil War. International Studies Association annual meeting

2005

  • Conference lecture
    de Soysa, Indra. (2005) The Calculus of Fear: Assessing the Effects of Cultural Heterogeneity on Militarization, 1988-2002. Den nasjonale fagkonferansen i statsvitenskap 2005
  • Conference lecture
    Binningsbø, Helga Malmin; Gleditsch, Nils Petter; de Soysa, Indra. (2005) Green Giant, or Straw Man? Environmental Pressure and Civil Conflict, 1961–99. the Third General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research
  • Conference lecture
    de Soysa, Indra. (2005) Disarming Fears of Diversity: Ethnic Heterogeneity and State Militarization, 1988–2002. International Studies Association
  • Conference lecture
    de Soysa, Indra. (2005) Natural Resources and Civil War: Another Look with New Data. European Consortium for Political Research
  • Conference lecture
    de Soysa, Indra. (2005) Green Giant, or Straw Man? Environmental Pressure and Civil Conflict, 1961–99. American Political Science Association
  • Conference lecture
    Jakobsen, Jo; de Soysa, Indra. (2005) Rewards of Freedom: Democratic Preferences and Foreign Direct Investment Inflow, 1984-2001. The Political Economy of Multinational Corporations and Foreign Direct Investment

2004

  • Conference lecture
    de Soysa, Indra. (2004) False Prophet, or Genuine Savior? Testing the Effects of Globalization on Sustainable Development, 1980�1999. ISA annual convention
  • Conference lecture
    de Soysa, Indra. (2004) Globalization, Social Insurance, and Civil Conflict, 1975-2002. Polarization and Conflict
  • Conference lecture
    de Soysa, Indra. (2004) Free to Squander? Democracy, Constitutions, and Economic Sustainability, 1975�2000. ECPR International Relations Conference
  • Conference lecture
    de Soysa, Indra; Bailey, Jennifer Leigh. (2004) Free to Squander? Democracy, Constitutions, and Economic Sustainability, 1975-2000. American Political Science Association's 100th Annual Meeting & Exhibition: "Global Inequalities"

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