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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The violence in Mali is getting bloodier, but religion is not necessarily at its root
08.04.2019The massacre of Fulani in central Mali on 23 March marks a grave, new turn in the conflict. How did we get here? NUPI researchers Natasja Rupesinghe and Morten Bøås provide insight into possible reasons. -
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EUNPACK Executive Summary of the Final Report & Selected Policy Recommendations. A conflict-sensitive unpacking of the eu comprehensive approach to...
Since adopting a ‘comprehensive approach’ to crisis management in 2013, the EU has spent considerable time and energy on streamlining its approach and improving internal coordination. New and protracted crises, from the conflict in Ukraine to the rise of Daesh in Syria and Iraq, and the refugee situation... -
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EUNPACK Final Conference: synthesising three years of research on the EU’s crisis response
26.03.2019Conflict sensitivity in focus as the three-year NUPI-led research project on the EU’s crisis response (EUNPACK) organised a final conference in Brussels in March. -
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How can the EU improve its response to crises?
25.03.2019Researchers within and beyond Europe have been studying the EU's approach to conflict and crises. Here's what they found out. -
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Five paradoxes EU must address to effectively respond to crises beyond its borders
04.03.2019Engaging in ongoing conflicts brings with it a set of extraordinary challenges. -
Wed 20 Mar 2019Event
Assessing the EU’s Toolbox in Handling Internal and External Challenges
Time: 10:00 Location: Norway House, Rue Archimède 17, 1000 BrusselsIn recent years, the EU has faced several major challenges. Experts meet in Brussels for a roundtable discussion on what tools the Union has to solve these, and what role it can play in the time to come.
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Wed 20 Mar 2019Event
The EU, Migrants and Refugees: Building Walls, Fueling Global Crisis?
Time: 13:00 Location: Norway House, Rue Archimède 17, 1000 BrusselMarking the end of the EUNPACK project, experts will discuss whether the EU’s crisis response in the Middle East and Sahel has been helpful or counterproductive.
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: 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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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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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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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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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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New war zones or evolving modes of insurgency warfare?
2018This chapter argues that new war zones are neither substantially new nor incomprehensible. It is only our approaches that all too often make us avoid seeing the obvious: people take up arms because they are angry, scared, poor, or short of other livelihood opportunities. On the one hand, regional ‘big...