Carl Henrik Knutsen
@chknutsen.bsky.social
Political science professor, University of Oslo; Research group leader, CIR group; Researcher, PRIO; co-PI, V-Dem
Haha, very un-Norwegian, but I would of course have liked that ;)
October 31, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Haha, very un-Norwegian, but I would of course have liked that ;)
Reposted by Carl Henrik Knutsen
Hereby confirming that I’ve also been honored 😀 Thanks again for the great collaboration, @adridelrio.bsky.social and @plutscher.bsky.social !
October 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Hereby confirming that I’ve also been honored 😀 Thanks again for the great collaboration, @adridelrio.bsky.social and @plutscher.bsky.social !
Hereby confirming that I’ve also been honored 😀 Thanks again for the great collaboration, @adridelrio.bsky.social and @plutscher.bsky.social !
October 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Hereby confirming that I’ve also been honored 😀 Thanks again for the great collaboration, @adridelrio.bsky.social and @plutscher.bsky.social !
Reposted by Carl Henrik Knutsen
We are already thinking about the next steps. We are currently building a website presenting the data. Here, we will add interactive visualizations and useful information.
Paths to Power
(PtP)
- Department of Political Science
Paths to Power (PtP) is a new global dataset on the background characteristics of 44,000+ cabinet members across 141 countries in the period 1966–2021. It documents their educational, occupational, an...
www.sv.uio.no
October 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
We are already thinking about the next steps. We are currently building a website presenting the data. Here, we will add interactive visualizations and useful information.
Reposted by Carl Henrik Knutsen
We also see where British cabinet members attended university. Unsurprisingly, Oxford and Cambridge
graduates dominate.
graduates dominate.
October 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
We also see where British cabinet members attended university. Unsurprisingly, Oxford and Cambridge
graduates dominate.
graduates dominate.
Reposted by Carl Henrik Knutsen
We also show how the data can be used to give new insights in different fields. Do democracies or autocracies have the best educated cabinet members? Turns out that leaders are better educated in democracies, but cabinet members have about the same level of education across regimes.
October 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
We also show how the data can be used to give new insights in different fields. Do democracies or autocracies have the best educated cabinet members? Turns out that leaders are better educated in democracies, but cabinet members have about the same level of education across regimes.