Fanny Nicolaisen – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

Fanny Nicolaisen left PRIO in 2017. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.

Fanny Nicolaisen

Fanny Nicolaisen

Interests and experience

Conflict and state-building in South Sudan
Regional dynamic and politics in East Africa
Conflict monitoring

I run the blog Monitoring South Sudan, as a part of the PRIO The Dynamics of State Failure and Violence project.

See also:

Twitter: Monitoring S.Sudan / @PRIOSouthSudan
Facebook: Dynamics of State Failure and Violence: research group

Education:

2015-2016 MSc Conflict Studies, The London School of Economics and Political Science
2010-2014 BA Political Science and International Studies, University of Washington

Projects

Jan 2017 – Dec 2018
PSYOPS: The Psychology of Political Struggle

Jun 2016 – Dec 2018
Enhancing South-South Cooperation: Promoting African responses to peacebuilding in Africa

Mar 2015 – Mar 2019
Aid in Crisis? Rights-Based Approaches and Humanitarian Outcomes

Sep 2014 – Jun 2017
Conflict of Interest? 'Business For Peace' as Development Aid in Volatile Environments

Feb 2012 – Dec 2016
The Dynamics of State Failure and Violence

Latest publications

Fanny Nicolaisen & Øystein H. Rolandsen (2017)
Sør-Sudan: fra fest til katastrofe

Popular article in NUPI, Hvor Hender Det?

Øystein H. Rolandsen, Tove Heggli Sagmo & Fanny Nicolaisen (2015)
South Sudan – Uganda Relations: The Cost of Peace

Journal article in Conflict Trends

Øystein H. Rolandsen et al. (2015)
A year of South Sudan’s third civil war

Journal article in International Area Studies Review

Latest news

Friday, 26 May 2017
Successful Spring Seminar Series on the Psychology of Political Struggle

The seminar series «PSYOPS: The Psychology of Political Struggle» aims to bring academics and professionals from different disciplines and fields of experience together to discuss topics in the borderland between psychology and politics.

Latest events

Thursday, 15 Jun 2017 10:30–12:00 UTC+02
Can the African Union help South Sudan?

Thursday, 6 Apr 2017 09:00–11:00 UTC+02
The Conflict in South-Sudan: A Closer Look at Social Identities and Psychological Fieldwork

Thursday, 23 Mar 2017 08:30–10:00 UTC+01
Cancelled: Sudan at the Crossroads

Latest comments

Thursday, 1 Jun 2017
An overview: South Sudan’s civil war

Wednesday, 2 Mar 2016
South Sudan - Uganda Relations: The Cost of Peace

Thursday, 11 Jun 2015
A cause of war or an impetus for peace? Uganda’s economic interests in South Sudan

Friday, 29 May 2015
The cost of Uganda’s military intervention in South Sudan

Friday, 28 Nov 2014
State Briefing: Lakes State

Recorded event
Can the African Union help South Sudan?

Recorded event
The Conflict in South-Sudan: A Closer Look at Social Identities and Psychological Fieldwork

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