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Kristin Fjæstad

Senior Research Fellow, head of the Research group on Russia, Asia and international trade
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Summary

Kristin Fjæstad is a senior research fellow and leader of the research group on Russia, Asia and international trade.

From August 2020, Fjæstad has a post doc position in the LORAX project. In this project, she will work on questions about how and by whom the Caspian Sea is defined as a regional ecosystem.

Fjæstad holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of St Andrews (2020). The PhD traces and examines Kazakhstan’s transition from a recipient to a donor of official development assistance and discusses this process through the prism of identity-building.  

Fjæstad works predominantly on global development, development and foreign policy, as well as questions of identity, foreign policy and state formation in the former Soviet Union, in particular Central Asia.

Expertise

  • Development policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Governance
  • International organizations

Education

2020 PhD, International Relations, University of St Andrews

2010 Master in development studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, London

2008 Bachelor in economics, the University of Oslo

 

Work Experience

2020- Head of the Research group on Russia, Asia and international trade

2020- Senior Research Fellow, NUPI

2013-2020 Research Fellow, NUPI

2011 - 2013 Junior Research Fellow, NUPI

2011 Teaching and Research Fellowship, the OSSE Academy in Bishkek

2010-2011 Internship/media consultant, International Media Support (IMS), Denmark and Kyrgyzstan

2008 Intern, the Embassy of Norway in Baku

 

Aktivitet

Event
09:00 - 15:00
Forstanderskapssalen, Sentralen
Engelsk
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Event
09:00 - 15:00
Forstanderskapssalen, Sentralen
Engelsk
22. Oct 2024
Event
09:00 - 15:00
Forstanderskapssalen, Sentralen
Engelsk

NUPI’s Russia conference 2024: Wartime Russia – weak or strong?

Join us on 22 October for the annual Russia conference.

Publications
Publications
Scientific article

Norway’s handling of knowledge relations with states outside its security cooperation

Norwegian authorities have for several years actively promoted internationalization of the knowledge sector. This includes collaboration with authoritarian countries such as China and Russia, which are not part of Norway’s security cooperation. However, in the last few years, we have seen a clear turn towards questions of national security and the status of liberal norms garnering more attention, also with consideration to knowledge relations. We observe this in sharper warnings from the security services, revised legislation and regulations and new guidelines for knowledge collaboration with countries such as China and Russia. In this article we study these changes and discuss their possible implications. Empirically, we build on survey and interview data, and we examine policy documents and media reports on relevant incidents. In terms of theory, we draw on explanations grounded in the geopolitics and securitization literature. We argue that measures that are introduced to protect national security and liberal norms may also limit the operational space for independent research and thus change the parameters for academic freedom, especially in relation to activities with connection to actors from non-allied states. To avoid unnecessarily restrictive conditions, researchers and their institutions should actively demonstrate and communicate how they work to ensure responsibility in their knowledge relations. This is especially important in situations where ethical and security-related challenges are obvious.

  • Security policy
  • Globalisation
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Asia
  • Security policy
  • Globalisation
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Asia
Event
09:00 - 10:30
NUPI
Engelsk
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Event
09:00 - 10:30
NUPI
Engelsk
17. Apr 2024
Event
09:00 - 10:30
NUPI
Engelsk

The Russian model of Federalism: Are Centre-Region dynamics changing in Wartime?

How has Russia’s war against Ukraine affected centre-regions relations in Russia?

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Research project
2023 - 2024 (Ongoing)

Network for Research on Knowledge Relations (KNOWREL)

KNOWREL aims to facilitate research on knowledge relations through establishing a scholarly network, starting with Nordic partners, and extending it to colleagues around the world....

Publications
Publications
Scientific article

What Now, Russologists?

Russia’s war against Ukraine has enormous consequences. First and foremost for Ukraine, but also for Russia and its neighboring states. The war has not only changed European and Norwegian security and foreign policies, it will also have a significant impact on Norwegian research on and knowledge about Russia. The opportunities for doing research in Russia have become more limited in recent years. After February 2022, it has become impossible. At the same time, knowledge about Russia is important for Norway, which shares a border and administers critical resources in cooperation with Russia. This will continue to be the case. The question now is how this knowledge is to be created given that the framework conditions under which Norwegian research on Russia has been produced during the last 30 years have dramatically changed. How are we going to update Norwegian knowledge about Russia in the coming years? What methods and data are available, and what can we expect from these?

  • Defence and security
  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
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  • Defence and security
  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
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Research Project
2022 (Completed)

Utfordrende kunnskapssamarbeid: Etiske og sikkerhetsrelaterte utfordringer som forskere og kunnskapsinstitusjoner i Norge møter i internasjonale samarbeid (UTFORDRINGER)

• The project studies ethical- and security-related challenges that researchers and research institutions in Norway face and handle in their international collaborations....

  • Security policy
  • Human rights
  • Governance
  • Security policy
  • Human rights
  • Governance
Publications
Publications
Scientific article

Utfordrende kunnskapssamarbeid: Etiske og sikkerhetsrelaterte utfordringer som forskere og kunnskapsinstitusjoner i Norge møter i internasjonale sa...

This report presents results from a study of ethical- and security-related challenges that researchers and research institutions in Norway face and handle in their international collaborations. The report is in Norwegian only.

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Event
09:00 - 12:40
The House of Literature in Oslo
Engelsk
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Event
09:00 - 12:40
The House of Literature in Oslo
Engelsk
15. Nov 2022
Event
09:00 - 12:40
The House of Literature in Oslo
Engelsk

The Russia Conference 2022: The Russian economy, energy sector and climate change: What now?

At this year's Russia conference, we will take a closer look at the implications of the war in Ukraine for Russia's economy and energy sector.

Articles
Articles

Management

Articles
Articles

Research group for Russia, Asia and International Trade

What is the role of Russia, the Arctic and Asia in global politics? How are these societies developing? How do international trade, innovation and policy change interact in the global economy? And how does this interplay affect the performance of companies, industries and countries? NUPI has a strong community of scholars working on these topics, and an extensive international network in these regions.
  • International economics
  • Trade
  • Foreign policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Asia
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