Morten Bøås
Research ProfessorMorten Bøås (PhD) is Research Professor and works predominantly on issues concerning peace and conflict in Africa, including issues such as land rights and citizenship conflicts, youths, ex-combatants and the new landscape of insurgencies and geopolitics.
Bøås has authored, co-authored and co-edited several books and published a number of articles for academic journals. He has conducted in-depth fieldwork in a number of African countries and travelled widely elsewhere on the continent.
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Wed 8 Jun 2022Event
Book talk: Roadblock politics – The origin of Violence in Central Africa
Time: 14:00 Location: NUPIJoin us for a journey into the heart of Africa as Peer Schouten paints a captivating picture of the importance of roadblocks in his new book.
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Mon 9 May 2022Event
A New Narrative on Africa
Time: 14:15 Location: NUPIChanging the narrative on Africa and looking beyond aid and potential dependency on it are essential aspects for future development. On 9 May we invite you to a panel debate on this topic.
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Thu 17 Feb 2022Event
The Sahel - fragile states and violent entrepreneurs
Time: 14:00 Location: YouTubeThe Sahel has recently gotten attention from the international community because of the many challenges this realm faces. This webinar marks the end of a three-year long project that has taken a closer look at the Sahel.
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Publication
: Report
Development Assistance and Root Causes of Migration: A Risky Road to Unsustainable Solutions
In the aftermath of the 2015 migration-management crisis, both the European Union and several European states declared that they would be using development aid more strategically to address root causes of migration. The final report from the MiDeShare project, a joint two-year research project managed... -
Research project
Strengthening Fragile States through Taxation (FRAGTAX)
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 expected to perform – such as protecting territory, providing justice, and delivering basic services – becomes...
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Tue 7 Dec 2021Event
WEBINAR: Increased Migration through the Eastern European Route – new dilemmas for the EU
Time: 14:00 Location: Live streamingOn 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.
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Thu 7 Oct 2021Event
Afghanistan, Taliban and migration
Time: 14:00 Location: ZoomWhat will be the consequences of Taliban's takeover in Afghanistan with regards to migration?
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Thu 9 Sep 2021Event
Long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on domestic resource mobilisation in sub-Saharan Africa
Time: 14:00 Location: Microsoft TeamsWhich impacts may the Covid-19 pandemic have for taxation in sub-Saharan Africa? Professor Odd-Helge Fjeldstad (CMI) will present findings from a new study at this webinar.
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News
Seven new research projects to NUPI
24.06.2021Exciting new research on topics ranging from energy and climate, cyber security and vulnerable states will be done by NUPI in the coming years. Seven new research projects have won funding from the Research Council of Norway. A total of 260 applications were funded, in fierce competition with over to... -
News
Seven new research projects to NUPI
24.06.2021Exciting new research on topics ranging from energy and climate, cyber security and vulnerable states will be done by NUPI in the coming years. Seven new research projects have won funding from the Research Council of Norway. A total of 260 applications were funded, in fierce competition with over to... -
Tue 22 Jun 2021Event
Jihadist Governance in the Sahel
Time: 09:00 Location: Microsoft TeamsOften depicted as “Islamic terrorists”, jihadist insurgent governance has rarely been systematically researched in the academic literature. In this seminar, we will discuss what the research tells us about how jihadists govern and why their governance differs not only between different groups but also...
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Publication
Much Ado About Very Little? Migration-Linked Development Assistance — the Cases of Poland and Norway
2021In response to the migration management crisis that peaked in Europe in 2015-2016, the EU institutions and some European states promised to address the “root causes of migration”, with development assistance seen as an important tool in that respect. By comparing the development cooperation policies...- Patryk Kugiel
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News
NUPI replaces NRK P2's 'Ekko' this week
07.12.2020NUPI has produced ten hours of high quality radio about foreign policy and international relations. The programs will air on NRK P2 during week 50, Monday to Friday from 9.00 to 11.00. Tune in! -
News
NUPI replaces NRK P2's 'Ekko' this week
07.12.2020NUPI has produced ten hours of high quality radio about foreign policy and international relations. The programs will air on NRK P2 during week 50, Monday to Friday from 9.00 to 11.00. Tune in! -
Thu 3 Dec 2020Event
WEBINAR: Launch of special issue of International Spectator
Time: 14:00 Location: Microsoft TeamsWe are happy to promote the launch of a special issue of the "International Spectator" journal on Governance, Fragility and Insurgency in the Sahel: A Hybrid Political Order in the Making, guest edited by Morten Bøås and Francesco Strazzari.
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Publication
: Academic article
Governance, fragility and insurgency in the Sahel: a hybrid order in the making
Once a region that rarely featured in debates about global security, the Sahel has become increasingly topical as it confronts the international community with intertwined challenges related to climate variability, poverty, food insecurity, population displacement, transnational crime, contested statehood... -
Publication
: Academic article
Explaining violence in Tillaberi: insurgetn appropiration of local Grievances
2020The Tillabéri region in Niger has quickly lapsed into a state of violence and come under the control of ‘violent entrepreneurs’ – that is, non-state armed actors possessing some kind of political agenda, which is implemented in tandem with different types of income-generating activities. Violent... -
Thu 26 Nov 2020Event
Building Tax Systems in Fragile States
Time: 13:00 Location: WebinarHow can international donors contribute where institutions are weak?
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News
Tax for Development Webinar Series Presenting the TaxCapDev-Network
04.11.2020Taxation is the key to state-building and the pathway out of fragility. An important theme forming the basis for the TaxCapDev-network.