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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Publication
: NUPI Working Paper
Islamic Insurgents in the MENA Region. Global Threat or Regional Menace?
This working paper analyses a broad range of Islamic insurgents, spanning from the Sahel and North Africa to the Middle East, examining the threat that these groups represent on a regional and global scale. We assess their local, regional and global strategies and evaluate the extent to which they make... -
Thu 13 Dec 2018Event
Fragility, conflict and climate change in Mali and Sahel
Time: 09:00 Location: NUPIThe combined effects of fragile states, conflict, and climate change pose severe challenges to development and governance. What does this mean for Mali and the larger Sahel region?
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Research project
Fragile states and violent entrepreneurs: conflict, climate, refugees (FRAGVENT)
2018 - 2021 (Ongoing)What forms of authority underpin, enable, and extend violent entrepreneurs in fragile states, and how do the combined effects of fragile states, conflict, and climate impact this?
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News
The EU in the Middle East - how to prevent terrorism and violent extremism?
13.11.2018That was the topic for the project EUNPACK's contribution to the MERI Forum 2018. -
Wed 21 Nov 2018Event
Is the EU ready to handle the major challenges it is facing?
Time: 14:00 Location: NUPIIvan Krastev reflects on the future of the EU, and whether the union is ready to handle major challenges such as migration, the spread of right-wing populism, and instability in the east.
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News
Analysing the political economy in eleven of Norway’s partner countries
22.06.2018Project Manager Stein Sundstøl Eriksen gives three key recommendations for Norwegian authorities. -
Tue 5 Jun 2018Event
The anglophone crisis in Cameroon: uncovering a neglected conflict
Time: 14:00 Location: NUPIGuillaume Nseke discusses a conflict that – despite hundreds of casualties, and thousands internally displaced – has failed to gain international attention.
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Thu 24 May 2018Event
Mali and the Sahel – finding the balance between security and development
Time: 10:00 Location: NUPIAmbassador and former Malian foreign minister Abdoulaye Diop comes to NUPI to discuss the balance between security and development in Mali and the broader Sahel region, and the balance between the priorities of external stakeholders and local needs.
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Wed 7 Nov 2018Event
The New Politics of Development: Fragility, Taxation and State-building
Time: 09:00 Location: Forskningsparken, OsloThe TaxCapDev Research Network invites you to this two-day conference on taxation and state building in fragile states.
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News
REPORT: Building tax systems in fragile states
13.04.2018New report from the TaxCapDev network recommends nine entry points for Norwegian support to taxation in fragile states. -
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: Rapport/avhandling
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News
PODCAST: Trump – symptom or cause?
21.03.2018‘The scary thing is that Donald Trump now thinks that he’s got the hang of this job’. -
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PODCAST: Distrust in the Middle East
24.01.2018Hear this timely expert conversation on the first topic in NUPI’s new seminar series. -
Publication
: Del av bok/rapport
Erbil: Kurderne utfordrer regionens stater
2018Om boken (Available in Norwegian only: Midtøstens dramatiske historie har i stor grad dreid seg om kontrollen over og forbindelsene mellom de klassiske byene i regionen: Jerusalem, Bagdad, Mekka, Kairo og andre. Byene er brennpunkter i det større regionale bildet - liksom Midtøsten selv er et brennpunkt... -
Thu 18 Jan 2018Event
Breakfast seminar: Global disorder and distrust – the Middle East
Time: 08:30 Location: NUPINew seminar series about the global distrust that has been more evident lately, and the first event will take a closer look what this development means for the Middle East.
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Wed 10 Jan 2018Event
Islamic Insurgents in the MENA Region - Global Threat or Regional Menace?
Time: 10:00 Location: NUPIThree researchers affiliated with NUPI presents the main findings in their recent study on insurgents in the Middle East and North Africa region.
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Tue 12 Dec 2017Event
Many Ways to Lose a Billion: Extractive Sector Revenue Loss in Africa
Time: 14:00 Location: NUPIResource rich countries often fail to secure a fair share of their natural resource wealth. In 'Many Ways to Lose a Billion', Don Hubert sets out a revenue risk assessment framework, and an extensive collection of real-world case studies designed to help resource-rich countries stop tax avoidance.
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Publication
: Rapport/avhandling
Mali: A Political Economy Analysis
2017The Malian crisis is the outcome of an externally imposed shock, but a crisis with deep historical roots. Unless these are properly acknowledged and taken into consideration, external stakeholders will stand few chances of helping Mali onto a more peaceful and stable trajectory. This is not what currently... -
Fri 24 Nov 2017Event
The ideology of failed states – why intervention fails
Time: 13:15 Location: NUPIProfessor Susan L. Woodward visits NUPI to talk about her new book on failed states.
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Research project
Hybrid paths to resistance in the Muslim world: Iraq, Lebanon, Libya and Mali (HYRES)
2017 - 2020 (Ongoing)HYRES studies the interaction between Islamist movements and the state in the cases of Iraq, Lebanon, Libya and Mali, and is designed to answer the following question: Why do some Islamist groups pursue their political and religious project within the state to which they belong – while other Islamist...