Francesca Refsum Jensenius is a Norwegian political scientist, currently teaching at the University of Oslo and working at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. Her work relates to comparative politics, and has specifically focused on the Indian political economy. She is a recipient of the Nils Klim Prize in 2018 for her contributions to scholarship.
Career
Jensenius completed her undergraduate degree from the University of Oslo in 2005, studying for a bachelors in arts and the Hindi language. She earned an M.A. in political science from Duke University.[1] Her doctoral work was completed at the University of California, Berkeley, and studied electoral quotas for scheduled castes in India.[2] She is currently a professor at the University of Oslo, in the department of political science.[1]