Julie Wilhelmsen

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Julie Wilhelmsen is Research Professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. She holds a PhD in political science and conducts research in the fields of critical security studies, Russian foreign and security policies and the radicalization of Islam in Eurasia.
The two post-soviet Chechen wars have been a constant focus in her research and she is also heads projects related to conflict resolution in the North Caucasus. From 2012 to 2016 she was the editor of the Scandinavian-language journal Internasjonal Politikk, and has a wide outreach to the Norwegian public on issues related to Russia and Eurasia through frequent public talks and media comments. In 2019 – 2021 Wilhelmsen is an expert in the Cooperative Security Initiative (CSI), an initiative which is designed to generate ideas and shift momentum in favor of cooperative security and multilateralism through the OSCE in order to build a safer Europe.
Education
2014 Ph.D in Political Science, University of Oslo. Areas of specialisation: Russian Politics, Critical Security Studies, Discourse Analysis
1999 Cand.Polit. (Political Science), University of Oslo
1996 Master of Science in Russian and Post-Soviet Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science
1995 Mellomfag in Political Science, University of Oslo
1994 Mellomfag in Russian, University of Oslo
Work Experience
2022- Head of the Research group on Russia, Asia and International Trade
2022- Research professor
2014-2022 Senior Researcher, NUPI
2003-2014 Researcher, Centre for Russian Studies, NUPI
2001-2003 Researcher and Project manager, Norwegian Defence Reseach Establishment
1999-2001 Higher executive officer, Norwegian Directorate of Immigration
Publications All publications
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Drivkraft
Publication : Podkast | 2023Russlandforskeren mener hun har et urolig hjerte, og føler på et ansvar for å fortelle om det hun ser
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Russiske spill i Ukraina-krigen: Innenriks- og utenrikspolitiske frontlinjer
Publication : Academic article | 2023 -
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Noen har hevdet at mitt moralske kompass er gått i stykker
Publication | 2023Jeg forsøker å skjønne hvorfor Kreml handler som det gjør. Er det virkelig det samme som å støtte disse handlingene?
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Tale ved utdeling av Fritt Ords Pris 2023
Publication : Tale | 0Torsdag 11. mai 2023 fikk NUPI-forsker Julie Wilhelmsen Fritt Ords Pris 2023 for å ha bidratt med nyanserende faglig kunnskap i et opphetet offentlig1
Projects All projects
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Arctic Pressures (ArcPres)
Research project | 2022 - 2025 (Ongoing)Russia’s reinvasion of Ukraine in 2022 precipitated a challenging new chapter for Arctic political and security dynamics. Going forward, security and governance developments in the region will continu...
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Dealing with the challenge of political warfare in the COVID-19 and Ukraine war context (FLANKS 2)
Research project | 2022 - 2024 (Ongoing)This project will investigate how Nordic and Black Sea Region must be prepared to meet and deal with the challenges posed by political warfare....
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Norway and Poland as actors in a changing security landscape (NORPOLFACTOR)
Research project | 2023 - 2024 (Ongoing)The aim of the project is to develop enhanced knowledge of the security-related challenges, risks and threats Poland and Norway face in their strategic environment in the aftermath of the Russian inva...
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Russian Repertoires of Power in the MENA region (RUSMENA)
Research project | 2021 - 2024 (Ongoing)The main objective of the RUSMENA project is to examine Russian power practices in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) region between 2011 and 2021....
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Norway as an in-between for Russia: Ambivalent space, hybrid measures
Research project | 2020 - 2023 (Ongoing)This three-year project addresses the acutely relevant question of whether Norway is acquiring the precarious status of an ‘in-between’ state in the Kremlin’s eye after the watershed events of 2014 (A...
Events All events
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Norwegian Foreign Policy Conference 2023: Response – Norwegian foreign policy for a new era
EventTue 21 Mar 2023Time: 09:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: Marmorsalen på Sentralen, OsloThe Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and NUPI have the pleasure of inviting you to the Norwegian Foreign Policy Conference 2023, 21 March at Sentralen, Oslo.
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Breakfast seminar: The war-time foreign policy debate in Russia and Europe
EventTue 28 Feb 2023Time: 08:30 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPI/Livestream to Facebook and YoutubeHow has the Russian foreign policy debate changed, and how is it shaped by the European debate on Russia?
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Georgia’s strategic choices after the elections
EventWed 14 Oct 2020Time: 10:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: WebinarGeorgia wants closer integration in Western institutions and is also Russia's neighbour. How does this affect Georgia’s foreign policy?
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Breakfast seminar: We Need To Talk About Putin
EventTue 21 Jan 2020Time: 09:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPIWhat do we really know about one of the most powerful men in the world after two decades in power?
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Theory Seminar: “Traditional” institutions and polity-building in Chechnya and Ingushetia
EventSun 10 Nov 2019Time: 14:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPIDr Ekaterina Sokirianskaia, will present her book project on the situation in North Caucasus.
Articles All articles
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Julie Wilhelmsen is awarded The Fritt Ord Foundation Prize 2023
17 Apr 2023Through her nuanced commentary and courage to speak up in a heated public debate, Julie Wilhelmsen has demonstrated the importance of academic freedo1
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RUSMENA round tables in Rome and Florence on 1 and 2 June 2022
14 Jun 2022The NUPI project 'Russian repertoires of power in the MENA region' (RUSMENA) organized a two-day roundtable in Italy.
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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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PODCAST: Is this the end of academic freedom in Russia?
21 Apr 2022Freedom of speech in Russia has gradually been shrinking over the years, with a turn for the worse after Putin’s invasion in Ukraine. In this episode1