Rikke Agerup, Communications advisor at the Norwegian Institute for International Affairs. Photo: nupi Rikke has worked as a journalist and reporter in several media companies, including TV 2 and NRK. She has also written for NRC magazine Perspektiv from various parts of the world, including Brazil and North Korea. Rikke has a bachelor’s degree inContinue reading «Rikke Agerup»
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Lars Gule
Lars Gule, Associate Professor at Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet) pFoto: Sonia Balci / OsloMet Lars Gule is a Norwegian philosopher. He has graduated with a doctorate in philosophy, and is an associate professor (at Oslo Metropolitan University). From 2000 to 2005 he was secretary general of the Norwegian Humanist Association. Lars Gule studied history, philosophy and social science at the University of Bergen and received his doctoral degree in philosophyContinue reading «Lars Gule»
Johan Kr. Meyer
Johan Kr. Meyer, Counsellor at the Norwegian Embassy for Niger and Chad. Photo: privat Counsellor at the Norwegian Embassy for Niger and Chad.Johan Kr. Meyer works in the foreign service, currently stationed at the Norwegian embassy in Bamako. From 2008 to 2015, he was responsible for refugee issues in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. HeContinue reading «Johan Kr. Meyer»
Charlotte Lysa
Charlotte Lysa, postdoctoral researcher at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights Photo: uio Charlotte Lysa is a postdoctoral researcher at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights in the project REF-ARAB: Refugees and the Arab Middle East: Protection in States Not Party to the Refugee Convention. Her interests include politics and society in the Middle EastContinue reading «Charlotte Lysa»
Sverre Strandhagen
Sverre Strandhagen, Journalist and commentator at Dagens Næringsliv (DN) Photo: DN Sverre Strandhagen is commentator in Dagens Næringsliv since 2014. He writes mostly about foreign affairs and especially about security issues, defense politics and great power politics. For 14 years he was head of the political department in the paper. He is educated as political scientist fromContinue reading «Sverre Strandhagen»
Pavel Baev
Pavel Baev, Research Professor at The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) Photo: prio Pavel Baev is a Research Professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). He has worked on Russian foreign and security policy since the 1980s and has researched areas from the Arctic to the Caucasus and Central Asia. Since 2014, his workContinue reading «Pavel Baev»
Pinar Tank
Pinar Tank, Senior Researcher at The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) Photo: prio Pinar Tank is a Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). She is an area studies scholar who has worked on Turkish domestic and foreign policies for the past twenty years. She is currently affiliated with PRIO’s Middle East CentreContinue reading «Pinar Tank»
Bjørn Olav Utvik
Bjørn Olav Utvik, Professor in Middle East Studies at the University of Oslo. Photo: uio Bjørn Olav Utvik is Professor in Middle East Studies at the Centre for Islamic and Middle East Studies, University of Oslo. His work focuses on the contemporary political history of the Middle East. He is the leading Nordic specialist onContinue reading «Bjørn Olav Utvik»
Cecilie Hellestveit
Cecilie Hellestveit, lawyer and social scientist with a PhD in international humanitarian law. Photo: Lisbeth Michelsen Dr Cecilie Hellestveit is a lawyer and social scientist with a PhD in international humanitarian law (IHL) from the University of Oslo. She has been associated with a number of research institutes in Norway (PRIO, SMR / UIO, NUPI, IKOS,Continue reading «Cecilie Hellestveit»
Morten Bøas
Morten Bøas, Research Professor at NUPI Photo: NUPI Morten Bøås is Research Professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). He works on conflict, insurgencies and state-building in Africa and the Middle East and has conducted fieldwork in a number of different localities on the African continent. Bøås has led a high number ofContinue reading «Morten Bøas»