All content about Fragile states

• Fragile states and taxation: Evidence from Afghanistan, Liberia, and the Sahel

  Event

  Tue 30 Aug 2022

  Time: 13:30 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPI

  Join us on the 30th of August for an illuminating look into the role taxation and state fragility play in modern state-building.

  

• Andreas Lind Kroknes

  Andreas Lind Kroknes is working as a research assistant at the Research group on Peace, Conflict and Development.Andreas is finishing his mast...

  Security policy  Conflict  Fragile states  Foreign policy  Africa

  

• Jon Harald Sande Lie

  Jon Harald Sande Lie holds a PhD in social anthropology from the University of Bergen (2011) and is senior research fellow in the Research Gro...

  Humanitarian issues  Human rights  Development policy  Foreign policy  International organizations  Africa  Fragile states  Globalisation

  

• Viljar Haavik

  Viljar Haavik is a Research Fellow at NUPI's Research Group on Peace, Conflict and Development, as part of the research project Stre...

  Terrorism and extremism  Insurgencies  Fragile states  Africa  Conflict

  

• Thea Willoch Njaastad

  Thea Willoch Njaastad is a Master’s student at MF School of Theology, Religion and Society, writing her thesis on religious peacebuilding in...

  Peace operations  Conflict  Fragile states  Nation-building  Foreign policy  Regional integration  Governance  International organizations  AU  United Nations  Africa

  

• Mathilde Tomine Eriksdatter Giske

  Mathilde Tomine Eriksdatter Giske works as an advisor in the Research group on peace, conflict and development at NUPI. She holds tw...

  Peace operations  Fragile states  Nation-building  Development policy  Foreign policy  Regional integration  Governance  International organizations  The EU  Europe  The Middle East and North Africa  Asia  Africa

  

• Christian I. Ulfsten

  Christian I. Ulfsten is a master's student in the Research Group on Peace, Conflict and Development. He holds a bachelor’s degree i...

  Peace operations  Fragile states  Conflict  Nation-building  United Nations  Africa

  

• Strengthening Fragile States through Taxation (FRAGTAX)

  Research project | 2021 - 2024 (Ongoing)

  How is the political authority to tax established, exercised and maintained over time? State-building requires predictable income. Without a domestic revenue base, even core activities states are expe...

  Economic growth  Governance  Development policy  Comparative methods  Insurgencies  Fragile states  International economics

  

• Kristine Schi Nordvold

  Kristine Schi Nordvold is a final year master’s student at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, part of the National University of Singa...

  Europe  Asia  Climate  Energy  Security policy  Terrorism and extremism  Conflict  Humanitarian issues  Fragile states  Migration  Development policy  Nationalism  Nation-building  Diplomacy  Economic growth  International investments  Foreign policy  Regional integration  Governance  International organizations  Human rights  Historical IR  United Nations

  

• Morten Bøås

  Morten Bøås (PhD) is Research Professor and works predominantly on issues concerning peace and conflict in Africa, including issues su...

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