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Kristin Haugevik

Research Director, Research Professor
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kmh@nupi.no
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Summary

Kristin Haugevik is Research Professor and Research Director at NUPI. She holds a PhD in political science from the University of Oslo (2014). An International Relations scholar, Haugevik’s research at NUPI revolves around international diplomacy, inter-state cooperation and friendship with a geographical focus on the Euro-Atlantic region and the foreign policies of Britain and the Nordic states. 

Recent academic publications:

 

Full publication list here.

Expertise

  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Regional integration
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • The Nordic countries
  • Governance
  • The EU

Education

2023 Professorial Competence, NUPI

2014 PhD, Political Science, University of Oslo

2005 MA, Political science, University of Oslo

Work Experience

2024 - Research Director, NUPI

2023 - Research Professor, NUPI

2023 - Editor, Cooperation and Conflict

2018-2022 Head, Global Order and Diplomacy, NUPI

2014-2024 Senior Research Fellow, NUPI

2012-2016 Editor, International Politics

2006-2014 Research Fellow, NUPI

2005 Research Assistant, NUPI

2005 Intern, The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Washington D.C.

Aktivitet

Publications
Publications
Chapter

Kinship in International Relations: Introduction and framework

This chapter identifies and discusses some of the ways in which kinship may be of use to IR scholars. The chapter offers examples of how kinship relations have manifested themselves historically in international relations, seeking to demonstrate how blood kinship from the beginning has been accompanied, reinforced and challenged by metaphorical kinship – that is, how certain non-blood related relations in or via practice come to be treated as kin, with the duties, obligations and expectations that entails.

Publications
Publications
Book

Kinship in International Relations

While kinship is among the basic organizing principles of all human life, its role in and implications for international politics and relations have been subject to surprisingly little exploration in International Relations (IR) scholarship. This volume is the first volume aimed at thinking systematically about kinship in IR – as an organizing principle, as a source of political and social processes and outcomes, and as a practical and analytical category that not only reflects but also shapes politics and interaction on the international political arena. Contributors trace everyday uses of kinship terminology to explore the relevance of kinship in different political and cultural contexts and to look at interactions taking place above, at and within the state level. The book suggests that kinship can expand or limit actors’ political room for maneuvereon the international political arena, making some actions and practices appear possible and likely, and others less so. As an analytical category, kinship can help us categorize and understand relations between actors in the international arena. It presents itself as a ready-made classificatory system for understanding how entities within a hierarchy are organized in relation to one another, and how this logic is all at once natural and social.

  • Diplomacy
  • International organizations
  • Diplomacy
  • International organizations
Publications
Publications
Scientific article

Utenforkameratene

Skilsmisseavtalen mellom Storbritannia og EU er ferdigforhandlet, men det er fortsatt mye usikkerhet rundt veien videre. Om knappe to uker skal Underhuset stemme over avtalen. Resultatet kan tippe begge veier. Mens brexit-prosessen for EUs del er blitt en historie om institusjonell suksess og 27 land som har stått overraskende samlet, er bildet som tegnes av Storbritannia det motsatte. I den britiske debatten har frontene vært så skarpe og de røde linjene så mange, at statsminister Mays jobb med å finne et nasjonalt kompromiss har fremstått som en tilnærmet umulig oppgave.

Event
14:15 - 16:00
NUPI
Engelsk
Event
14:15 - 16:00
NUPI
Engelsk
27. Feb 2019
Event
14:15 - 16:00
NUPI
Engelsk

Theory seminar: Face-to-Face Diplomacy: Social Neuroscience and International Relations

Marcus Holmes visits NUPI to talk about his new book on face-to-face diplomacy.

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Research Project
2018 - 2021 (Completed)

Balancing between integration and autonomy. Understanding the drivers and mechanisms of EU's foreign, security and defense policy (EUFLEX)

The project will investigate the ongoing process towards differentiated integration in European foreign, security and defence policy....

