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Current research

Research Director at NUPI.

Neumann is adjunct professor at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and a visiting professor at Belgrade University. His current research projects include cooperation with Serbian colleagues, a joint book project on the historical sociology of the Eurasian steppe with Einar Wigen and work on a diplomacy book for Hearst.

Formal education
[2009]
Dr. Philos., Social Anthropology, University of Oslo
[2001]
Cand. polit., Social anthropology, University of Oslo
[1992]
D. Phil., Politics, Oxford University
[1987]
Cand. polit., Political science, University of Oslo
Professional experience
[2005-]
Professor, Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages, University of Oslo
[2000-2003]
Senior adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Ministry of Defence
[1988-2005]
Researcher/Head of NUPI's Department of Russian Studies, Senior research fellow, NUPI
 

Publications [vis kronologisk]

Articles (in books and journals)
  • Neumann, Iver B., Sergei Medvedev (2012). Identity Issues in EU-Russian Relations,

    in Constructing Identities in Europe: German and Russian Perspectives. 

    .Berlin,Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik.p. 9-29. In this book chapters Neumann and Medvedev argue that identity structures play a role in the relations between the EU and Russia. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B., Sharam Alghasi (2012). Innledning. Hvorfor festskrift?,

    i Universitetsforlagets og Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrifts nummer 1/2012 viet Thomas Hylland Eriksen.

    .Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.p. 9-15.Dette er innledningen til NATs nummer viet Thomas Hylland Eriksen. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2011). Norges nye vi: Diasporaer som faktor i norsk utenrikspolitikk,

    Internasjonal Politikk, 04/2011

    .Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.p. 569-577.Artikkelen gir en kortfattet oversikt over Norges historiske erfaring med diasporaer, både diasporaer i Norge og norske diasporaer i utlandet. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B., Helge Jordheim (2011). Empire, imperialism and conceptual history,

    i Journal of International Relations and Development Volum 14.(2)

    .Palgrave MacMillan.p. 153-185.Concepts are defined by their meanings and uses and become powerful in battle with other concepts. The concepts discussed in this article, ‘empire’ and ‘imperialism’, have lately made their return to the grand stage of world politics, most significantly as descriptions, and indeed, self-descriptions of the role and position of the United States. How is this return possible? What does it mean? [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2011). Peace and reconciliation efforts as systems-maintaining diplomacy: The case of Norway,

    i International Journal, volume 66, issue 3

    .Canadian International Council.p. .In this article, Iver B. Neumann analyzes the role of peace and reconciliation efforts as systems-maintaining diplomacy. He uses Norway as a case study. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B., Thomas Hylland Eriksen (2011). Fra slektsgård til oljeplattform,

    i Internasjonal Politikk 3/2011

    .Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.p. 413-436.I denne artikkelen utforsker forfatterne Europas og EUs plass i norsk identitetsdannelse. De spør blant annet hvorvidt trenden i faglitteraturen - at Europa faller ut - kan gjenfinnes i norsk identitetsdannelse selv. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2011). The Steppe and Early European State Formation,

    in Uluslararasi Iliskiler Vol. 8, No 30

    .Turkey,International Relations Council of Turkey.p. 3-12.In this article, Iver B. Neumann maps out the relation between nomads and sedentaries on the Eurasian steppe in the middle ages and the significance this relation had for early European state formation. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2011). End Comment: The Practices of Interdisciplinarity,

    in Aalto, P. Harle, V., Moisio, S. (ed.), International Studies. Interdisciplinary Approaches

    .Hampshire, England,Palgrave Macmillan.p. 257-269.In this concluding chapter, Iver B. Neumann summarises the discussion on interdisciplinary international studies and their relations to the discipline of international relations. [url]
  • Sending, Ole Jacob, Iver B. Neumann (2011). Banking on power: how some practices in an international organization anchor others,

    in (ed.) Emanuel Adler and Vincent Pouliot International Practices

    .Cambridge University Press.p. 231-254.The article focuses on the practices that structure the relations between states and international organizations and seeks to capture the situated and contextualized character of how states operate within IOs, and how IOs operate vis-à-vis states. Crucially, the question of possible IO authority and autonomy may then be analyzed as the effects of concrete practices rather than as emanating from a priori defined features of IOs and/or states. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2011). Our Culture and all the Others: Intercultural and International Relations,

    in Batora, J and Mokre, M (ed.) Culture and External Relations. Europe and Beyond 

