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    Kristian Berg Harpviken

    Research Professor

    Email: kristian@prio.org

    Work phone: +47 22 54 77 78

    Mobile phone: +47 920 61 861

    Twitter: @harpviken

    Research Interests

    Transnational mobilization and civil war
    War-related migration and social networks
     Regional (in-)security
     Peacebuilding and peacemaking
     Methodology in contexts of crisis and conflict
    ​ Geographical focus on Afghanistan and its neighborhood

    Topic
    Migration
    Topic
    Peacebuilding
    Topic
    Extremism
    Topic
    Governance

    Langua​​ges

    Norwegian, English; basic French and German

    Work Experience

    2017– 
    		Research Professor, PRIO
    2009–17Director, PRIO
    ​2008
    		​Guest Researcher, Institute for International Migration (ISIM), Georgetown University
    ​2007–​Associate Fellow, Post-War Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU), University of York
    2005–09Deputy Director, PRIO
    2004–05Programme Leader, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding (CRPB) programme, PRIO
    1999–Senior Researcher, PRIO
    1999–06Project Leader, 'Assistance to Mine-Affected Communities (AMAC)'
    ​1998​Guest researcher (Fulbright Scholar), Department of Sociolocy, University of Chicago
    1997–03Research Fellow, Department of Sociology and Human geography, University of Oslo. 
    Project: 'Flight and Social Decision-Making: Forced Migration in Afghanistan'
    1995–97Research Fellow, PRIO.
    Project: 'Common Security in Southern Africa' (17 months)
    1990–92Director and Agricultural Coordinator, Norwegian Afghanistan Committee (NAC), Peshawar, Pakistan
    1989Conscientious Objector, Norwegian Afghanistan Committee (NAC), Oslo
    1983–88Farmer, Harpviken Farm, Brumunddal
    1982Military Service
    1981–93Farm work, Nedre Berg Farm, Brøttum

    Appointments

    2017–​Member of the Board of Directors, Global Resource Network on Conflict (GRNC), Washington DC
    2017​–​External Board member, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, Faculty of Humanities, University of Oslo
    ​2016–​Member of the Advisory Committee of the joint United Nations and World Bank Policy Study on the role of Development in the Prevention of Violent Conflict.
    ​2016–​Board member, Research Council of Norway’s Board committee for international issues [Styreutvalg for internasjonale saker]
    ​2015–​Board member, Division for Society and Health, Research Council of Norway​
    ​2015–16​Member of Norwegian Commission of Inquiry on Norway’s civilian and military involvement in Afghanistan during the period 2001–2014
    ​2014–​Governing Board member, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development​ (MGIEP), New Delhi
    ​2014–​​International Board member, Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
    2013–Advisory Board member, Norwegian Polytechnic Society
    2012–  Board of Trustees member, the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights
    2012–Advisory Board member, Business for Peace Foundation
    ​2012–16​Editorial Board member, Politics and Governance (Open Access journal)
    2011–Scientific Advisory Council member, Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)
    2010–14 Programme Council member for the MA programme in Peace and Conflict Studies (PECOS), University of Oslo
    ​2007–​Editorial Board member, Comparative Social Research​ (yearbook published by Emerald)
    2006–09 Member of the National Committee for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences and the Humanities (Norway)

    Education

    2017
    		Senior Executive Course (Sjefskurset), Norwegian Defence University College, Oslo
    2006
    		PhD in Sociology, University of Oslo [Dissertation]
    1993–95  Cand. Polit (M.Phil.) in Sociology, University of Oslo [Dissertation]
    1991​–93Development Studies, University of Uppsala
    1987–89Cand. Mag, University of Oslo
    1984–86Management studies, Norwegian School of Management, Gjøvik
    1982–83Agriculturalist, Staup School of Gardening, Levanger
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