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Julie Wilhelmsen

Research Professor
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jw@nupi.no
(+47) 481 74 328
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Summary

Julie Wilhelmsen is Research Professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. She holds a PhD in political science and conducts research in the fields of critical security studies, Russian foreign and security policies and the radicalization of Islam in Eurasia.

The two post-soviet Chechen wars have been a constant focus in her research and she is also heads projects related to conflict resolution in the North Caucasus. From 2012 to 2016 she was the editor of the Scandinavian-language journal Internasjonal Politikk, and has a wide outreach to the Norwegian public on issues related to Russia and Eurasia through frequent public talks and media comments. In 2019 – 2021 Wilhelmsen is an expert in the Cooperative Security Initiative (CSI), an initiative which is designed to generate ideas and shift momentum in favor of cooperative security and multilateralism through the OSCE in order to build a safer Europe.

Expertise

  • Security policy
  • Terrorism and extremism
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • The Arctic
  • Conflict
  • Human rights
  • Governance
  • International organizations

Education

2014 Ph.D in Political Science, University of Oslo. Areas of specialisation: Russian Politics, Critical Security Studies, Discourse Analysis

1999 Cand.Polit. (Political Science), University of Oslo

1996 Master of Science in Russian and Post-Soviet Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science

1995 Mellomfag in Political Science, University of Oslo

1994 Mellomfag in Russian, University of Oslo

Work Experience

2022- Head of the Research group on Russia, Asia and International Trade

2022- Research professor

2014-2022 Senior Researcher, NUPI

2003-2014 Researcher, Centre for Russian Studies, NUPI

2001-2003 Researcher and Project manager, Norwegian Defence Reseach Establishment

1999-2001 Higher executive officer, Norwegian Directorate of Immigration

Aktivitet

Media
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BRICS - en allianse mot verden

BRICS utvidast. Russland overtar samstundes leiarskapen i organisasjonen som utfordrar Vesten. Kva kan skje? NUPI-forskar Julie Wilhelmsen er ein av deltakarane i denne samtala i NRK-programmet Debatt i P2.

  • Security policy
  • Europe
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • South and Central America
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  • Security policy
  • Europe
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • South and Central America
Russia-West relations before, in and after the war on Ukraine
Podcast

Russia-West relations before, in and after the war on Ukraine

Was there ever a deal to be had with Putin before the war? Is Russia mainly motivated by domestic or foreign policy considerations? And is there a...

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • Foreign policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Conflict
  • Fragile states
  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • Foreign policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Conflict
  • Fragile states
Publications
Publications
Op-ed

Noen har hevdet at mitt moralske kompass er gått i stykker

Jeg forsøker å skjønne hvorfor Kreml handler som det gjør. Er det virkelig det samme som å støtte disse handlingene?

  • Europe
  • Russia and Eurasia
Aftenposten2.PNG
  • Europe
  • Russia and Eurasia
Media
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Tale ved utdeling av Fritt Ords Pris 2023

Torsdag 11. mai 2023 fikk NUPI-forsker Julie Wilhelmsen Fritt Ords Pris 2023 for å ha bidratt med nyanserende faglig kunnskap i et opphetet offentlig ordskifte, før og etter Russlands fullskala-invasjon av Ukraina. Hun har gjennom dette vist betydningen av ytringsmot og utøvd akademisk ytringsfrihet i praksis, sa styreleder Grete Brochmann.

  • Europe
  • Russia and Eurasia
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  • Europe
  • Russia and Eurasia
Publications
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Op-ed

Et tredje perspektiv på årsakene bak Russlands angrepskrig

  • Europe
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Conflict
Morgenbladet.PNG
  • Europe
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Conflict
Publications
Publications

Drivkraft

Russlandforskeren mener hun har et urolig hjerte, og føler på et ansvar for å fortelle om det hun ser

Drivkraft.PNG
Publications
Publications
Chapter

Russiske spill i Ukraina-krigen: Innenriks- og utenrikspolitiske frontlinjer

  • Europe
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Conflict
Krigen i Ukraina.PNG
  • Europe
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Conflict
Research project
2022 - 2025 (Ongoing)

Arctic Pressures (ArcPres)

Russia’s reinvasion of Ukraine in 2022 precipitated a challenging new chapter for Arctic political and security dynamics. Going forward, security and governance developments in the region will continu...

  • Security policy
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • North America
  • The Nordic countries
  • Climate
  • Oceans
  • International organizations
  • Security policy
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • North America
  • The Nordic countries
  • Climate
  • Oceans
  • International organizations
Research project
2022 - 2024 (Ongoing)

Dealing with the challenge of political warfare in the COVID-19 and Ukraine war context (FLANKS 2)

This project will investigate how Nordic and Black Sea Region must be prepared to meet and deal with the challenges posed by political warfare....

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Foreign policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Conflict
  • The EU
  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Foreign policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Conflict
  • The EU
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Research project
2023 - 2024 (Ongoing)

Norway and Poland as actors in a changing security landscape (NORPOLFACTOR)

The aim of the project is to develop enhanced knowledge of the security-related challenges, risks and threats Poland and Norway face in their strategic environment in the aftermath of the Russian inva...

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Foreign policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • The Arctic
  • The Nordic countries
  • Conflict
  • Energy
  • The EU
  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Foreign policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • The Arctic
  • The Nordic countries
  • Conflict
  • Energy
  • The EU
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