    .Ashgate .p. 33-46.The chapter dicusses the usefullness of 'culture' as an analytical point of departure in studying the kind of relationships that International Relations specialize in, namely those between different political entities. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B., Vincent Pouliot (2011). Untimely Russia: Hysterisis in Russian-Western Relations over the Past Millennium,

    in Security Studies, vol. 20, no. 1

    .Routledge.p. 105-137.This article draws on Pierre Bourdieu's sociology to explain how a lack of fit between a repertoire of bodily practices accumulated through history, on the one hand, and the field in which it is employed, on the other, can take shape in world politics. [url]
  • Sending, Ole Jacob, Iver B. Neumann, Vincent Pouliot (2011). The future of diplomacy: Changing practices, evolving relationships,

    in International Journal  2011, vol. 66.(3)

    .Canadian International Council.p. 527-542.This article deals with the future of diplomacy. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2011). Entry into international society reconceptualised: the case of Russia,

    in Review of International Studies vol. 37 2011

    .Cambridge,Cambridge Journals.p. 463-484.This article addresses how entry into international society has been conceptualised, suggests a reconceptualisation that will make the concept more relational, and illustrates with a case study. [url]
  • Leira, Halvard , Iver B. Neumann (2011). The many past lives of the consul,

    in Jan Melissen and Ana Mar Fernandez (eds.) Consular affairs and diplomacy

     

    .Leiden/Boston,Martinus Nijhoff.p. 225-246.The article traces and discusses the different roles and statuses assigned to consuls throughout the history of international relations. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2011). 'Religion in Sort of a Global Sense': The Relevance of Religious Practices for Political Community in Battlestar Galactica and Beyond,

    in Journal of Contemporary Religion 2011, vol. 26 (3)

    .Taylor & Francis.p. 387-401.With reference to the works of Carl Schmitt and Eric Voegelin, Iver Neumann argue that the key precondition for the co-existence of religions in the series Battlestar Galactica is the avoidance of what Voegelin calls political theology. Differences in creed, doctrine, and specific religious practices may exist side by side as long as certain practices associated with the sacred—in the case of BSG, primarily practices that have to do with burying and remembering the dead—are shared. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2010). Sustainability and transformation in diplomatic culture: the case of Euro-centrism,

    in Costas Constatinou and James Der Derian (ed.) Sustainable diplomacies: studies in diplomacy and international relations

    .Pallgrave Mc Millan.p. 128-147. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2010). Autobiography, ontology, autoethnology,

    in Review of International Studies: vol. 36, no. 4

    .Cambridge,Cambridge Journals.p. 1051-1055. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2010). Europa og de andre,

    i Nytt norsk tidsskrift, 27:2010:1-2

    .Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.p. 86-96. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2010). Tidlige politiske enheter: Foreliggende litteratur og eksempelet Rus', ca. 800-1100,

    Internasjonal Politikk, årgang 68, nr. 4

    .Oslo ,Universitetsforlaget.p. 571-586.Artikkelen gjennomgår debattene om tidlige sammensatte stater og debattene om tidlig politisk organisering på den eurasiske steppen. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2010). Diplomacy and Diplomats,

    in Denemark, Robert A. [ed.], The International Studies Encyclopedia, vol. II,

    .Wiley-Blackwell.p. 1069-1074. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2010). Utenriksministerens spillerom, 1972-2010,

    Internasjonal Politikk, årgang 68, nr. 1

    .Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.p. 115-130. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2009). National security, culture and identity,

    in The Routledge Handbook of Security Studies

    .Routledge.p. 95-104. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2009). National security, culture and identity,

    in The Routledge Handbook of Security Studies

    .Routledge.p. 95-104. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2009). Politikk hinsides polis - modernitetens diplomati.,

    Idéhistorisk tidsskrift, vol. 21, no. 2

    .p. 39-49. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2009). National security, culture and identity,

    in Mauer, Victor and Myriam Dunn Cavelty, eds., The Routledge Handbook of Security Studies

    .London,Routledge.p. 95-104. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2009). Hvorfor er ikke Norge med i Den europeiske union?,

    i Internasjonal Politikk, vol. 67, nr 3

    .Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.p. 413-425. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2009). Returning practice to the linguistic turn: the case of diplomacy,

    in Bauer, Harry and Elisabetta Brighi [eds.], Pragmatism in International Relations

    .London and New York, Routledge.p. 82-99. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2008). The responsible intellectual: advisor and critic,

    Contribution to J. Ann and Adrei Tsyganov [eds]: Risks and opportunities off crossing the academic/policy divide (a Forum section of articles). In International Studies Review , 10, no. 1

    .Oxford,p. 174-177. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2008). Å være diplomat,

    In Norsk antropologisk tidsskrift , vol. 19, no. 2–3.

