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Ole Jacob Sending

Research Professor, Head of Center for Geopolitics
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Summary

Ole Jacob Sending is Research Professor in the Research group for global order and diplomacy at NUPI.

Sending does research on global governance, with a particular focus on the role of international and non-governmental organizations in peacebuilding, humanitarian relief, and development. His publications have appeared, inter alia, in International Studies Quarterly, European Journal of International Relations, and International Theory.

Expertise

  • Development policy
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Peace operations
  • Humanitarian issues
  • Human rights
  • International organizations
  • United Nations

Education

2004 Dr. Polit., Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen

1998 Master of Science, Political Science. Department of Political Science, SUNY, Albany, New York

1997 Cand. Mag., University of Bergen, Norway. (Economics, Political Science, Sociology)

Work Experience

2023- Research Professor, NUPI

2012-2023 Research Director, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

2008-2009 Visiting Scholar, Fulbright Scholarship, Dept. of Sociology, UC Berkeley

2008- Senior Researcher, NUPI

2008-2014 Adjunct Senior Researcher, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen

2006-2008 Senior Adviser, Policy Analysis Unit, Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway

2003- Senior Researcher, NUPI

2002 Visiting Research Fellow, Stanford University (SCANCOR)

1999-2003 Research Fellow, NUPI, PhD Student, University of Bergen

Aktivitet

Publications
  • Security policy
  • Governance
Publications
Publications
Scientific article

Liberia og fredsbygging: en institusjonell forskningsagenda

Artikkelen analyserer arbeidet til FNs fredsbyggingskommisjon gjennom Fredsbyggingsfondet i Liberia og illustrerer hvordan institusjonelle strukturer kan bestemme mye av innholdet i og implementeringen av fredsbygging

Publications
Publications
Report

Why Peacebuilders Fail to Secure Ownership and be Sensitive to Context

  • Security policy
  • Peace operations
  • International organizations
  • Security policy
  • Peace operations
  • International organizations
Publications
Publications
Report

Why Peacebuilders are “Blind” and “Arrogant” and What to do About it

  • Peace operations
  • United Nations
  • Peace operations
  • United Nations
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