Ingvild Magnæs Gjelsvik

Junior researcher

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Expertise

Peace operations Security policy Terrorisme og ekstremisme Development policy United Nations Conflict resolution

Education

2012 Master in Peace and Conflict Transformation from the University of Tromsø and Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) Master thesis: Women, War and Empowerment: A Case Study of Female Ex- Combatants in Colombia. 2007 Bachelor in Development Studies from the University of Agder. Bachelor paper: Female Genital Mutilation in Tanzania: Why is it still practiced?

Work Experience

2011-2012 Research Assistant working with Professor Tore Bjørgo at the Norwegian Police University College 2011 Researcher in a comparative research project on reintegration programmes in Somalia, Nepal and Afghanistan as a part of the International Research Group on Reintegration at the Centre for Peace Studies in Tromsø 2010-2011 Intern and researcher for UNDP Somalia in the Rule of Law programme working on a demilitarization project for youth in Somalia 2007-2008 Youth Delegate for the Red Cross in Colombia 2007 Project semester at the University of Oslo working at the Nordic Gender Institute in the pilot project Prostitution in Norway

Activity

2012 Consultant and team leader for an evaluation of the Norwegian Church Aid´s ”Alternative Livelihood to Piracy” project in Somalia. Presented research on Somali piracy at the Stockholm Criminology Symposium 2012 Participated at the conference: Mainstreaming Protection of Civilians Considerations into the Operations of AMISOM, in Nairobi. 2013-06 Represents NUPI at the Communication Package Workshop for the Training for Peace Programme (TfP) organized by The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) on the 18th and 19th of June in Durban. 2013-02 Organized the workshop "Understanding and Integrating Local Perceptions in the Work of Multi-Dimensional UN Peacekeeping Operations" 26 to 28 February in Kampala, Uganda. http://www.nupi.no/Arrangementer/Kommende-arrangement/Understanding-and-Integrating-Local-Perceptions-in-the-Work-of-Multi-Dimensional-UN-Peacekeeping-Operations

Gjelsvik has specialized in the areas of disengagement, radicalization- deradicalization and reintegration of members of armed groups. She has conducted extensive fieldwork in Somalia focusing how individuals engage with and disengage from al-Shabaab and piracy groups and looked at the process of reintegration of female guerrilla soldiers in Colombia.

Gjelsvik is a part of Research Group on Peace, Conflict and Development, and works in the Training for Peace Programme at NUPI. She is also a member of the International Research Group on Reintegration (IRGR) and works closely with the Norwegian Police Univeristy College.

Gjelsvik will the coming years be working on community policing in Somalia as a part of a EU funded project.

Publication : NUPI Policy Brief
Should I stay or should I go? Security considerations for members leaving al-Shabaab in Somalia
2019
- - Ingvild Magnæs Gjelsvik
The Somali jihadi organization al-Shabaab, yet again featured in the news internationally when they attacked a business and hotel complex in Nairobi 15 January this year. This is not the first time the group carries out largescale attacks outside the Somali boarders. Other examples are the Garissa University...
Publication : Del av bok/rapport
Protection of civilians in the absence of peace agreements: Darfur, Chad/CAR, and Côte d’Ivoire
2017
- - John Karlsrud
- - Ingvild Magnæs Gjelsvik
This edited volume offers a thorough review of peacekeeping theory and reality in contemporary contexts, and aligns the two to help inform practice. Recent UN peacekeeping operations have challenged the traditional peacekeeping principles of consent, impartiality and the minimum use of force. The pace...
Research project

Community-based policing and post-conflict police reform (ICT4COP)

2015 - 2020 (Ongoing)

This research project will create greater knowledge of social, cultural, legal and ethical dimensions of community-based policing in post-conflict societies.
Research project

Training for Peace (TfP)

2011 - 2015 (Ongoing)

The Training for Peace Programme (TfP Programme) is an international programme that contributes towards capacity building within the broader ambit of peace operations in Africa.
Publication : NUPI-rapport
United Nations Peace Operations: Aligning Principles and Practice
2015
Publication : ARTIKKEL
Connections and Disconnections: Understanding and Integrating Local Perceptions in United Nations Peacekeeping
2014
Publication : NUPI Report
Female Bodies and Masculine Norms: Challenging Gender Discourses and the Implementation of Resolution 1325 in Peace Operations in Africa
2014
- - Randi Solhjell
- - Ingvild Magnæs Gjelsvik
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (2000) was hailed as a pioneering step in acknowledging the varied roles of women in conflict and promoting their participation in peace processes and in peacebuilding. This report takes a critical look at the inclusion and...
Publication : NUPI Report
Female Bodies and Masculine Norms: Challenging Gender Discourses and the Implementation of Resolution 1325 in Peace Operations in Afrika / Randi So...
2013
- - Randi Solhjell
- - Ingvild Magnæs Gjelsvik
Publication : NUPI Policy Brief
Women, Peace and Security in Somalia: A Study of AMISOM
2013
- - Ingvild Magnæs Gjelsvik
Publication : NUPI Policy Brief
What people think does matter: Understanding and integrating local perceptions into UN peacekeeping
2013
Publication : ARTIKKEL
Ex-Pirates in Somalia : processes of engagement, disengagement and reintegration
2012
- - Ingvild Magnæs Gjelsvik
- - Tore Bjørgo