Nina Græger
Research Professor (part time)Nina Græger is research professor at NUPI, in the Research group for global order and diplomacy and professor in international relations at the University of Copenhagen. From September 2019, she is on leave, holding a part time position at NUPI while she is Head of the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen. Her research interests are security practices, interorganizational relations, IR, European, transatlantic and Norwegian security and defence, and military sociology.
Nina has appeared in journals such as Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of European Integration and Cooperation and Conflict. She has extensive management (e.g. Head of Department 2008-2012) and project management experience (e.g. EUPERFORM - Measuring the EU’s Performance in International Institutions 2010-2014, and GR:EEN - Global Reordering: Evolution through European Networks 2011-2015).
The title of Græger’s Ph.D. thesis is: Norsk forsvarsdiskurs 1990-2005: Internasjonaliseringen av forsvaret.
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NUPI researcher Nina Græger to head the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen
15.08.2019‘I think both NUPI and the Department of Political Science have something to learn from each other,’ says Senior Research Fellow Nina Græger, who is heading to Copenhagen in mid-September. -
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The Duty of Care in International Relations Protecting Citizens Beyond the Border
2019This book offers a first overarching look at the relationship between states and their citizens abroad, approached through the concept 'Duty of Care'. How can society best be protected, when increasing numbers of citizens are found outside the borders of the state? What are the limits to care... -
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Introduction: The Duty of Care in International Relations
2019In this introduction, we lay out the premises, logics and content of the book in more detail. In the next section, we introduce a varied set of current international challenges concerning the relationship between states and citizens. In the third section, we present the historical background for why... -
Research project
The Nordics and the International
2019 (Ongoing)Why is there not more Nordic cooperation on the international arena, when Nordic politicians so often express a willingness to develop cooperation in this field further? This project aims to build new knowledge, stimulate debate and inform the wider public about opportunities and limitations for strengthened...
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Research project
EU Integration and Differentiation for Effectiveness and Accountability (EUIDEA)
2019 - 2021 (Ongoing)EUIDEA is a H2020 project, which aims to break new ground on differentiated integration in terms of conceptual approach, policies and networks.
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Mon 13 May 2019Event
China’s Evolving Industrial Policies – what does it mean for us?
Time: 14:00 Location: NUPISome welcome Chinese investments in Europe with open arms, others see it as a threat to national security. Matthew Ferchen visits NUPI to talk about what China's investment policy means for Europe.
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Illiberalism, geopolitics, and middle power security: Lessons from the Norwegian case
2019Middle powers have played a key role in supporting global governance, a rules-based order, and human rights norms. Apart from conveying and effectuating global solidarity and responsibility, multilateral cooperation has been an arena where middle powers seek protection and leverage relatively modest... -
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Veivalg og spenninger i norsk sikkerhetspolitikk: Norges forhold til NATO og EU
2019(Full article available in Norwegian only): Norway’s security policy has been firmly anchored in its NATO membership and close bilateral relationship with the US since the 1950s. In parallell, the EU has regularly popped up on the Norwegian security political agenda. The balancing between the transatlantic... -
Thu 7 Mar 2019Event
Sheltering, security and small states: Nordic responses to a changing geopolitical context
Time: 13:00 Location: NUPIHow do Nordic states respond to current geopolitical changes in their neighborhood, and what are their options?
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Thu 18 Oct 2018Event
Protecting citizens abroad – who is responsible when crisis hits, and at what costs?
Time: 13:00 Location: NUPIWho is responsible when Norwegians are in trouble abroad, such as Frode Berg in Russia or French and Moland in DR Congo, or in case of natural disasters and terrorist attacks?
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Research project
Balancing between integration and autonomy. Understanding the drivers and mechanisms of EU's foreign, security and defense policy (EUFLEX)
2019 - 2021 (Ongoing)The project will investigate the ongoing process towards differentiated integration in European foreign, security and defence policy.
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‘Brothers in arms’. Kinship, gender and military organizations
2018Kinship arguably is a particularly useful concept for studying the social structures, relations and culture of military organizations, both in exceptional situations and during ordinary service. Kinship helps us identify and understand how masculine values and fellowship among male soldiers are embedded... -
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Need to have or nice to have? Nordic cooperation, NATO and the EU in Norwegian foreign, security and defence policy
2018Nordic-ness and Nordic values clearly are embedded in Norway's conception of its foreign policy role. Nordic cooperation is also important for seeking information about EU policies for non-EU country Norway. While supporting and participating in Nordic Defence Cooperation, Norway's NATO-membership... -
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European security as practice: EU–NATO communities of practice in the making?
2018This book aims to show practice approaches at work in the fields of European diplomacy and security broadly conceived. It sets out to provide readers with a hands-on sense of where research on social practices and European diplomacy, security and foreign policy currently stands. The book reviews how... -
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Need to have or nice to have? Nordic cooperation, NATO and the EU in Norway’s foreign and security policy
2018Nordic-ness and Nordic values clearly are embedded in Norway's conception of its foreign policy role. Nordic cooperation is also important for seeking information about EU policies for non-EU country Norway. While supporting and participating in Nordic Defence Cooperation, Norway's NATO-membership... -
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The Duty of Care for Citizens Abroad: Security and Responsibility in the In Amenas and Fukushima Crises
This article analyses the state’s duty of care (DoC) for citizens who fall victim to unforeseen catastrophic or violent events abroad. The DoC highlights the challenges, dynamics and relations involved in diplomatic practice that is aimed at protecting citizens outside of state borders and where traditional... -
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Vilje til omstilling - før og nå
2017(Available in Norwegian only): I dagens forsvarsdebatt er Forsvarets evne til å håndtere et bredt spekter av trusler under mer usikre internasjonale rammebetingelser sentralt. Det er stor oppslutning om at Forsvaret bør ha en viss avskrekkende effekt, kunne håndtere mindre episoder alene, og delta i... -
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Usikre rammer for norsk forsvarspolitikk
2017(Available in Norwegian only): USAs utenrikspolitikk og et militært potent Russland skaper uforutsigbare internasjonale rammevilkår. Både NATO og Norge har vendt «hjem» igjen både mentalt (forsvarsidentitet og trusselbilde) og fysisk (kollektiv sikkerhet og territorielt forsvar). Men nye internasjonale... -
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The Challenges and Dynamics of Alliance Policies: Norway,NATO and the High North
The global system of alliances that the United States built after the Second World War underpinned the stability and prosperity of the postwar order. But during the 20th century, the multilateral NATO alliance system in Europe and the bilateral San Francisco alliance system in Asia rarely interacted.... -
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Grasping the everyday and extraordinary in EU–NATO relations: the added value of practice approaches
2017Much scholarly work seeking to explain the EU–NATO relationship emphasises conflicting national or institutional interests, strategic individuals, and operational inefficiencies and overlaps. This article offers an alternative account of how both the everyday and the extraordinary in EU–NATO security...