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Helge Blakkisrud

Senior Research Fellow (part time)
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Summary

Helge Blakkisrud’s main research interests include Russian federalism and centre–region relations, in particular, the development of the institution of governors. Research interests also include Russia's High North/Arctic policy, nationality policy and Russian nationalism, as well as processes of state-building and nation-building in Eurasia, especially in Eurasian de facto states.

Blakkisrud is editor of Nordisk Østforum, a Nordic peer-reviewed journal for Russian and East European studies. 

He has been a guest lecturer at the OSCE Academy, Bishkek, since 2008. In 2009–2010, he was a Fulbright Visiting Fellow at UC Berkeley.

Expertise

  • Russia and Eurasia
  • The Arctic

Education

1996- PhD-programme (Political Science), University of Oslo

1995 Cand.Polit. (Political Science) from University of Oslo. Dissertation: De russiske minoritetene i Estland og Latvia. Minoriteters responsstrategier ved endrede rammebetingelser

Work Experience

1995 Senior Research Fellow/Head of Research Group on Russia, Asia and International Trade, NUPI

2018- Part time position, Norwegian University Centre, St Petersburg

1995- OSCE Election Observer (various elections in Russia, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Bosnia-Herzegovina)

1994- Editor in Chief, Nordisk Østforum (Nordic Journal of East European and Post-Soviet Studies

1994 Member of the CSSE Mission in Latvia. Leader of the Mission's mobile team

Aktivitet

NUPIpodden#5: Putin for alltid?
Podcast

NUPIpodden#5: Putin for alltid?

18. mars går russerne til valglokalene for å stemme i det som kan omtales som et svært lite spennende valg om ny president. Vladimir Putin er alle...

  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Governance
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Governance
NUPIpodden #20: Folkeavstemning om Putins fremtid
Podcast

NUPIpodden #20: Folkeavstemning om Putins fremtid

Russiske myndigheter gjennomfører en folkeavstemning om en lang rekke grunnlovsendringer, som kan åpne for at Vladimir Putin kan sitte som preside...

  • Foreign policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Nation-building
  • Governance
  • Foreign policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Nation-building
  • Governance
NUPIpodden #22: Hva skjer i Nagorno-Karabakh?
Podcast

NUPIpodden #22: Hva skjer i Nagorno-Karabakh?

Selv om Nagorno-Karabakh ikke er en internasjonalt anerkjent stat, har denne enklaven både egen nasjonalsang, eget flagg og egen president. Den si...

  • Foreign policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Humanitarian issues
  • Conflict
  • Fragile states
  • Nation-building
  • Foreign policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Humanitarian issues
  • Conflict
  • Fragile states
  • Nation-building
NUPIpodden #24: Et styrt valg i Russland
Podcast

NUPIpodden #24: Et styrt valg i Russland

Ikke overraskende kunne det regjerende partiet i Russland, Det forente Russland – også omtalt som Putins parti, erklære valgseier 20. september 20...

  • Foreign policy
  • Humanitarian issues
  • Nationalism
  • Foreign policy
  • Humanitarian issues
  • Nationalism
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14:30 - 16:00
NUPI
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14:30 - 16:00
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29. Feb 2024
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14:30 - 16:00
NUPI
Engelsk

Putinism – Regime Ideology in Post-Soviet Russia

How can we understand post-Soviet ideological developments in the context of the Russian tradition of political philosophy?

Event
14:30 - 16:00
NUPI
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14:30 - 16:00
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15. Jun 2023
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14:30 - 16:00
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Engelsk

Russia’s New State Ideology: Engineering Structures and Actors

How has war affected the Kremlin’s thinking around a new state ideology? In this seminar Professor Marlene Laruelle explores the Kremlin’s new mechanisms for indoctrination and the new names that have emerged as key actors working in the ideological production workshop.

Event
09:00 - 10:30
NUPI/Live stream to Facebook and YouTube
Engelsk
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09:00 - 10:30
NUPI/Live stream to Facebook and YouTube
Engelsk
6. Dec 2022
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09:00 - 10:30
NUPI/Live stream to Facebook and YouTube
Engelsk

COVspiracy? COVID-19 conspiracy theories in Putin’s Russia

For years the Kremlin has been promoting conspiracy theories to legitimize its actions. During the COVID-19 pandemic, however, the regime itself became the target of such theories.

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PODCAST: Abkhazia between Russia and the outside world

The World Stage takes a closer look at Abkhazia, a de facto state in Southern Caucasus, and focus on its efforts to secure diplomatic ties in the post-Soviet space and beyond, as well as its relationship with its patron state, Russia.
  • Diplomacy
  • Europe
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Conflict
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Event
12:00 - 13:30
NUPI / Livestream to Facebook and Youtube
Engelsk
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12:00 - 13:30
NUPI / Livestream to Facebook and Youtube
Engelsk
31. Oct 2022
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12:00 - 13:30
NUPI / Livestream to Facebook and Youtube
Engelsk

How do contested states seek international recognition? The case of Abkhazia

Abkhazia’s contested status is a source of geopolitical conflict between states and alliances. But how has the campaign to expand this unrecognised state’s network of diplomatic contacts been conducted?

Event
09:00 - 10:30
NUPI
Engelsk
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09:00 - 10:30
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14. Oct 2022
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09:00 - 10:30
NUPI
Engelsk

Georgia at a Crossroads: Is Tbilisi losing its strategic compass?

The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has changed the security of the Black Sea region forever.

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