Frida Bjørneseth

PhD candidate

Email: frib@nupi.no Mobile: Norway: +47 971 78 404 / Ethiopia: +251-945-443-788 Post address: Postboks 7024 St. Olavs Plass, 0130 OSLO Visit address: C.J. Hambros plass 2 D

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Expertise

Africa Humanitarian issues Human rights International organizations

Education

2018 - PhD, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo, Norway 2014 - 2016 MSc, International Relations and Development (Global Refugee Studies), Department of Culture and Global Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark 2010 - 2013 BA, Culture and Communication, University of Oslo, Norway

Work Experience

2018 - Doctoral Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo, Norway 2018 - Book Review Editor, Forum for Development Studies, Oslo, Norway 2016 - 2018 Teaching Assistant in sociology, Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway 2016 Graphic Designer and Language Editor, Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa, Uganda 2011 - 2016 Social Worker in centers for unaccompanied minors seeking asylum, Kirkenær barnevern- og omsorgssenter, Kirkenær, Norway 2015 Research Assistant in evaluation of menstrual health and education-project, IRISE International, Ishaka, Uganda 2015 Language Editor on reports on human rights in Somalia and South Sudan, Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa, Uganda

Activity

Frida Bjørneseth is a research fellow with the research group on Global Order and Diplomacy. She holds a MSc in International Relations and Development, with a specialization in Refugee Studies, from Aalborg University.

Bjørneseth has previously worked as a research assistant in sociology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), and as a research assistant and communications intern in Uganda. Her main areas of expertise are development, humanitarian issues and migration, primarily focused on Sub-Saharan Africa, but she is also interested in topics such as borders, violence, power and globalization. She has field experience from Uganda, Spain, Morocco, Thailand and Myanmar, and has also studied abroad at the American University in Cairo.

At NUPI, Bjørneseth will be working on the project Developmentality and the anthropology of partnership (DevAnt), where she will do research on partnership between faith-based organizations in Ethiopia and Norway. She is also the book reviews editor for the journal Forum for Development Studies.

Publication : Academic article
Gender, Parenthood and Feelings of Safety in Greek Refugee Centres
2019
- - Frida Bjørneseth
Forced migration and displacement are often associated with increased exposure to various risks that negatively affect personal safety. While experiences of displaced populations are heterogeneous, women have been shown to be exposed to intersecting factors, such as vulnerability to gender-based violence,...
Publication : Popular scientific lecture

The Faiths for Forests Declaration and Action Agenda: Introduction and context
An introduction and contextualization of the newly launched Faiths for Forests Declaration, outlining current faith-based initiatives for environmental protection and conservation.
Publication : Academic lecture

Expectations of Change: Development Partnerships in Faith-Based Forest Conservation in Ethiopia
Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Ethiopia, this paper explores how local faith communities, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC), and international development organizations cooperate to define knowledge and practices of forest conservation. By following a church forest conservation-project...
Publication : Academic lecture

Fieldwork on/with/through non-governmental organizations: navigating NGO ethnography
Ethnographic fieldwork among non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can provide rich data on the practices and micro-level processes of civil society actors, as well as mechanisms of cooperation or implementation. But ‘doing’ fieldwork is not an analogous process of entering a ‘field’ and collecting data...
News
NUPI experts on the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize
11.10.2019
- - Ane Teksum Isbrekken
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Abiy Ahmed for his efforts for peace and international cooperation, and especially for the initiative to solve the border conflict with Ethiopia’s neighbouring state Eritrea.
Research project

Developmentality and the anthropology of partnership (DevAnt)

2017 - 2020 (Ongoing)

The concept of partnership is central to the organisation of international development aid. This project will study the concept of partnership in theory and practice.