Ingvild Magnæs Gjelsvik

Former employee

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 was part of the Research Group on Peace, Conflict and Development, and worked 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.

Publications All publications

Police Reform and Community Policing in Kenya: The Bumpy Road from Policy to Practice
Publication : Academic article | 2020
- Ingvild Magnæs Gjelsvik
A reform is underway in Kenya, aimed at transforming the police organization into a people- centred police service. Among other things, this involves1
Disengaging from violent extremism: The case of al-Shabaab in Somalia
Publication : ARTIKKEL | 2019
- Ingvild Magnæs Gjelsvik
Disengagement, rehabilitation and reintegration for members of violent extremist groups during ongoing conflict is a tricky matter. Disarmament, Demo1
Should I stay or should I go? Security considerations for members leaving al-Shabaab in Somalia
Publication : NUPI Policy Brief | 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 Nairobi1
Protection of civilians in the absence of peace agreements: Darfur, Chad/CAR, and Côte d’Ivoire
Publication | 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.1
United Nations Peace Operations: Aligning Principles and Practice
Publication : NUPI-rapport | 2015
- Mateja Peter
- Morten Bøås
- Niels Nagelhus Schia
- Francesco Strazzari
- John Karlsrud
- Cedric H. de Coning
- Jon Harald Sande Lie
- Benjamin de Carvalho
- Eli Stamnes
- Ingvild Magnæs Gjelsvik
- Kari M. Osland
- Randi Solhjell
- Paul Troost
- Lilly Pijnenburg Muller

Projects All projects

Community-based policing and post-conflict police reform (ICT4COP)
Research project | 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....
Peace operations Conflict Governance International organizations Development policy The EU Russia and Eurasia Europe Asia Africa The Middle East and North Africa South and Central America
Training for Peace 2011 - 2019 (TfP)
Research project | 2011 - 2019 (Completed)
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....
Peace operations Africa United Nations International organizations AU Security policy

Events All events

Living with the Taliban?
Event
Tue 21 Sep 2021
Time: 15:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: Microsoft Teams
How do local communities experience the Taliban vis a vis questions of security? What did the police reform look like before the Taliban takeover, and will there be a role for the police under Taliban?