Asha Ali
Asha Ali is a Junior Research Fellow in the Research Group on Peace, Conflict and Development where she focuses on climate, peace and security, the effectiveness of peace operations and African-Nordic multilateral cooperation.
Asha earned a master’s degree in Social and Public Policy from Cardiff University focusing on the development of welfare policies in East Africa and the impact of loan conditionalities from development banks on these policies. Asha has a bachelor’s degree in Law from Queen Mary University of London. She has a background from the British Institute of Human Rights working on human rights law in the United Kingdom as well as a research background from the Norwegian Council for Africa focusing on the inclusion of women in the informal sector in trade policy.
Her main research interests are climate, peace and security, human rights and the inclusion of women and youth in peace processes
Education
2020-2021 Master of Science from Cardiff University
2017-2020 Bachelor of Law with Honours from Queen Mary University of London
Work Experience
2021 Norwegian Council for Africa
2019-2020 British Institute of Human Rights
2014-2016 Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Oslo
Publications All publications
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Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Publication | 2023The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is faced with a confluence of climate change, environmental degradation, resource exploitation and conflic1
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Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Somalia
Publication | 2023Somalia experienced its worst drought on record from 2021 to 2023, with an unprecedented five consecutive failed rainy seasons that displaced hundred1
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Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Yemen
Publication | 2023Yemen is facing one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world due to a combination of prolonged conflict, economic crisis and recurrent climate c1
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Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Iraq
Publication : Report | 2023Iraq is highly exposed to climate change-related extreme weather events. Droughts, floods, heatwaves and dust storms are negatively affecting the env1
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Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Afghanistan
Publication : Report | 2023In this updated Fact Sheet from the joint NUPI and SIPRI Climate-related Peace and Security Risks Project (CPSR) team explore the nexus between clima1
Projects All projects
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Climate-related Peace and Security Risks (CPSR)
Research project | 2020 - 2023 (Ongoing)The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) are collaborating on a climate, peace and security project that is aimed at bac...
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Effectiveness of Peace Operations Network (EPON)
Research project | 2018 - 2022 (Ongoing)NUPI together with 40 partners from across the globe have established an international network to undertake research into the effectiveness of peace operations....
Articles All articles
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Climate, Peace and Security in DRC
29 Nov 2023In a new Fact Sheet from the joint NUPI and SIPRI Climate-related Peace and Security Risks Project (CPSR), the team explore the nexus between climate1
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Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Democratic Republic of the Congo
27 Nov 2023The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is faced with a confluence of climate change, environmental degradation, resource exploitation and conflic1
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Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Somalia
28 Sep 2023Somalia experienced its worst drought on record from 2021 to 2023, with an unprecedented five consecutive failed rainy seasons that displaced hundred1
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Climate, Peace and Security in Somalia
28 Sep 2023In a new updated Fact Sheet from the joint NUPI and SIPRI Climate-related Peace and Security Risks Project (CPSR), the team explore the nexus between1
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Climate, Peace and Security Fact Sheet: Yemen
14 Jun 2023Yemen is facing one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world due to a combination of prolonged conflict, economic crisis and recurrent climate c1