Nils Petter Gleditsch

Nils Petter Gleditsch
Scientific career
FieldsPolitical Science, Peace and Conflict Studies
InstitutionsPeace Research Institute Oslo
Director of Peace Research Institute Oslo
In office
1971, 1977 – 1978
Preceded byHelge Hveem
Succeeded byKjell Skjelsbæk

Nils Petter Gleditsch (born 17 July 1942 in Sutton, Surrey, Great Britain) is a Norwegian sociologist and political scientist. He is Research Professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). In 2009, Nils Petter Gleditsch was awarded the annual Award for Outstanding Research by the Research Council of Norway.[1] He won the Norwegian Sociological Association's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018.[2]

In 1982 he was convicted in Norway of a violation of the national security paragraphs of the penal code, in the Wilkes/Gleditsch trial. His prison sentence was suspended.

  1. ^ Lie, Else (20 October 2009). "Celebrating research and researchers - The Research Council of Norway". Forskningsradet.no. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Nils Petter Gleditsch – PRIO Blogs". Retrieved 9 February 2018.