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Researcher

Vera Lind

Research assistant

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vera.lind@nupi.no
+47 907 87 808
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Summary

Vera is a Research Assistant at RUSSNETT, supporting research communication and collaboration on issues related to Russian politics and society with NUPI's research group for Eastern Europe and Asia.

Vera holds a Master's degree in Peace and Conflict Studies and a Bachelor's degree in Political Science, with additional coursework in Russian politics, history, and literature.

Her research interests include peace negotiations, gender theory, and the political and social developments in Russia and the broader Eurasian region. She is particularly interested in interdisciplinary approaches to conflict and peacebuilding, and in contributing to knowledge exchange between academia, policymakers, and the public.

Expertise

  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • The Nordic countries
  • Peace operations
  • Conflict

Education

2021-2023 Master of Philosophy, Peace and Conflict Studies. Department of Political Science, University of Oslo
2021 Russian Studies, University of Oslo
2019 Exchange in Vienna. Department of Political Science, University of Vienna
2017-2020 Bachelor, Political Science. Department of Political Science, University of Oslo

Work Experience

2025- Research Assistant, NUPI
2024-2025 Research Assistant, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
2023-2024 Event and Research Groups Coordinator, PRIO
2022-2023 MA student and Intern, PRIO
2022 Research Assistant, University of Oslo

Aktivitet

Research project
2025 (Ongoing)

National network for competence on Russia (RUSSNETT 2026)

The national network for competence on Russia aims to preserve and further develop Norwegian knowledge of Russia across sectors in Norway. ...

  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Russia and Eurasia
Publications
Publications

Vedlegg til Kunnskapsnotat 1/2026: Utvalg av repressive lover og paragrafer i russisk lovverk

Utvalg av repressive lover og paragrafer i russisk lovverk. Oppdatert 10.02.2026. Vedlegg til Kunnskapsnotat 1/2026

  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Human rights
  • Governance
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  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Human rights
  • Governance
Publications
Publications
Report

Russlands undertrykking gjennom lovverk etter 2022

Siden 2012 har Russland vært preget av stadig mer undertrykkende lover, som kan sees i sammenheng med ytterligere maktkonsolidering under Putins regime. Mens de undertrykkende bestemmelsene tidligere først og fremst rammet opposisjonelle stemmer og dissidenter, viser utviklingen etter 2022 at også brede deler av befolkningen nå blir berørt. Lovverket som omfatter utenlandske agenter, uønskede organisasjoner, terrorisme og ekstremisme, utgjør de mest repressivt rettede delene og bidrar i betydelig grad til alvorlige brudd på menneskerettigheter som ytrings-, organisasjons- og forsamlingsfrihet. Den russiske befolkningen befinner seg nå i en stadig mer vanskelig situasjon, der rommet for kritikk av regimet i praksis er blitt nærmest ikke-eksisterende.

  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Human rights
  • Governance
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  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Human rights
  • Governance
Articles
News
Research project
2025 (Ongoing)

National network for competence on Russia (RUSSNETT 2025)

The national network for competence on Russia aims to preserve and further develop Norwegian knowledge of Russia across sectors in Norway. ...

  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Russia and Eurasia
Articles
Articles

Research group for Eastern Europe and Asia

  • International economics
  • Trade
  • Foreign policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Asia
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Articles
Articles

Research group for Eastern Europe and Asia

  • International economics
  • Trade
  • Foreign policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Asia
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