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John Karlsrud

Research Professor, Head of the Research group on Peace, Conflict and Development
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Summary

Dr. John Karlsrud is a Research Professor and Head of the Research group on peace, conflict and development.

Karlsrud earned his PhD at the University of Warwick. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of the journals Internasjonal Politikk and Contemporary Security Policy. Karlsrud has been a Visiting Fulbright Fellow at the Center on International Cooperation at New York University, and a Visiting Research Fellow at the International Peace Institute

Topics of particular interests are norm change, peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian issues. He previously served as Special Assistant to the United Nations Special Representative in Chad and as part of the UN Development Programme’s leadership programme LEAD.

He has worked in Bosnia and Hercegovina, Chad, Palestine (West Bank), Norway and USA, and conducted field research and shorter missions to Haiti, Liberia, Mozambique, Serbia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Ukraine.

Expertise

  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • Humanitarian issues
  • International organizations
  • United Nations

Education

2014 Senior Executive Course 13, Norwegian Defence University College, Aug-Nov 2014

2010-2014 Ph.D., Politics and Internationals Studies, University of Warwick. Title: Linked Ecologies and Norm Change in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations

2005 Master of Peace and Conflict Studies / International Affairs with Distinction Joint Master from Institute for Graduate Studies in International Affairs, Australian National University and the Peace Research Centre of Oslo

Work Experience

2020- Head of the Reserach group on peace, conflict and development

2015- External Associate, Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick 2015 Fulbright Visiting Fellow, Center on International Cooperation, New York University

2015 Visiting Fellow, International Peace Institute

2012 Lecturer, IR Master

2010- Programme Manager and Senior Research Fellow at Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

2010- Senior Research Fellow, NUPI

2008-2010 Special Assistant to the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG), United Nations Mission in Chad and the Central African Republic (MINURCAT), Chad

2006-2008 Policy and Strategy Analyst, Strategic and Regional Initiatives Unit (SRIU), Regional Bureau for Africa (RBA), UNDP New York HQ

2005-2006 Researcher and Assistant to the Managing Director, Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies (AIS)

2002-2003 Liaison and Operations Officer for NATO in Bosnia and Hercegovina (BiH), seconded by the Norwegian Army

Aktivitet

Forskningsprosjekt
2018 - 2023 (Completed)

Effectiveness of Peace Operations Network (EPON)

NUPI together with 40 partners from across the globe have established an international network to undertake research into the effectiveness of peace operations....

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Development policy
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • North America
  • South and Central America
  • Peace operations
  • Humanitarian issues
  • Conflict
  • International organizations
  • The EU
  • AU
  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Development policy
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • North America
  • South and Central America
  • Peace operations
  • Humanitarian issues
  • Conflict
  • International organizations
  • The EU
  • AU
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Research Project
2014 - 2015 (Completed)

Support to the 2015 Review of the UN's Peacebuilding Architecture

This project aims to support the Review of the UN Peacebuilding Architecture....

  • Peace operations
  • United Nations
  • Peace operations
  • United Nations
Research Project
2014 - 2015 (Completed)

United Nations peace operations review (UNPOR )

In October 2014 the UN Secretary-General appointed the High-Level Independent Panel on UN Peace Operations. The Panel is reviewing developments in peacekeeping and special political missions over the ...

  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • United Nations
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • United Nations
Research Project
2012 - 2016 (Completed)

Security in Serbia (BCSP )

The Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BSCP) is a key actor in the security-policy discourse in Serbia and has developed a constructive and critical approach to the on-going reform of the security s...

  • Security policy
  • Europe
  • Peace operations
  • Conflict
  • Security policy
  • Europe
  • Peace operations
  • Conflict