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
- 17500 hits on Google Scholar, h-factor 53
Professional experience
- Member, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
- Member, Academica Europaea
- Member, Aker Scholarship Board
- Co-editor, The New International Relations Series, Routledge
PROJECTS
BOOKS
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
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Internasjonal Politikk, Vol 81, No 1, 2023, pp. 106-114. In Norwegian.
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In Patrick A. Mello and Falk Ostermann (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis Methods. Routledge, 2023, pp. 39-50.
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Internasjonal Politikk, Vol 80, No 4, 2022, pp. 441–451. In Norwegian
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Global Studies Quarterly, Vol 4, No 2, 2022, pp. 1-12
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Internasjonal Politikk, Vol 80, No 2, 2022, pp. 236-254. In Norwegian.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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Forskning.no, May 3, 2023. In Norwegian.
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Morgenbladet, February 10, 2023. In Norwegian.
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Aftenposten, January 28, 2023. In Norwegian.
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Morgenbladet, January 13, 2023. In Norwegian.
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Science Norway, December 27, 2022.
NEWS
- Call for Papers – The Annual Conference of the Romanian Centre for Russian Studies
- Large, new research projects for FNI
- Call for papers: International Conference Geopolitical Challenges of the Russo-Ukrainian War, from the Black Sea to the Arctic Ocean
- FNI-forskerne om krigen i Ukraina
- FNI-forskere i verdenstoppen
IN MEDIA
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- Tror Putin er rasende ('Believe Putin is furious')
Dagbladet, May 26, 2023. In Norwegian.
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- Duket for et salig kaos ("Set for chaos")
Dagbladet, May 16, 2023. In Norwegian.
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Prigozjin langer ut mot selveste «bestefar» og skal ha kontaktet Ukraina. Hva er det som skjer med Wagner-lederen? (What is happening to the Wagner leader?)
Aftenposten, May 15, 2023. In Norwegian.
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- Klarer ikke finne en forklaring (Wagner group's founder Yevgeny Prigozhin with remarkable attack on the Russian defense leadership)
Dagbladet, May 14, 2023. In Norwegian.
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Prigozjins gjentatte utbrudd mot Kreml: – Surrealistisk (Prigozhin's repeated outbursts at the Kremlin: - Surreal)
TV2, May 13, 2023. In Norwegian.