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Kristin Fjæstad
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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.
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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
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