Gabriella Kristine Kattil Bolstad
Gabriella Kristine Bolstad is a Junior Research Fellow in NUPI’s Research Group on Security and Defence. Additionally, Bolstad is working in the Consortium for Research on Terrorism and International Crime.
Bolstad holds a master’s degree in International Conflict Studies from the Department of War Studies at King’s College London and a bachelor’s degree in International Politics from the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University. Additionally, she studied risk analysis and counter-terrorism at the University of Stavanger.
Bolstads master’s thesis focused on the securitisation of jihadist foreign fighter returnees and the reintegration challenge. Bolstads research interests consists of violent extremism and terrorism, radicalisation-related risk assessment, China in international politics, geopolitics and the international governance in the Arctic.
Education
2020 Risk Assessment and Counter-terrorism, University of Stavanger
2016-2017 Masters of Arts, International Conflict Studies, Kings College London
2016 Nationalism, Religion and Violence Summer Programme, Charles University
2015 SWUFE International Summer School, The Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
2013-2016 Bachelor of Economic and Social Studies in International Politics, Aberystwyth University
Work Experience
2021- Junior Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
2019-2021 Project Associate, Oslo municipality
2019 Trainee, The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Myanmar
2018 Secretary, The Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Norway
2016-2019 Prison officer, The Norwegian Correctional Service
2015-2016 Research Assistant, Aberystwyth University
2015 Trainee, Nansen Center For Peace and Dialouge
Publications All publications
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Rakner det transatlantiske forholdet mellom USA og Europa?
Publication : Popular scientific article | 2022NATO's new strategic concept.
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Kan utenlandske forskere bli en trussel mot vår sikkerhet?
Publication : Popular scientific article | 2022About international research collaboration and security.
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Når oppdrettslaksen utkonkurrerer norske demokratiske verdier
Publication : Popular scientific article | 2022About Norwegian-Chinese sports cooperation.
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Hvem skal "eie" Afrika?
Publication : Popular scientific article | 2022About Chinese and Russian influence in Africa.
Projects All projects
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Scandinavia as an arena for Chinese economic statecraft
Research project | 2021 - 2022 (Ongoing)China's utilisation of economic statecraft as a foreign policy tool challenges the accustomed distinction between Norwegian business policies, and Norwegian security policy. This opens for a nove...
Articles All articles
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NATO’s 2022 Strategic Concept – Change, Continuity and Implications
30 Jun 2022In this new NUPI Policy Brief, Gabriella Bolstad and Eskil Jakobsen writes about NATO's Strategic Concept 2022 that was launched 29 June.
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NUPI seminar about NATO and nordic security
17 Jun 2022On 14th June, a group of experts met in Oslo to discuss NATO and Nordic Security.
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The Consortium for Research on Terrorism and International Crime in 2021
13 Jan 2022Foreign fighters in Ukraine, 20 years after 9/11 and the role of technology in violent extremism were some of the topics on the Consortium’s agenda i1
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Security and defence
3 Jan 2022How can we best handle current and future wars and crises? What kind of threats are we likely to face in the years to come? Who are the future actors1
