Kjetil Tronvoll

1.7k total citations
46 papers, 799 citations indexed

About

Kjetil Tronvoll is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kjetil Tronvoll has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 799 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 8 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Kjetil Tronvoll's work include African history and culture analysis (34 papers), Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (6 papers) and African history and culture studies (6 papers). Kjetil Tronvoll is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture analysis (34 papers), Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (6 papers) and African history and culture studies (6 papers). Kjetil Tronvoll collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United States and Kenya. Kjetil Tronvoll's co-authors include Lovise Aalen, Sweden. Styrelsen för internationellt utvecklingssamarbete, Sarah Vaughan, Tekeste Negash, Terje Østebø, Gail M. Gerhart, Gebru Tareke, Sigrun Marie Moss, Lionel Cliffe and Charles E. Schaefer and has published in prestigious journals such as Foreign Affairs, Health Policy and Planning and Ethnic and Racial Studies.

In The Last Decade

Kjetil Tronvoll

42 papers receiving 662 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kjetil Tronvoll Norway 15 522 489 114 90 87 46 799
Tobias Hagmann Switzerland 16 477 0.9× 703 1.4× 129 1.1× 194 2.2× 102 1.2× 32 1.0k
John W. Harbeson United States 15 341 0.7× 319 0.7× 92 0.8× 75 0.8× 104 1.2× 55 636
Karuti Kanyinga Kenya 13 172 0.3× 356 0.7× 48 0.4× 52 0.6× 84 1.0× 55 612
Edmond J. Keller United States 13 303 0.6× 321 0.7× 63 0.6× 47 0.5× 67 0.8× 56 583
Lovise Aalen Norway 10 330 0.6× 300 0.6× 33 0.3× 45 0.5× 63 0.7× 20 494
Ken Menkhaus United States 17 539 1.0× 925 1.9× 138 1.2× 51 0.6× 143 1.6× 52 1.2k
Abdi Ismail Samatar United States 15 276 0.5× 434 0.9× 180 1.6× 49 0.5× 106 1.2× 50 776
Martin Doornbos Netherlands 16 228 0.4× 353 0.7× 76 0.7× 45 0.5× 125 1.4× 57 641
David Ottaway United States 4 325 0.6× 446 0.9× 130 1.1× 21 0.2× 18 0.2× 13 804
S. James Anaya United States 12 199 0.4× 334 0.7× 79 0.7× 42 0.5× 29 0.3× 43 697

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kjetil Tronvoll

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tronvoll, Kjetil. (2024). Voting for war, to secure peace: weaponising the Tigray 2020 election in Ethiopia. The Journal of Modern African Studies. 62(1). 53–77.
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Tronvoll, Kjetil, et al.. (2023). Normative and Institutional Limitations of IGAD’s Peace and Security Framework. 18(2). 119–143.
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Wilson, Steven Lloyd, Staffan I. Lindberg, & Kjetil Tronvoll. (2021). The best and worst of times: The paradox of social media and Ethiopian politics. First Monday. 26. 2 indexed citations
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Tronvoll, Kjetil. (2021). The Sidama Quest for Self-Rule: The Referendum on Regional Statehood Under the Ethiopian Federation. International Journal on Minority and Group Rights. 29(2). 230–251. 4 indexed citations
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Østebø, Terje & Kjetil Tronvoll. (2020). Interpreting contemporary Oromo politics in Ethiopia: an ethnographic approach. Journal of Eastern African Studies. 14(4). 613–632. 17 indexed citations
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Tronvoll, Kjetil, et al.. (2019). The turbulent political history of Zanzibar and its impact on contemporary conflict and reconciliation. Africa Insight. 49(1). 68–82. 1 indexed citations
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Tronvoll, Kjetil. (2019). ‘Brothers at Peace’: People-to-People Reconciliation in the Ethiopian–Eritrean Borderlands. War & Society. 39(1). 58–76. 6 indexed citations
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Hagmann, Tobias & Kjetil Tronvoll. (2019). Abiy Ahmed Won the Nobel Peace Prize. Now He Needs to Earn It.. 1 indexed citations
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Tronvoll, Kjetil, et al.. (2018). The politics of continuity and collusion in Zanzibar: political reconciliation and the establishment of the Government of National Unity. The Journal of Modern African Studies. 56(2). 245–267. 9 indexed citations
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Tronvoll, Kjetil, et al.. (2014). The African garrison state : human rights and political developments in Eritrea. 6 indexed citations
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Tronvoll, Kjetil, et al.. (2014). The African Garrison State. Boydell and Brewer eBooks. 13 indexed citations
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Tronvoll, Kjetil. (2011). Contested power in Ethiopia. Traditional authorities and multi-party elections. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 27. 10 indexed citations
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Tronvoll, Kjetil. (2010). The Ethiopian 2010 federal and regional elections: Re-establishing the one-party state. African Affairs. 110(438). 121–136. 52 indexed citations
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Cliffe, Lionel, et al.. (2009). Conflict and Peace in the Horn of Africa. Review of African Political Economy. 36(120). 8 indexed citations
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Tronvoll, Kjetil. (2009). Interpreting Human Rights Violations in Ethiopia: A Rejoinder to Getachew Assefa. International Journal on Minority and Group Rights. 16(3). 475–479. 4 indexed citations
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Aalen, Lovise & Kjetil Tronvoll. (2008). The 2008 Ethiopian local elections: The return of electoral authoritarianism. African Affairs. 108(430). 111–120. 59 indexed citations
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Tronvoll, Kjetil, et al.. (2003). Ethiopia since the Derg: A Decade of Democratic Pretension and Performance. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 36(1). 246–246. 53 indexed citations
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Tareke, Gebru, Tekeste Negash, & Kjetil Tronvoll. (2001). Brothers at War: Making Sense of the Eritrean-Ethiopian War. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 34(2). 473–473. 20 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Charles E., Tekeste Negash, & Kjetil Tronvoll. (2001). Brothers at War: Making Sense of the Eritrean-Ethiopian War. African Studies Review. 44(3). 187–187. 8 indexed citations
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Tronvoll, Kjetil. (2001). Voting, violence and violations: peasant voices on the flawed elections in Hadiya, Southern Ethiopia. The Journal of Modern African Studies. 39(4). 697–716. 16 indexed citations

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