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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COVID-19 and the consequences for international relations
28.04.2020Read our briefs and expert commentary on how Covid-19 affects developing countries and international affairs. -
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: Report
Lessons from the Ebola Crisis in West Africa: Community engagement, crisis communication and countering rumours
What lessons can we draw from the 2014-2016 Ebola crisis in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone? While both the outbreak itself and the context is different, there are enough similarities between the Ebola crisis and COVID-19 to extract useful lessons and best practices. In this research note, the focus... -
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Can Aid Solve the Root Causes of Migration? A Framework for Future Research on the Development-Migration Nexus
An important dimension of the European Union’s response to the 2015 refugee and migration management crisis has been to address the root causes of irregular migration. A major tool the EU has to mitigate push factors of migration is development assistance. Yet, the literature shows that the casual relationship... -
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The PREVEX project officially launched in Brussels
07.02.2020Why are some communities more likely to experience violent extremism than others? -
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: Popular scientific article
Attentatet i Bagdad: Farlig og feilkalkulert
Den 3. januar kom nyheten om at generalmajor Qasem Soleimani ble drept i et amerikansk droneangrep i Bagdad. Ifølge president Trump handlet USA «for å stoppe en krig, ikke for å starte en krig», men angrepet bør heller ses i forlengelse av Trump-administrasjonens maximum pressure-strategi, som har økt... -
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Drivers of violent extremism: NUPI to coordinate EU-funded project
19.12.2019PREVEX will shed light on how the various drivers of violent extremism operate. -
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Drivers of violent extremism: NUPI to coordinate EU-funded project
19.12.2019PREVEX will shed light on how the various drivers of violent extremism operate. -
Research project
Preventing Violent Extremism in the Balkans and the MENA: Strengthening Resilience in Enabling Environments (PREVEX)
2020 - 2023 (Ongoing)The overarching objective of PREVEX is to put forward more fine-tuned and effective approaches to preventing violent extremism.
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Wed 16 Oct 2019Event
How does the Norwegian Oil Fund affect the companies it has an ownership stake in?
Time: 14:00 Location: NUPIKnut Christian Myhre will talk about expectations, communication, and ownership in Norway’s Oil Fund.
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: Report
Local Drivers of Violent Extremism in Central Mali
This policy brief examines the processes of violent extremist mobilisation and radicalisation in Mopti, Central Mali. Specifically, it looks at the strategies employed by one of the most salient radical jihadist groups in the region, the Katiba Macina. It seeks to answer the following questions: 1)... -
Research project
Migration and Development: Sharing knowledge between Norway and Poland (MiDeShare)
2019 - 2021 (Ongoing)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 migration in weak and fragile states.
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New project examines root causes of migration in Africa and the Middle East
27.09.2019What is the relationship between migration and development? -
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Tax and fragile states: Challenges for Norwegian development assistance
10.09.2019States need revenue to function and an efficient tax system plays an important role. Can Norwegian development assistance contribute to this? -
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Top marks for NUPI’s EU project
10.09.2019Reviewers find NUPI-led research on the EU’s crisis response "exceptional"! -
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: Del av bok/rapport
Konflikt, ustabilitet og migranter: "post-Gaddafi blues" i Sahel
2019(In norwegian only) Hvilke lærdommer kan vi trekke av bombingen av Libya i 2011? Var krigføringen i tråd med krigens folkerett? Brøt norske myndigheter grunnloven i forbindelse med krigsdeltagelsen? Levde media opp til sitt samfunnsoppdrag så lenge krigføringen i Libya pågikk? Ble det norske folk holdt... -
Thu 29 Aug 2019Event
Breakfast seminar: The EU in the Sahel – from good intentions to Europe first?
Time: 09:00 Location: NUPIResearchers from some of the world's leading institutes have in a three-year project looked into which local impacts the EU crisis response has had in the areas where they have taken place, and how the EU can improve its response mechanisms.
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How do Islamist movements relate to the modern state?
28.06.2019The first research notes from the HYRES project are out, analyzing several very timely questions related to Islamist movements in Mali, Iraq, Libya and Lebanon. -
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: Rapport/avhandling
Mali's Religious Leaders and the 2018 Presidential Elections
2019Mali is by constitution a secular state, but here as elsewhere in the Sahel the role of religious leaders is increasing both in the social and the political sphere. This HYRES research brief explains how, why, and in what ways religious leaders tried to gain influence in the 2018 presidential campaign.... -
Wed 5 Jun 2019Event
Walls and other boundaries to irregular migration: is the US approach that different from the European one?
Time: 18:00 Location: Kværneland, The House of Literature in OsloAt this seminar 5 June, we will take a closer look at the policies implemented in areas bordering Europe and ask how this affects the neighboring countries and migration flows.
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: Rapport/avhandling
Sunnism, Salafism, Sheikism: Urban Pathways of Resistance in Sidon, Lebanon
2019This brief analyses Salafism as an urban phenomenon, with an emphasis on the contentious period following the Syrian uprising turned civil war (2011–present). To understand Salafism’s popular appeal, it is necessary to examine the pathways of resistance in specific urban contexts. In Lebanon, Salafism...