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Viljar Haavik

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Summary

Viljar Haavik is a Research Fellow affiliated with the Research Group on Peace, Conflict and Development. His work focuses on peace and conflict, taxation, and state-building in Africa.

His doctoral research examined the relationships between taxation, state-society relations, and political authority in fragile states, with a particular focus on Mali and Liberia in West-Africa. The PhD was part of the research project Strengthening Fragile States through Taxation (FRAGTAX).

Expertise

  • Terrorism and extremism
  • Africa
  • Conflict
  • Fragile states
  • Insurgencies

Aktivitet

Illustrasjon av ulike mennesker som går oppå et Europa-kart med EU-ringen av stjerner
Research project
2019 - 2021 (Completed)

Migration and Development: Sharing knowledge between Norway and Poland (MiDeShare)

The aim of this project is to improve our understanding of the relationship between migration and development in order to suggest more effective policies for addressing root causes of ...

  • Development policy
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Africa
  • Humanitarian issues
  • Conflict
  • Fragile states
  • Migration
  • Development policy
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Africa
  • Humanitarian issues
  • Conflict
  • Fragile states
  • Migration
Research project
2017 - 2021 (Completed)

Fragile states and violent entrepreneurs: conflict, climate, refugees (FRAGVENT)

What forms of authority underpin, enable, and extend violent entrepreneurs in fragile states, and how do the combined effects of fragile states, conflict, and climate impact this? ...

  • Terrorism and extremism
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Africa
  • Conflict
  • Fragile states
  • Migration
  • Insurgencies
  • Climate
  • Terrorism and extremism
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Africa
  • Conflict
  • Fragile states
  • Migration
  • Insurgencies
  • Climate
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