Researcher with interest in antisemitism, Russian history, and moral psychology
Johannes Due Enstad is a historian with a foot in the social sciences. He holds a PhD in history from the University of Oslo and has previously worked as a researcher and postdoctoral fellow at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, The Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies and the University of Oslo. Enstad researches antisemitism and right-wing extremism, Russian history and society, and moral psychological perspectives on politics and public debate. He employs both qualitative and quantitative methods in his research.
Enstad is the author of the monograph Soviet Russians under Nazi Occupation (Cambridge University Press, 2018), and his research has been published in journals such as American Psychologist, Social Forces, Antisemitism Studies and Terrorism & Political Violence.
From 2020 to 2024, Enstad led the research project CHACE, on the dynamics and drivers of antisemitism in Europe after the Cold War. He leads the FRIPRO-funded project MORALCHANGE (2025–2029), which examines the interplay between moral values and political divides in Norway and Scandinavia.