    .Oslo,p. 136-146. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2008). The Body of the Diplomat ,

    in European Journal of International Relations, vol. 14, no. 4

    . Los Angeles, London, New York and Singapore , SAGE.p. 671-695.Drawing on a disparate yet voluminous literature on gender, as well as on Bourdieu's analysis of class, this article demonstrates the importance of gendered and class bodies within the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B., Helge Jordheim (2008). Imperium, imperialisme og en introduksjon til begrepshistorisk teori og praksis,

    i Jordheim, Helge [red.] Imperium, Imperialisme

    .Oslo,Unipub.p. 7-37.Innledningen til boken "Imperium, Imperialisme", gir en introduksjon til imperium- og imperialismebegrepets historie. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2008). Discourse Analysis,

    in Audie Klotz and Deepa Prakash, eds., Qualitative Methods in International Relations. A Pluralist Guide

    .New York,Palgrave Macmillan.p. 61-77. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2008). Russia as a great power, 1815–2007,

    Journal of International Relations and Development, vol. 11, nr. 2,

    .Prague,Palgrave Macmillan.p. 128-151. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2008). Russia's Standing as a Great Power, 1494–1815,

    in Ted Hopf, ed., Russia’s European Choice

    .New York,Palgrave Macmillan.p. 13-33. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2008). Wergeland in the Norwegian Political Tradition,

    in Pollen, Geir, Iver B. Neumann, Mette Lending and Vigdis Ystad, Tolerance and Compassion, Henrik Wergeland and his Legacy

    .Oslo,Gyldendal.p. 97-117. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2008). Imperier: introduksjon,

    i Internasjonal Politikk, vol. 66, nr. 1

    .Oslo,Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt.p. 85-94. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2008). Det russiske imperium,

    i Internasjonal Politikk, vol. 66, nr. 1

    .Oslo,Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt.p. 173-186. [url]
  • Leira, Halvard , Iver B. Neumann (2008). Consular Representation in an Emerging State: The Case of Norway,

    in The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, vol. 31, no. 1

    .Leiden,Koninklijke Brill NV.p. 1-19. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2008). Diplomatens kropp,

    i Hege Skjeie, Inger Skjelsbæk og Torunn L. Tryggestad (red.), Kjønn, krig, konflikt. Jubileumsbok til Helga Hernes

    .Oslo,Pax Forlag.p. 182-203.Artikkelen tar for seg kvinnenes inntreden i diplomatiet og kjønnssammensetningen i Utenriksdepartementets stab. [url]
  • Leira, Halvard , Iver B. Neumann (2007). The Emergence and Practices of the Oslo Diplomatic Corps,

    in Paul Sharp and Geoff Wieseman (eds.), The Diplomatic Corps and International Society

    .London,Palgrave Macmillian. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2007). "A Speech That the Entire Ministry May Stand for," or: Why Diplomats Never Produce Anything New,

    International Political Sociology, vol. 1, no. 2, June 2007

    . Oxford, Blackwell Publishing.p. 183-200.Speech writing in the Norwegian Foreign Ministry privileges making a single voice out of the organization’s multiplicity of voices, rather than speaking directly to the speech’s audience. In the upshot, MFA speeches tend to sound the same. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B., Ole Jacob Sending (2007). 'The International' as Governmentality,

    in Millennium: Journal of International Studies, Volume 35, Number 3, September 2007

     

    .London,Millennium Publishing Group.p. 677-701. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2007). Norsk sosiologi,

    in Nytt norsk tiddsskrift, vol. 24, no. 3

    .Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.p. 269-282. [url]
  • Leira, Halvard , Iver B. Neumann (2007). Internasjonal Politikk i Norge. En disiplins fremvekst i første halvdel av 1900-tallet.,

    Internasjonal politikk vol. 65, nr. 2

    .Oslo,NUPI.p. 141-171.Artikkelen beskriver disiplinen Internasjonal Politikks fremvekst i Norge i første halvdel av 1900-tallet. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2007). When Did Norway and Denmark Get Distinctively Foreign Policies?,

    in Cooperation and Conflict, vol. 42., no. 1

    .London,Sage Publications.p. 53-72.The article traces the emergence of the divide where Norway and Denmark are concerned through a reading of the concept of 'realm' (rike), and asks when Norway evolved a foreign policy [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2007). When Did Norway and Denmark Get Distinctively Foreign Policies?,

    in Cooperation and Conflict, vol. 42., no. 1

    .London,Sage Publications.p. 53-72.The article traces the emergence of the divide where Norway and Denmark are concerned through a reading of the concept of 'realm' (rike), and asks when Norway evolved a foreign policy [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2007). ”A Speech That the Entire Ministry May Stand for” or: Why Diplomats Never Produce Anything New,

