Kari M. Osland

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Kari Margrethe Osland (PhD) is a Senior Research Fellow in the Research group on peace, conflict and development at NUPI.
Osland’s work focuses predominantly on conflict dynamics, insurgencies, peace operations and peace building. Osland wrote her PhD on the impact of international assistance to police reform in post-conflict countries, comparing Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia and South Sudan. She wrote her MPhil on genocide, applying the securitization theory on the cases of Rwanda and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
She has done consultancy work for the UN, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and for the Norwegian Police Directorate, in particular on international policing, rule of law and Security Sector Reform. She has field work experience from the Balkans (30+), Afghanistan (2) and a number of African countries (Niger, South Sudan, Sudan).
Education
2000 Cand. polit., (political science and social anthroplogy), University of Bergen
2014 PhD, Political Science, University of Oslo
Work Experience
2014- Senior Research Fellow, NUPI
2014-2020 Head of the Research group for peace, conflict and development, NUPI
2008-2014 PhD candidate (incl. 33 months of maternity leave)
2004-2008 Research Fellow, UN Programme/Department of International Affairs, NUPI
2001-2002 Coordinator for the Nordic research group on Peace Support Operations
2000-2004 Researcher & head of UN Programme, Department of International Politics, NUPI
1998-2000 Coordinator and scientific assistant, UN Programme, NUPI
Publications All publications
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Securitisation of the EU approach to the Western Balkans: from conflict transformation to crisis management.
Publication : Academic chapter | 0This chapter analyses the EU’s crisis response in the Western Balkans through the lens of EULEX. By exploring how those immediately responsible for m1
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UN peace operations in a multipolar order: Building peace through the rule of law and bottom-up approaches
Publication : Academic article | 2021UN peace operations need a new peacebuilding agenda that acknowledges both the transboundary nature of conflict drivers and the multipolar nature of1
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The Fragility Dilemma and Divergent Security Complexes in the Sahel
Publication : Academic article | 2020Despite an exponential increase in international resources devoted to the Sahel, the situation on the ground continues to deteriorate. This is largel1
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“Irregular” Migration and Divergent Understandings of Security in the Sahel
Publication : Popular scientific article | 2020On 23 September 2020, the EU launched its new Pact on Migration and Asylum. In a refreshingly blunt press-release accompanying the Pact one could rea1
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FN 75 år
Publication : Interview | 0In 2020, the UN marks its 75th anniversary. In this programme (around 1,20 into the programme) we take a historical look at the establishment of the1
Projects All projects
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Strengthening Fragile States through Taxation (FRAGTAX)
Research project | 2021 - 2024 (Ongoing)How is the political authority to tax established, exercised and maintained over time? State-building requires predictable income. Without a domestic revenue base, even core activities states are expe...
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Shaping a New Africa-Europe Relationship for a post-Covid-19 global order
Research project | 2020 - 2021 (Completed)This collaborative project between NUPI, ACCORD and ECFR aims to stimulate and enrich the dialogue in Africa and Europe on the underlying geopolitical, Covid-19, peace and security and other key devel...
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Jihadist Governance in the Sahel (JIGOV-Sahel)
Research project | 2020 - 2024 (Ongoing)This project is about jihadist insurgent governance in West Africa's Sahel region....
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Preventing Violent Extremism in the Balkans and the MENA: Strengthening Resilience in Enabling Environments (PREVEX)
Research project | 2019 - 2022 (Ongoing)The overarching objective of PREVEX is to put forward more fine-tuned and effective approaches to preventing violent extremism. ...
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China and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (CHINSDG)
Research project | 2018 - 2019 (Completed)What are Chinese priorities in relation to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and how do Chinese actors promote their interests and prospects for international cooperation?...
Events All events
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The Sahel - fragile states and violent entrepreneurs
EventWed 2 Feb 2022Time: 00:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: YouTubeThe Sahel has recently gotten attention from the international community because of the many challenges this realm faces. This webinar marks the end of a three-year long project that has taken a closer look at the Sahel.
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WEBINAR: Launch of special issue of International Spectator
EventWed 2 Dec 2020Time: 14:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: Microsoft TeamsWe are happy to promote the launch of a special issue of the "International Spectator" journal on Governance, Fragility and Insurgency in the Sahel: A Hybrid Political Order in the Making, guest edited by Morten Bøås and Francesco Strazzari.
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Breakfast seminar: The EU in the Sahel – from good intentions to Europe first?
EventWed 28 Aug 2019Time: 09:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPIResearchers from some of the world's leading institutes have in a three-year project looked into which local impacts the EU crisis response has had in the areas where they have taken place, and how the EU can improve its response mechanisms.
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What is the impact of the UN missions in Mali and South Sudan?
EventTue 28 May 2019Time: 09:30 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPIOn the occasion of the International Day of Peacekeeping, NUPI has the pleasure of inviting you to a seminar with a focus on the effectiveness of the UN missions in Mali and South Sudan.
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The EU, Migrants and Refugees: Building Walls, Fueling Global Crisis?
EventTue 19 Mar 2019Time: 13:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: Norway House, Rue Archimède 17, 1000 BrusselMarking the end of the EUNPACK project, experts will discuss whether the EU’s crisis response in the Middle East and Sahel has been helpful or counterproductive.
Articles All articles
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Peace, Conflict and Development
3 Jan 2022What can we do to prevent war? How can countries emerging from conflict avoid relapse? How well do international peace operations actually work?