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Researcher

Morten Bøås

Research Professor
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mbo@nupi.no
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Summary

Morten Bøås (PhD) is Research Professor and works predominantly on issues concerning peace and conflict in Africa, including issues such as land rights and citizenship conflicts, youths, ex-combatants and the new landscape of insurgencies and geopolitics.

Bøås has authored, co-authored and co-edited several books and published a number of articles for academic journals. He has conducted in-depth fieldwork in a number of African countries and travelled widely elsewhere on the continent.

Expertise

  • Terrorism and extremism
  • Development policy
  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • Conflict
  • Fragile states
  • Migration
  • Insurgencies
  • International organizations

Education

2001 Dr.Polit. (Ph.D) in Political Science, University of Oslo

1995 The CRE/Copernicus Seminar on Environmental Law

1994 Cand.Polit., in Political Science, University of Oslo

Work Experience

2013- Research professor, NUPI

2010-2012 Head of Research, Fafo’s Institute for Applied International Studies

2002-2010 Research Fellow, Fafo

Aktivitet

Væpnede fredsstyrker fra FN marsjerer nedover en jordvei i Mbau
Forskningsprosjekt
2017 (Completed)

Preventing Violent Conflict

The project is commissioned by the World Bank and seeks to better understand how the interplay between international actors and domestic political actors affects efforts to prevent vio...

  • Development policy
  • Diplomacy
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • Conflict
  • International organizations
  • United Nations
  • Development policy
  • Diplomacy
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • Conflict
  • International organizations
  • United Nations
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