Arne Strand left PRIO in 2009. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.
Research Interests
Involved in the CMI-USIP-PRIO project Achieving Durable Peace in Afghanistan.
Background
Working experience:
2007-2009: Centre Manager, PRIO Cyprus Centre
1997-2006: Researcher at Chr.Michelsen Institute, Bergen
1993-1997: Deputy Director for Norwegian Church Aid in Kabul and Peshawar
1991-1992: Desk Officer, Norwegian Refugee Council
1988-1991: Director, Norwegian Afghanistan Committee, Peshawar
Arne Strand has long experience of directing Norwegian NGOs work in Afghanistan, including implementation of projects, needs and resource assessments, monitoring and evaluating of projects. He has been involved in developing management and professional capacities of Afghan national NGOs and in NGOs role in peacebuilding.
During recent years he has been team leader of several evaluations in Afghanistan, reviewing the operations and strategies of UN agencies, NGOs and NGO consortiums. He has participated in several international studies of Humanitarian Mine Action, the peaceprocess in Aceh (Indonesia) and NGO coordination in Sri Lanka.
He has directed and been teammember on a range of commissioned studies on Afghanistan in general and on Aid Coordination and Peacebuilding in particular, lead a WB study on Community Driven Development, and organised international conferences on peacebuilding and forced migration.
Education:
2004: PhD in Post-war Recovery Studies, University of York
1996: MA in Post-War Recovery Studies, University of York
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Events
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All Publications
Peer-reviewed Journal Article
Book Chapter
Paasche, Erlend; Arne Strand & Are Knudsen (2013)
War and Migration, in
The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell.
Non-refereed Journal Article
Popular Article
Harpviken, Kristian Berg; Astri Suhrke & Arne Strand (2010)
Tid for linjeskifte,
Aftenposten, 3 July.