Kristian Lundby Gjerde

Senior Research Fellow

klg@nupi.no
+47 91 85 31 19
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Kristian Lundby Gjerde is a Senior Research Fellow in the Research Group on Russia, Asia and international trade, specializing in post-Soviet, in particular Russian, politics. He has studied international relations in Russia and holds a Master degree in Russian studies from St Antony’s College, Oxford, and a PhD in political science from the University of Oslo.

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Education

2023 PhD in political science, University of Oslo

2011 Master of Philosophy in Russian and East European Studies, University of Oxford, St Antony’s College

Work Experience

2012- Junior Research Fellow/Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow, NUPI

2012 Executive Officer, the Norwegian embassy in Baku

2011 Intern, the Norwegian embassy in Baku

Publications All publications

Putins propagandaproblem
Publication : Op-ed | 2022
- Natalia Moen-Larsen
- Kristian Lundby Gjerde
In this op-ed, Moen-Larsen and Gjerde write about the propaganda that has characterized the official Russian media coverage of the so-called “special1
The potential and limits of EU crisis response
Publication : Chapter | 0
- Pernille Rieker
- Kristian Lundby Gjerde
The aim of this chapter is to identify the potential and limits of the EU’s external crisis response. Rather than focusing on the character of the EU1
Measuring Russia’s attention to Europe and the world
Publication : Report | 2020
- Kristian Lundby Gjerde
Based on a mapping of mentions of country names in more than 30,000 Russian official speeches, press conferences, meeting transcripts, and official s1
corporaexplorer: An R package for dynamic exploration of text collections
Publication : ARTIKKEL | 2019
- Kristian Lundby Gjerde
This article presents the 'corporaexplorer' open source software. 'corporaexplorer' is an R package that uses the Shiny GUI (grap1
Norway and Russia in the Arctic: New Cold War Contamination?
Publication : ARTIKKEL | 2018
- Julie Wilhelmsen
- Kristian Lundby Gjerde
The standoff between Russia and the West over Ukraine has already obstructed cooperation across a range of issues. Could it also affect state interac1

Projects All projects

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...
Security policy Climate Diplomacy Foreign policy International organizations Oceans Russia and Eurasia Europe North America The Nordic countries
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...
Russia and Eurasia The Nordic countries Foreign policy NATO Security policy
When every act is war: Post-Crimea conflict dynamics and Russian foreign policy (WARU)
Research project | 2020 - 2023 (Ongoing)
Tension between great powers in world politics is escalating rapidly. What are the driving forces behind deteriorating relations? Can we explain them solely by the ‘aggressiveness’ of the other (be th...
Russia and Eurasia Conflict Diplomacy Foreign policy Europe The Nordic countries NATO North America Security policy
Competency through Cooperation: Advancing knowledge on Georgia's strategic path (GEOPATH)
Research project | 2018 - 2022 (Completed)
GEOPATH is a collaborative research project which aims to build competency in the Georgian research sector as well as producing new insights into the crucial question of Georgia's future strategi...
Governance Russia and Eurasia The EU
Russia's strategic approaches to Europe: Addressing the puzzle through policy relevant research (StratApproach)
Research project | 2017 - 2020 (Completed)
How is Russia’s strategic approach to Europe shaped by its reading of Western intentions and actions and what implications does this approach has for Norway?...
Security policy Defence Foreign policy NATO Russia and Eurasia Europe

Events All events

The Russo–Ukraine crisis and the role of EU
Event
Wed 13 Jan 2016
Time: 13:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPI
In this seminar, we will present the results from the research project “The Russo–Ukraine crisis and the role of EU”. This research has focused on the role of EU in the Ukraine conflict and the implications for Norway.
Hvorfor avholde valg i autoritære stater?
Event
Wed 6 May 2015
Time: 19:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: C.J. Hambros plass 2 D
Nordisk Østforum inviterer til lanseringsseminar med paneldebatt på Litteraturhuset 7. mai klokken 19.00–20.30.

Articles All articles

Russia, Asia and International Trade
3 Jan 2022
What is the role of Russia, the Arctic and Asia in global politics? How are these societies developing? How do international trade, innovation and po1
Foreign policy Asia Russia and Eurasia International economics Trade