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Minda Holm

Senior Research Fellow
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Summary

Minda Holm is a Senior Research Fellow with the research group Global Order and Diplomacy. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen (September 2023), a monography on ideology in global politics titled Towards a Social Theory of International Ideology, Ideological Scripts, and Counter-Ideology: Rethinking Liberal International Order and the Far Right’s critique.

Holm does social- and political theoretical work on liberalism in global politics (historically and present), anti-liberal forces globally including the far right’s global visions, global order, ideology, state ideals and sovereignty. She has also done research and published on Norwegian, Russian and U.S. foreign policy, misrecognition, morality in global order, international conceptual history and diplomacy.

She is an editor of the Scandinavian-language IR journal Internasjonal Politikk, an Associate Editor of New Perspectives, and from June 2024 an Associate Editor of Cooperation and Conflict. Holm also has a monthly column in the Norwegian newspaper Klassekampen. As of fall 2023 she is working on the Research Council-funded projects CHOIR and ANGER.

See her personal webpage for more, including publications. 

Expertise

  • Security policy
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Conflict
  • Governance
  • International organizations
  • Historical IR

Education

2018 – 2023 PhD, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. Submitted November 2022, defended after maternity leave September 2023. 

2015 – 2016 MA George Washington University, USA (Fulbright scholar)

2013 – 2014 MSc London School of Economics and Political Science, England

2008 – 2013 BA (2, in parallel), Political Science and Russia studies, University of Oslo and American University in Cairo, Oslo/Egypt

Main work experience

2023 – Senior Research Fellow, NUPI

2018 – 2022 PhD Fellow, NUPI, University of Copenhagen and Danish Institute of International Studies (DIIS)

2017 – 2018 Research Fellow, NUPI 

2012 – 2017 Research Assistant, NUPI (fulltime from January 2016)

2012 – 2012 Intern, Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Tajikistan

2010 – 2011 Trainee, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kazakhstan (covering all of Central Asia)

2009 – 2010 Journalist, Radio Nova

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aktivitet

Publications
Publications
Scientific article

Russlands Kabul

Kremlin has over the last years had closer contact with Taliban.

  • Defence and security
  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • Regions
  • Russia and Eurasia
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  • Defence and security
  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • Regions
  • Russia and Eurasia
Publications
Publications
Scientific article

Mistenkelig kritikk

Why is media so uncritical towards Norwegian foreign policy?

  • Diplomacy and foreign policy
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
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  • Diplomacy and foreign policy
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
Forskningsprosjekt
2021 - 2025 (Ongoing)

Chinese Anger Diplomacy (ANGER)

Do liberal-democratic states yield to public criticism by China? ANGER approaches this question by focusing on China's use of "anger diplomacy" - public, vehement displays at the state ...

  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Asia
  • Nationalism
  • Comparative methods
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Asia
  • Nationalism
  • Comparative methods
Articles
Articles

Research group for Global Order and Diplomacy

In what ways are the structures and contents of world politics changing? How do global power dynamics influence states’ foreign policy – and vice versa? What characterizes Norway’s past and present role on the international arena?
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Global governance
  • Governance
  • International organizations
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Articles
Articles

Research group for Global Order and Diplomacy

In what ways are the structures and contents of world politics changing? How do global power dynamics influence states’ foreign policy – and vice versa? What characterizes Norway’s past and present role on the international arena?
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Global governance
  • Governance
  • International organizations
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Publications
Publications

Myter om ytre høyre

They are called populists, anti-liberal and pro-Russian - but is it that simple?

Publications
Publications
Scientific article

Ingen troverdig leder

US' International leadership was in crisis long before Donald Trump.

  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • North America
  • Governance
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • North America
  • Governance
Publications
Publications
Scientific article

Når krig blir hverdag

On Scandinavian military activism.

  • Defence
  • NATO
  • Foreign policy
  • Defence
  • NATO
  • Foreign policy
Media
Media
Media

Khrono kårer Årets navn i akademia

Who deserves to be awarded the 2020 This year's name in academia?

Publications
Publications
Scientific article

Kristne først

When the Norwegian Progress Party Frp argues for prioritising the protection of Christians, they are following in the footsteps of the national right in the US, Europe and Russia.

  • Europe
  • North America
  • Migration
  • Governance
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Migration
  • Governance
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