Additional positions:
Co-director PRIO Centre for Culture and Violent Conflict
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Editorial Board member of the Centre for Peace and Development (CPDS) Journal, University of Juba, South Sudan.
Editor in chief for the blog Monitoring South Sudan @PRIOSouthSudan.
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Language Skills
Proficient: Norwegian, English
Basic skills: German, Italian
Work Experience
2020 - Research Professor
2017 - Co-director PRIO Centre for Culture and Violent Conflict
2010-2020: Senior Researcher, PRIO
2005-2010: Researcher, Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO
2003-2005: Advisor, Norwegian People’s Aid
2002: Senior Executive Officer, Norwegian Centre for Human rights
Academic Visitorships
2014: African Studies Centre, Oxford University
2012-2013: Global Security Institute/Dep. of History, Durham University
2007: Programme of African Studies, Northwestern University
Education
2010: Ph.D. History, University of Oslo
2003: Cand. philol. History, University of Oslo
2000: MA African History, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
1999: Cand. mag. History and Political Science, University of Oslo
PRIO Policy Brief
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Journal Article in Harvard Business Review
Journal Article in Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding
Journal Article in Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding
PRIO Policy Brief
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Journal Article in Security Dialogue
Conference Paper
Minister Dhieu Mathok Diing Wol from South Sudan visited PRIO today. He is in Oslo for the UN High Level Seminar on Gender and Inclusive Mediation Strategies, organized by PRIO this week.
Security Force Assistance (SFA) – the training and equipping of a foreign security force – represent a common form of intervention into fragile states.
PRIO researchers have contributed to a survey of seven cities around the world during the Covid-19 pandemic. This survey offers clues to how businesses handle crises, and the results are summed up in an article in Harvard Business Review.
The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign has asked PRIO to carry out an external review of its Strategy for Norway's efforts in the Sahel region 2018–2020 in Africa. The review will be conducted by research professor Øystein H. Rolandsen (PRIO), Professor Tor Arve Benjaminsen (NMBU and PRIO) and Senior researcher Tone Sommerfelt (PRIO).
How do political opposition groups in Myanmar and Thailand use popular culture and art to generate legitimacy for their political causes and propagate their messages?
Following an external academic evaluation, the PRIO Board has awarded Research Professor competence to Øystein H. Rolandsen.
Congratulations!
Next Tuesday December 8th at 14.00 CET (Oslo time) we will have the PRIO Annual Peace Address, this time with young peacebuilders Hajer Sharief and Ilwad Elman.
On this occasion we wanted to highlight projects and research that focus on youth activism. We're sharing our work on young engagement in political change, because social movements that turn into positive societal transformation are not only initiated by people in power, but very often are initiated or inspired by youth trying to improve their communities. Here are some of the projects showing the importance of youth in peacebuilding.
The Sahel region is increasingly affected by transnational security threats which spill across national borders, such as insurgency, terror attacks, uncontrolled migration and illicit trafficking in commodities. A key reason for the persistence of those threats is the poor performance of the region’s security forces.