Torill Stavenes

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College: College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Discipline: Politics
Department: College of Social Sciences and International Studies

First year PhD Researcher in Politics and affiliated researcher on the project "State Encroachment of Civil Society" (STATORG). More information here: http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/regulatingcivilsociety/ 

Research interests: New political parties, party development, party survival/death, political systems in Western Europe (in particular Scandinavia and Italy), state funding and legislation on political parties. 

PhD-project: How does the design of the state funding scheme impact the development and survival of new, minor political parties in Norway and Italy?