Researcher
Erik Skare
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Erik Skare (PhD) is a senior researcher and historian based at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). He specializes on Palestinian history with a particular focus on Palestinian Islamism, insurgency, and state building, in addition to the role of religion and secularism in Palestinian politics. Skare is also interested in the advancement of the digital humanities and combines qualitative analysis with programmatic methods to gather, analyze, and visualize data. His work has been cited in The Washington Post, Le Monde Diplomatique, and other international news outlets.
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Education
2020 Doctoral research fellow, University of Oslo
2015 Master's degree in Arabic, University of Oslo
2013 Bachelor's degree in Arabic, University of Bergen
2012/2013 Palestine and Arab Studies, Birzeit University
Work Experience
2025- Senior researcher, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
2024-2025 Postdoctoral researcher, University of Oslo
2022-2024 Senior associate researcher, Sciences Po
2020-2022 Researcher, University of Oslo (2022-2024) Postdoctoral researcher, Sciences Po
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Where and what is Hamas today?
In this episode of The World Stage, NUPI Senior Researcher Erik Skare explores the complex history and internal dynamics of Hamas with Jeroen Gunn...
Book launch: America’s Middle East
NUPI invites you to a book launch with Marc Lynch and his new book America’s Middle East: The Ruination of a Region.