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Kari M. Osland

Director
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Summary

Kari Margrethe Osland (PhD) is the Director of NUPI.

Osland’s work has predominantly focused on conflict dynamics, insurgencies, peace operations and peace building. Osland wrote her PhD on the impact of international assistance to police reform in post-conflict countries, comparing Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia and South Sudan. She wrote her MPhil on genocide, applying the securitization theory on the cases of Rwanda and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

She has done consultancy work for the UN, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and for the Norwegian Police Directorate, in particular on international policing, rule of law and Security Sector Reform. She has field work experience from the Balkans (30+), Afghanistan (2) and a number of African countries (Niger, South Sudan, Sudan).

Expertise

  • Security policy
  • Europe
  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • Human rights
  • United Nations
  • Comparative methods

Education

2014 PhD, Political Science, University of Oslo

2000 Cand. polit., (political science and social anthroplogy), University of Bergen

Work Experience

2023- Director, NUPI

2014-2023 Senior Research Fellow, NUPI

2014-2020 Head of the Research group for peace, conflict and development, NUPI

2008-2014 PhD candidate (incl. 33 months of maternity leave)

2004-2008 Research Fellow, UN Programme/Department of International Affairs, NUPI

2001-2002 Coordinator for the Nordic research group on Peace Support Operations

2000-2004 Researcher & head of UN Programme, Department of International Politics, NUPI

1998-2000 Coordinator and scientific assistant, UN Programme, NUPI

Aktivitet

Publications
Publications
Scientific article

FN 70 år

Publications
Publications
Scientific article

Afghanistan: hva kan vi lære?

Research Project
2011 - 2018 (Completed)

Coordination and Capacity Building within the Security Sector in Bosnia-Herzegovina (SSRBiH )

The project is currently organized to both coordinate Norway’s support to the intelligence and security sector in Bosnia-Herzegovina and to do research on relevant topics....

  • Security policy
  • Terrorism and extremism
  • NATO
  • Intelligence
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • Peace operations
  • Conflict
  • Governance
  • International organizations
  • The EU
  • Security policy
  • Terrorism and extremism
  • NATO
  • Intelligence
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • Peace operations
  • Conflict
  • Governance
  • International organizations
  • The EU
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
2014 - 2016 (Completed)

Peace Capacities Network: Peace Operations, Civilian Capacity and Security Sector Reform in a Changing World Order (PeaceCap )

The Peace Capacities Network explore how rising powers influence peace operations, security sector reform and civilian capacities...

  • Development policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • South and Central America
  • Peace operations
  • Conflict
  • International organizations
  • United Nations
  • Development policy
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • South and Central America
  • Peace operations
  • Conflict
  • International organizations
  • United Nations
Research project
2011 - 2019 (Completed)

Training for Peace 2011 - 2019 (TfP)

The Training for Peace Programme (TfP Programme) is an international programme that contributes towards capacity building within the broader ambit of peace operations in Africa....

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • Conflict
  • International organizations
  • United Nations
  • AU
  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • Africa
  • Peace operations
  • Conflict
  • International organizations
  • United Nations
  • AU
Publications
  • Peace operations
  • International organizations
  • United Nations
Publications
Publications
Scientific article

Norsk politi bygger fred

  • Security policy
  • Peace operations
  • Security policy
  • Peace operations
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