Scott Gates (born 29 December 1957 in

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, Minnesota) is an American

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

and

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...

based in Norway. He was director of the

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(PRIO)'s Centre for the Study of Civil War (CSCW), which was a Norwegian Center of Excellence funded by the

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for a twelve-year period 2002-2013. He is currently a Research Professor at PRIO, a Guest Researcher at ESOP in the Department of Economics at the University in Oslo and also holds a

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in the Department of Political science at the

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. He used to work at the

Norwegian University of Science and Technology The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU; ) is a public university, public research university in Norway and the largest in terms of enrollment. The university's headquarters is located in Trondheim (city), Trondheim, with region ...

(NTNU) and

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(MSU). His current research topics include Rise of China, Islamic State and Police Brutality. His previous research includes Applied Game Theoretic Analysis,

International Relations Theory International relations theory is the study of international relations (IR) from a theoretical perspective. It seeks to explain behaviors and outcomes in international politics. The three most prominent School of thought, schools of thought are ...

International Political Economy International political economy (IPE) is the study of how politics shapes the global economy and how the global economy shapes politics. A key focus in IPE is on the power of different actors such as nation states, international organizations and ...

, Formal Models of Bureaucracy and Economic Modeling. Gates holds a BA in

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

and

anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, society, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including archaic humans. Social anthropology studies patterns of behav ...

from the

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(1980), an MA in

from the

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(1983), an MSc in

applied economics Applied economics is the application of economic theory and econometrics in specific settings. As one of the two sets of fields of economics (the other set being the ''core''), it is typically characterized by the application of the ''core'', i.e ...

from the

(1985) and a

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from the

(1989). He moved to

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in 2003, was a visiting research fellow at

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from 1997 to 1999 and continued as program leader and research professor until 2002, when he was appointed director of the CSCW. He has also held assistant and associate professorships at

. Gates was accepted in the

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in 2008. He is also a member of the

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick University in Christiania was establis ...

Selected publications

Books (monographs)

# Gates, Scott and Kaushik, Roy. 2014.
Unconventional Warfare in South Asia. Shadow Warriors and Counterinsurgency.
' Farnham, UK: Ashgate. # Brehm, John and Scott Gates. 2008. Paperback issued in 2010.
Teaching, Tasks, and Trust. Functions of the Public Executive.
' A Volume in the Russell Sage Foundation Series on Trust. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. # Fink, Evelyn, Scott Gates, and Brian D. Humes. 1998.
Game Theory Topics: Incomplete Information, Repeated Games and N-Player Games.
' London: Sage Publications. # Brehm, John and Scott Gates. 1997. Paperback issued in 1999.
Working, Shirking, and Sabotage: Bureaucratic Response to a Democratic Public.
' Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. # Gates, Scott and Brian D. Humes. 1997.
Games, Information, and Politics: Applying Game Theoretic Models to Political Science.
' Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.

Journal articles

# Gates, Scott, Benjamin Graham, Yonatan Lupu, Håvard Strand, and Kaare Strøm. Forthcoming 2016. Powersharing, Protection, and Peace.
Journal of Politics
'. # Strøm, Kaare Wallace, Benjamin Graham, Håvard Strand, and Scott Gates. Forthcoming 2015. Inclusion, Dispersion, and Constraint: Powersharing in the World’s States, 1975 – 2010
''British'' ''Journal of Political Science''
# Kim, Woosang and Scott Gates. 2015.
Power Transition and the Rise of China
''

International Area Studies Review The ''International Area Studies Review'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the Center for International Area Studies ( Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) and the Peace Research Institute Oslo. It c ...

''. 18(3): 219 – 226. # Gates, Scott and Sukanya Podder. 2015. Social Media, Recruitment, Allegiance, and the Islamic State.
Perspectives on Terrorism
'. 9(4): 107 – 116. # Brehm, John and Scott Gates. 2015. Bureaucratic Politics rising from, Not Defined by, a Principal-Agency Dyad.
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
'. 25 (1): 27 – 42. # Gates, Scott and Håvard Mokleiv Nygård. 2013. Soft Power at Home and Abroad: Sport Diplomacy, Politics, and Peace-building.
International Area Studies Review
' .16(3): 235 – 243. # Binningsbø, Helga Malmin, Cyanne Loyle, Scott Gates, and Jon Elster. 2012. Armed Conflict and Post-Conflict Justice, 1946 – 2006. A Dataset.
Journal of Peace Research
'. 49(5): 731 – 740. # Gates, Scott, Håvard Hegre, Håvard Nygård, and Håvard Strand. 2012. The Development Consequences of Civil Conflict. ''

World Development ''World Development'' is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering development studies. It was established in 1973 and is published by Elsevier. According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2022 impact factor The i ...