     

    i International Political Sociology, vol. 1, nr. 2,

     

    .Oxford,Blackwell Publishing.p. 183-200. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2006). Å studere den (post)moderne staten,

    Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift, vol. 17, nr. 3–4

    .p. 213-224. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2006). Flerbent fellesskap i en norsk trekkhundklubb,

    Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift, vol. 17, nr. 1

    .p. 48-62. [url]
  • Leira, Halvard , Iver B. Neumann (2006). Fremmede konsuler i Norge ca. 1650—1905,

    Historisk Tidsskrift (København), vol. 106, nr. 2

    .p. 449–487. [url]
  • Sending, Ole Jacob, Iver B. Neumann (2006). Governance to governmentality,

    International studies quarterly, vol. 50, no. 3

    .p. 651-672. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2006). Sublime diplomacy,

    Millennium, vol. 34, no. 3

    .p. 865–888. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B., Ole Jacob Sending, Birgitte Kjos Fonn (2006). Utenrikspolitikkens indre liv,

    i Birgitte Kjos Fonn, Iver B. Neumann og Ole Jacob Sending, red., Norsk utenrikspolitisk praksis. Aktører og prosesser

    .Oslo,Cappelen akademik forlag.p. 7-18. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2006). Pop Goes Religion: Harry Potter meets Clifford Geertz,

    European Journal of Cultural Studies, vol. 9, nr. 1

    .p. 81-101.Folks ideer om politikk formes blant annet av hvordan politikk fremstilles i populærkulturen. Når noe blir populært, kan det være fordi det treffer et polituisk fenomen i samtiden. Artikkelen drøfter Harry Potter i et slikt perspektiv, og konkluderer med at Harry sakraøliserer politikken. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2006). Introduction: Harry Potter and the study of world politics,

    in Iver B. Neumann and Daniel H. Nexon, Harry Potter and international relations

    .Lanham,Rowman & Littlefield.p. 1-23. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2006). Naturalizing geography: Harry Potter and the realms of muggles, magic folks, and giants,

    in Iver B. Neumann and Daniel H. Nexon, Harry Potter and international relations

    .Lanham,Rowman & Littlefield.p. 157-175. [url]
  • Græger, Nina , Iver B. Neumann (2006). Utenriksdepartementet og Forsvarsdepartementet som beslutningspolitiske aktører,

    i Birgitte Kjos Fonn, Iver B. Neumann og Ole Jacob Sending, red., Norsk utenrikspolitisk praksis. Aktører og prosesser

    .Oslo,Cappelen Akademisk Forlag.p. 67-88. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B., Sieglinde Gstöhl (2006). Introduction: Lilliputians in Gulliver’s World? Small States in International Relations,

    in Iver B. Neumann, Christine Ingebritsen and Sieglinde Gstöhl, eds., Small States in International Relations: A Reader

    .Seattle,University of Washington Press.p. . [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2005). Begrepet 'person' står ikke stille,

    in Georg Apenes, ed., Fra tillit til kontroll. Tolv samtaler om politikk, teknologi og personvern

    .Oslo,Pax Forlag.p. 25-34. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2005). On generating state voice,

    in Knut Nustad and Christin Krohn-Hansen, ed., State Formation: Anthropological Explanations

    .London,Pluto.p. 195-121. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2005). Russia as a Great Power,

    in Jakob Hedensk, Vilhelm Konnander, Bertil Nygren, Ingmar Oldberg and Christer Pursiainen, ed., Russia as a Great Power: Dimensions of Security under Putin

    .London,Routledge.p. 13-28. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2005). Populism at work,

    in Lars Bang-Larsen, Christina Ricupero and Nicolaus Schafhausen, ed., The Populism Reader

    .Berlin,Lukas & Sternberg.p. 113-121. [url]
  • Neumann, Iver B. (2005). To be a diplomat,

    in Olav F. Knudsen, ed., Cultural barriers: cultural bridges. Experience and evidence from diplomacy and politics , Conference Papers, no. 33

    .Stockholm,Uterikspolitiska Institutet.p. 57-96. [url]
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