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Morten Bøås
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Morten Bøås (PhD) er seniorforsker og jobber i hovedsak med tema knyttet til fred og konflikt i Afrika, inkludert problemstillinger som landrettigheter og statsborgerskapkonflikter, ungdom, eks-stridende og det nye landskapet som tegner seg med hensyn til opprør og geopolitikk.
Bøås har forfattet og redigert en rekke bøker og artikler i akademiske tiddskrifter. Han har gjort dyptpløyende feltarbeid i en rekke afrikanske land.
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2001 Dr.Polit. (Ph.D) i statsvitenskap, Universitetet i Oslo
1995 The CRE/Copernicus Seminar on Environmental Law
1994 Cand.Polit. i statsvitenskap, Universitetet i Oslo
Arbeidserfaring
2013- Seniorforsker, NUPI
2010-2012 Forskningssjef, Fafo Institutt for anvendte internasjonale studier as
2002-2010 Forsker, Fafo
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Amid an array of shifting national, regional, and global forces, how have African insurgents managed to adapt and survive? And what differences and similarities can be found, both among the continent's diverse rebellions and guerrilla movements and between them and movements elsewhere in the world? Addressing these issues, the authors of Africa's Insurgents explore how new groups are emerging and existing ones changing in response to an evolving landscape
Mali: Islam, arms and money
Amid an array of shifting national, regional, and global forces, how have African insurgents managed to adapt and survive? And what differences and similarities can be found, both among the continent's diverse rebellions and guerrilla movements and between them and movements elsewhere in the world? Addressing these issues, the authors of Africa's Insurgents explore how new groups are emerging and existing ones changing in response to an evolving landscape.
Africa's insurgents in comparative perspective
Amid an array of shifting national, regional, and global forces, how have African insurgents managed to adapt and survive? And what differences and similarities can be found, both among the continent's diverse rebellions and guerrilla movements and between them and movements elsewhere in the world? Addressing these issues, the authors of Africa's Insurgents explore how new groups are emerging and existing ones changing in response to an evolving landscape.
Pathways to reconciliation in divided societies: Islamist groups in Lebanon and Mali
Why do some population groups choose to turn away from the state and opt for violence, while other groups that may be equally frustrated with the state remain engaged with the existing polity? This question has become particularly salient and complex in the last five years following the Arab revolutions and counter-revolutions. In a number of states, Salafi groups had to choose between standing outside the domestic political game or participating in formal and informal ways in national and local politics. We approach Sunni and Shi’I Islamism not as monolithic blocks, but as ideological arenas of dispute between competing and evolving social movements, operating in specific local contexts. Thus, focusing on cases from Tripoli, Lebanon and Bamako, Mali we show that religious actors are positioned in multiple fields at the same time. No position or pattern of allegiance should therefore be seen as permanent, but rather possible flexible and shifting. We analyse how such actors navigate such situational fields, what factors that determine their strategies’ potential for contributing to peaceful reconciliation, the sustainability of such reconciliation, and what lessons learned from the divided societies of Lebanon and Mali that are relevant for the case of Syria.
Skatt og kapitalflukt: Vil Noreg leve opp til ambisjonane?
I samband med Arendalsuka ønskjer Skattjakt-nettverket å invitere norske politikarar til ein diskusjon om vegval i politikken om skatt og utvikling i forkant av kommande Stortingsperiode.
Fragile States as the New Development Agenda?
As Europe struggles with the repercussions of violent conflict in the Middle East, North Africa and the Sahel, including high numbers of refugees attempting to enter Europe, the issue of fragile states is pushed to the top of European policy agendas. There are calls to do more – military interventions in different forms, but also humanitarian and development assistance. European countries seek to refocus their development aid towards stabilisation efforts in fragile states that send refugees their way. This trend is unfolding all over Europe, including the Nordic countries. What then could be the basis for a new development agenda for fragile states. Senior Research Fellow Morten Bøås adresses this in new debate article.
EUs nye asyl- og migrasjonspolitikk: gammal vin på nye flasker?
NUPI har gleda av å invitere til Kjelleren på Litteraturhuset for å diskutere EUs nye rammeverk som skal takle migrasjonskrisa betre enn før.
Mokhtar Belmokhtar: ein jihadists overlevingsguide til Sahel
Med utgangspunkt i det vi veit og det vi trur vi veit om livet til Mokhtar Belmokhtar vil seniorforskar Morten Bøås presentere det historiske bakteppet for det som no skjer i Sahelområdet.
Væpna gruppers skattekollekt i DR Kongo
NUPI har gleda av å invitere Kasper Hoffmann på besøk den 4. april. Hoffmann skal snakke om væpna gruppers skattleggingspraksis i det austlege Kongo, og argumentere for korleis desse gruppene bruker skatt til å etablere legitimiteten sin som substitutt for offentlege styresmakter i det austlege DR Kongo.
Preventing Violent Conflict
NUPI skal analysere hvordan forholdet mellom eksterne aktører og lokale politiske aktører påvirker konflikt forebygging....