My overarching research interest is in how polities relate to one another, in pre-history, in history, in imagined worlds, and in principle. I usually draw on Continental social theory to analyse this, and use empirical examples from Russian foreign policy, Norwegian foreign policy and, increasingly, from archaeology.
Academic background
- Doctorate: D.Phil. (Politics) Oxford University, 1992
- Second Doctorate: Dr. Philos. (Social Anthropology) Oslo University, 2009
- Montague Burton Professor of International Relations, LSE, 2012-2017
- 15000 hits on Google Scholar, h-factor 51
Professional experience
- Member, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
- Member, Academica Europaea
- Member, Aker Scholarship Board
- Co-editor, The New International Relations Series, Routledge
BOOKS
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
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Internasjonal Politikk, Vol 78, No 4, 2020, pp. 545–565. In Norwegian.
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Cambridge Review of International Affairs, published online 25.11.2020. DOI: 10.1080/09557571.2020.1838823
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Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift, Vol 4, No 4, 2020, pp. 241-252. In Norwegian.
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In Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund (ed), Hvordan går det med etterkommerne etter innvandrerne i Norge? Novus, 2020, pp. 255-272. In Norwegian
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Journal of Global Security Studies, published online 27.02.2020, 16 p. DOI: 10.1093/jogss/ogz073
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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Forskning.no, 24.12.20. In Norwegian
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Forskning.no, 16.12.20. In Norwegian.
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Morgenbladet, 13.11.20. In Norwegian.
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Vårt Land, 26 June 2020. In Norwegian.
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Stavanger Aftenblad, 24 June 2020. In Norwegian.
IN MEDIA
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– Svakhetstegn av Putin å arrestere regimekritikeren Navalnyj (- Arresting Nalalnyj is a sign of weakness)
TV2, 24.01.21. In Norwegian.
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- Putin har en kjempefin dag (- A great day for Putin)
Dagbladet, 08.01.21. In Norwegian
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Klær og diplomati (Dress codes in diplomacy)
NRK Studio2, 14.12.20. In Norwegian
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Alle presidentens utfordringer
Dagbladet, 05.12.20. In Norwegian.
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— Vi må ikke gjøre forskning til en konkurranse om mengde ('— We must not make research a competition for quantity')
Khrono, 23 August 2020. In Norwegian.