''. 40 (9): 1713 – 1722. # Butler, Christopher and Scott Gates. 2012. African Range Wars: Climate, Conflict, and Property Rights.
Journal of Peace Research
'. 49(1): 23 – 34. # Rustad, Siri Aas, Halvard Buhaug, Åshild Falch, and Scott Gates. 2011. All Politics Is Local. Modeling Subnational Variation in Conflict.
Conflict Management and Peace Studies
'. 28(1): 15 – 40. # Butler, Christopher and Scott Gates. 2009. Asymmetry, Parity, and (Civil) War: Can International Theories of Power Help Us Understand Civil War.
International Interactions
'. 35(3): 330 – 40. # Buhaug, Halvard, Scott Gates, and Päivi Lujala. 2009. Geography, Rebel Capability and the Duration of Civil Conflict.
Journal of Conflict Resolution
'. 53(4): 544 – 569. # Buhaug, Halvard, Scott Gates, Håvard Hegre, Håvard Strand, & Henrik Urdal. 2009. Nils Petter Gleditsch: A Lifetime Achiever. ''

European Political Science ''European Political Science'' (''EPS'') is a peer-reviewed academic journal. The professional journal of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), it has been published in collaboration with Palgrave Macmillan since 2005. The journal ...

''. 8(1): 79 – 89. # Gates, Scott, Håvard Hegre, Mark Jones, and Håvard Strand. 2006. Institutional Inconsistency and Political Instability: Polity Duration, 1800 – 2000.
American Journal of Political Science
'' 50(4): 33 – 48. # Fredriksson, Per G., Eric Neumayer, Scott Gates, and Richard Damania. 2005. Environmentalism, Democracy, and Pollution Control.
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
'' 49:343 – 365. # Murshed, S. Mansoob and Scott Gates. 2005. Spatial-horizontal Inequality and the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal. '' Review of Development Economics''. 9(1): 121 – 134. eprinted in Kanbur, Ravi, Anthony J. Venables and Guanghua Wan, eds. Spatial Disparities in Human Development: Perspectives from Asia. Tokyo: UNU Press. 188 – 206. 2006.# Buhaug, Halvard and Scott Gates. 2002. The Geography of Civil War.
Journal of Peace Research
'. 39(4): 417 – 433. eprinted in Diehl, Paul F. Diehl, editor. War. Library of International Relations. London: Sage. 3:209 – 229. 2005.# Gates, Scott. 2002. Recruitment and Allegiance: The Microfoundations of Rebellion.
Journal of Conflict Resolution
'. 46(1): 111 – 130. # Hegre, Håvard, Tanja Ellingsen, Scott Gates, and Nils Petter Gleditsch. 2001. Toward a Democratic Civil Peace? Democracy, Political Change, and Civil War, 1816 – 1992.
American Political Science Review
'. 95(1): 33 – 48. eprinted in Diehl, Paul F. Diehl, editor. War. Library of International Relations. London: Sage. 5: 165 – 193. 2005.# Mitchell, Sara McLaughlin, Scott Gates, and Håvard Hegre. 1999. Evolution in Democracy-War Dynamics.
Journal of Conflict Resolution
'. 43(6): 771 – 792. # McLaughlin, Sara, Scott Gates, Håvard Hegre, Ranveig Gissinger, and Nils Petter Gleditsch. 1998. Timing the Changes in Political Structures: A New Polity Database.
Journal of Conflict Resolution.
' 42(2): 231 – 242. # Gates, Scott and Mark Lanier. 1996. Incarcerated Youth At Risk: An Empirical Assessment of the AIDS Risk Reduction Model (ARRM) Employing Ordered Probit Analyses.
Journal of Criminal Justice
'. 24(6): 537 – 547. eprinted in Lanier, Mark M. Lanier, editor. The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Criminality and Criminal Justice. Hampshire, UK: Ashgate. 2006.# Gates, Scott, Torbjørn Knutsen, and Jonathon Moses. 1996. Democracy and Peace: A More Skeptical View.
Journal of Peace Research
'. 33(1): 1 – 10. # Gates, Scott and Jeffrey Hill. 1995. Democratic Accountability and Governmental Innovation in the Use of Non-Profit Organizations.
Policy Studies Review
'. 14(1): 137 – 148. # Gates, Scott and Sherry Bennett Quiñones. 1995. Economic Risk and the Politics of Protectionism.
International Interactions
'. 21(1): 63 – 83. # Brehm, John and Scott Gates. 1994. When Supervision Fails to Induce Compliance.
Journal of Theoretical Politics.
6(3): 323 – 343. # Brehm, John and Scott Gates. 1993. Donut Shops and Speed Traps: Evaluating Models of Police Supervision.
American Journal of Political Science
'. 37(2): 555 – 581.

References

Research topics

# Research relevant to current affairs
Rise of ChinaIslamic State
an
Police Brutality
# Research Topics: Applied Game Theoretic Analysis, International Relation Theory, International Political Economy, Formal Models of Bureaucracy, and Economic Modelling. # Gates research interests include: Governance, Bureaucracies and Organizations, Conflict Dynamics, and The Development Consequences of Warfare.

External links

Staff page at PRIO/CSCW
* Scott Gates' homepage: http://scottgates.weebly.com/ * Scott Gates at ISA: http://www.isanet.org/Conferences/New-Orleans-2015/Program/Sapphire-Series * Scott Gates at Peace Science Society: http://sites.psu.edu/pssi/organization/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Gates, Scott 1957 births Living people Scientists from Minneapolis University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts alumni Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies alumni American political scientists American expatriates in Norway Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters