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Benjamin de Carvalho
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Benjamin de Carvalho er forsker 1 ved NUPI. Hans forskningsinteresse ligger mellom tre hovedområder: Han jobber med problemstillinger knyttet til historisk endring, slik som dannelsen av nasjonalstaten i Europa, suverenitet og betydningen av religion og konfesjonalisme.
Han er involvert i flere prosjekter om FNs fredsbevaring, og har arbeidet med beskyttelse av sivile, samt seksuell og kjønnsbasert vold i Liberia, Tsjad og Sudan. Han er også involvert i prosjekter som undersøker betydningen av statusbegrepet i staters utenrikspolitikk, med fokus på Norge og Brasil. Sentrale tema her er rollen små stater spiller i internasjonal politikk, fremvoksende makter og stormakters ansvar. Andre forskningsinsteresser er hegemoni, populærkultur og teorier om internasjonal politikk.
De Carvalho ble tildelt sin doktorgrad 16. mai 2009 ved Universitetet i Cambridge, hvor han leverte avhandlingen Sovereignty, Religion and the Nation-State.
De Carvalho er sjefsredaktør i tidsskriftet Cooperation and Conflict, 2023-2027.
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2009 PhD, University of Cambridge, UK: Sovereignty, Religion and the Nation-State
2001 Mastergrad ved New School for Social Research, New York, USA
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2003- Doktorgradsstipendiat/seniorforsker/forsker 1 ved NUPI
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Tøm alle filtreTraining in Vain? Bottlenecks in Deploying Civilians for UN Peacekeeping
UN peacekeeping missions suffer from cumbersome recruitment processes, high vacancy rates and a shortage of civilian staff. This article explores the bottlenecks hampering the recruitment and deployment of trained personnel, especially civilians. Paradoxically, an increased number of trained personnel has not translated into higher deployment rates. Individual factors and structural bottlenecks together accounted for half of the nondeployments. Of the latter, the informal nature of the UN’s recruitment system and the central role played by personal contacts stands out. The article makes the case for an improved link between the recruitment architecture of the UN and its training programmes, and a significant overhaul of the UN recruitment architecture per se. Unless the UN and international training programmes address this paradox, the risk of training in vain will remain.
Chronicle of a Frustration Foretold? The Implementation of a Broad Protection Agenda in the United Nations
Protection from Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Liberia: A Role for Traditional Justice?
Sexual and gender-based violence in Liberia and the case for a comprehensive approach to the rule of law
Since the end of the conflict in Liberia, one of the main priorities of the UN Mission (UNMIL), UN agencies, NGOs and INGOs has been to address the very high level of sexual violence against women and children, often known through the ‘SGBV’ acronym (Sexual and Gender-Based Violence). This focus has led to a number of initiatives from the international community, including a joint UN and Government of Liberia national strategy on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (Government of Liberia 2009); the creation of a ministry for gender issues; and a number of campaigns aimed at engendering awareness of the problem. In spite of these initiatives, the problem continues, and few perpetrators are brought to justice. Even fewer face trial and are found guilty.
Somewhere to Turn?: MINURCAT and the Protection of Civilians in Eastern Chad and Darfur
Local and National Ownership in Post-Conflict Liberia: Foreign and Domestic Inside Out?