Projects & centers
NUPI's research projects, research programmes, and research centres.
Follow the money: the role of cross-border networks in natural resource extraction, stolen assets recovery, and tax havens and the regulation of cross-border capital flows from extractive industry in East Africa (FOLLOW)
The project will examine the formal and informal regulation of cross border flows of natural resource wealth, with a particular emphasis on the crossborder networks that are at the heart of much of th...
Understanding the conflicts in the MENA region
The purpose of the activity is to systematically explore and better understand the reconfiguration of violence in the MENA region....
Regional dimensions of the nuclear diplomacy with Iran
The project discusses the relationship between the P5+1/Iran talks and regional Middle Eastern affairs....
Energy security in the Baltic Sea region: Regional Coordination and Management of Interdependencies (BES)
The project is to provide deeper insights into recent dynamics of energy cooperation in the Baltic Sea region....
National and European Governance: Polish and Norwegian Cooperation Towards More Efficient Security, Energy and Migration Policies (GOODGOV)
The aim of the project is to analyse the current situation in three fields of governance – national security, energy and migration – in both Polish-Norwegian bilateral and in broader European context....
Russian aluminium (RUSAL)
The main aim of the project is to provide detailed insights into development of Russian aluminum sector in a broader Russian and international political and economic context....
Dialogue and learning across divides in North Caucasus (DLDNC )
The project aims to create an arena for learning and dialogue between MA and PhD students with an interrest in the North Caucasus and give them an opportunity to establish contact with scholars workin...
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....
Traders in the food value chain - firm size and international food distribution (TRADERS)
The project focuses on patterns of distribution in Norway's seafood exports and agricultural trade (exports and imports)....