  • Security policy
  • Regional integration
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • Governance
  • The EU
  • Security policy
  • Regional integration
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • Governance
  • The EU
Publications
Publications
Scientific article

Nordiske svar på geopolitiske utfordringer

(Available in Norwegian only): Ukens analyse er skrevet av seniorforsker Kristin Haugevik og forskningssjef Ole Jacob Sending, begge ved Norsk utenrikspolitisk institutt (NUPI). De skriver om hvordan de fem nordiske landene responderer på omveltningene i internasjonal politikk.

  • Diplomacy
  • Europe
  • The Nordic countries
  • Diplomacy
  • Europe
  • The Nordic countries
Publications
Publications
Chapter

Kith, kin and inter-state relations: International politics as family life

This chapter discusses what analytical value kinship may add to the academic study of inter-state dynamics. The chapter reviews how kinship has been contended with in key contributions to IR theory on inter-state cooperation and alliances, before it proceeds to discussing, firstly, how kinship might be of use as an analytical category and classification system in IR and, secondly, how kinship, as a practical category, is used in and impacts on everyday international political and diplomatic life.

  • Diplomacy
  • Diplomacy
Publications
Publications
Book

Special Relationships in World Politics. Inter-state Friendship and Diplomacy after the Second World War

Claims of inter-state ‘specialness’ are commonplace in international politics. But how do some relationships between states come to be seen and categorized as ‘special’ in the first place? And what impact, if any, do recurring public representations of specialness have on states’ political and diplomatic interaction? While much scholarly work exists on alleged instances of special relationships, and on inter-state cooperation and alliances more generally, little systematic and theory informed research has been conducted on how special relationships evolve and unfold in practice. This book offers such a comprehensive study. Theorizing inter-state relations as ongoing social processes, it makes the case for approaching special relationships as constituted and upheld through linguistic representations and bilateral interaction practices. Haugevik explores this claim through an in-depth study of how the bilateral relationship most frequently referred to as ‘special’ – the US-British – has unfolded over the last seventy years. This analysis is complemented with a study of Britain’s relationship with a more junior partner, Norway, during the same period. The book offers an original take on inter-state relations and diplomacy during the Cold War and after, and develops an analytical framework for understanding why some state relationships maintain their status as ‘special’, while others end up as ‘benignly neglected’ ones.

Publications
Publications
Report

Nordic responses to Brexit: Making the best of a difficult situation

This policy brief examines how the British decision to withdraw from the EU has influenced the political debates in and foreign policies of the five Nordic states – Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. With the exception of Iceland, all these countries had a stated preference for Britain to remain in the EU – not least due to historical ties and the tendency of Britain and the Nordic countries to have similar approaches to European integration. Three general findings can be highlighted: First, Brexit has featured prominently in political debates in all the Nordic countries since the British referendum, and the causes and consequences of the Brexit vote continue to be discussed with vigour. In all the Nordic countries, Brexit has also stirred debates about their current relationships with the EU, prompting EU critics to demand new privileges or opt-outs. Overall, however, the Nordic governments, supported by a stable majority among their populations, have signalled that they wish to preserve their EU membership or current forms of association models, with the access and benefits these provide. Second, for all the Nordic countries, securing good relations with Britain post-Brexit is a key priority, but they have generally indicated that maintaining good relations with the EU must come first. Finally, the Nordic governments are well aware that Brexit could create a vacuum in EU policy-making, perhaps tipping the balance among internal clusters. Britain has been a highly visible member of the ‘Northern’ grouping in the EU, and its absence is likely to be noticed. As the Nordic countries are about to lose what has at times been a powerful ally in EU decision-making, they may have to forge new coalitions to safeguard their interests.

  • Regional integration
  • Foreign policy
  • The Nordic countries
  • The EU
  • Regional integration
  • Foreign policy
  • The Nordic countries
  • The EU
Event
13:00 - 14:30
NUPI
Engelsk
Event
13:00 - 14:30
NUPI
Engelsk
12. Apr 2018
Event
13:00 - 14:30
NUPI
Engelsk

What will Brexit mean for the Nordics?

The British government’s decision to withdraw from the European Union (EU) in 2016 marks a watershed in the history of European integration. What will Brexit mean for the Nordic countries?

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