2021

  • Afghanistan, Taliban and migration
    Event
    Thu 7 Oct 2021
    Time: 16:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: Zoom

    What will be the consequences of Taliban's takeover in Afghanistan with regards to migration?

  • Living with the Taliban?
    Event
    Tue 21 Sept 2021
    Time: 15:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: Microsoft Teams

    How do local communities experience the Taliban vis a vis questions of security? What did the police reform look like before the Taliban takeover, and will there be a role for the police under Taliban?

  • The 2021 Parliamentary Elections as a Window into Russian Politics
    Event
    Wed 22 Sept 2021
    Time: 13:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: Microsoft Teams

    The 2021 September State Duma elections are occurring in an atmosphere of rising repressions against political opposition activists in Russia. Popular anti-Kremlin candidates are not allowed to run. Can elections still play a role in the legitimation strategy of the regime when the popular choice is so limited?

  • What role does technology play in violent extremism and terrorism?
    Event
    Wed 29 Sept 2021
    Time: 15:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: Microsoft Teams

    Extremist actors have been some of the earliest adopters of the Internet and recognised its potential as a communications and mobilisation tool. While a growing body of evidence suggests that the Internet is a key facilitator of violent extremism, research in this area has rarely incorporated former extremists’ experiences with the Internet when they were involved in violent extremism.

  • Protection of critical infrastructure in Norway and the three Baltic states: similarities and differences
    Event
    Wed 19 Jan 2022
    Time: 15:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: Livestream to Facebook and Youtube

    The issue of protection of critical infrastructure has been put higher on the national and international agendas by several recent international and national developments.

  • WEBINAR: Digital technology and development aid
    Event
    Tue 14 Dec 2021
    Time: 15:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: Microsoft Teams

    At this webinar we take a closer look at the findings from the report Integrating Cyber Security into the Digital Development Agenda, with presentations from the authors, Melissa Hathaway og Francesca Spidalieri.

  • WEBINAR: Increased Migration through the Eastern European Route – new dilemmas for the EU
    Event
    Tue 7 Dec 2021
    Time: 15:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: Livestream to Facebook and Youtube

    On the border between Poland and Belarus we now see a new phenomenon: the use of migrants as a political tool in a state's foreign policy.

  • WEBINAR: Theory Seminar: Models as Viral Assemblages
    Event
    Tue 7 Dec 2021
    Time: 12:15 Europe/Oslo | Location: Microsoft Teams

    In this theory seminar, Marit Tolo Østebø presents from her latest book Village Gone Viral: Understanding the Spread of Policy Models in a Digital Age.

  • Humanitarian aid in Syria: The role of the UN and the great powers
    Event
    Tue 23 Nov 2021
    Time: 10:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: Salongen (ground floor)

    What are the humanitarian needs of the Syrian people now? And how can the international community best help?

  • The threat of covid 19-related extremism
    Event
    Tue 16 Nov 2021
    Time: 16:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: Microsoft Teams

    One of the more salient aspects of the current pandemic is the deep distrust in governments and elites it has exposed. In this seminar Teun van Dongen investigates this ‘resistance movement’ that opposes the Covid-19 restrictions.