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John Karlsrud
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Pb 8159 Dep, 0033 Oslo
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C.J. Hambros plass 2 D
News
[2013-04-22]
Presented the paper “In the Eye of the Beholder? UN and the use of drones to protect civilians” at the seminar Disaster Drones: Promises and Pitfalls for Humanitarian Action, Centre for Humanitarian Studies, Oslo.
[2013-04-05]
Presented the paper "Linked Ecologies in Global Governance: The Case of UN Peacekeeping", at the International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, 2-4 April 2013.
[2013-02-26-28 ]
Organized the workshop "Understanding and Integrating Local Perceptions in the Work of Multi-Dimensional UN Peacekeeping Operations" in Kampala, Uganda link
[2012-12-07]
Presented the paper “UN as a competitive arena for linked ecologies: The case of UN peacekeeping” at the AGORA IV workshop, Emergent Ideas in the International Political Economy, Copenhagen, 6-7 December 2012.
[2012-11-22]
Presented the paper "The Space between HQ Policy and Local Action: Unpacking Agency in Negotiating Local Peacebuilding", co-authored with Diana Felix da Costa, at the International Peacekeeping in Africa conference, ETH Zurich, 22-24 November 2012.
Current research
John Karlsrud is currently undertaking a Ph.D: "Linked Ecologies and Norm Change in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations" at the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, supervised by Prof. Leonard Seabrooke.
At NUPI, John is the Manager of the Training for Peace programme and the Deputy Manager of the Peace Operations and Peacebuilding Research Group, working on issues related to inter alia local peacebuilding, protection of civilians.
Formal education
[2010-2013]
Ph.D., Politics and Internationals Studies, University of Warwick. Working title: Linked Ecologies and Norm Change in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations.
[2005]
Master of Peace and Conflict Studies / International Affairs with Distinction Joint Master from Institute for Graduate Studies in International Affairs, Australian National University and the Peace Research Centre of Oslo.
Professional experience
[2008-2010]
Special Assistant to the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG), United Nations Mission in Chad and the Central African Republic (MINURCAT), Chad.
[2006-2008]
Policy and Strategy Analyst, Strategic and Regional Initiatives Unit (SRIU), Regional Bureau for Africa (RBA), UNDP New York HQ.
[2005-2006]
Researcher and Assistant to the Managing Director, Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies (AIS).
[2002-2003]
Liaison and Operations Officer for NATO in Bosnia and Hercegovina (BiH), seconded by the Norwegian Army.
Publications
Articles (in books and journals)
- de Coning, Cedric H., John Karlsrud, Ingrid Marie Breidlid
(2013). Turning to the South: Civilian Capacity in the Aftermath of Conflict,
in Global Governance 19 (2013)
.Boulder, Colorado,Lynne Rienner Publishers.p. 135-152.The article argues that UN civilian capacity reform initiatives must overcome the bureaucratic tendency of looking at how to improve and expand the current system, and turn to emerging external service providers, particularly in the South. While the UN should continue to have a core staff for peacekeeping and peacebuilding purposes, it should to a much larger degree use local and regional capacities, and only resort to international capacity as a last resort. This should also be a dictum for the World Bank, EU, AU and member states engaged in supporting states in the aftermath of conflict. The article reviews the reform efforts so far and gives tangible recommendations for how the UN, regional organizations and member states should take the reform initiatives forward. [url] - Karlsrud, John
(2013). Responsibility to Protect and Theorising Normative Change in International Organisations: From Weber to the Sociology of Professions,
in Global Responsibility to Protect 5 (1)
.Brill . [url] - Karlsrud, John , Diana Felix da Costa
(2013). The Elusive Concept of Protection of Civilians: A Case-Study of the United Nations Mission to the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT),
In de Carvalho, B. & Sending, O.J., (eds.), The Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping.Concept, Implementation and Practice
.Baden-Baden ,Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. [url] - Karlsrud, John
(2013). The UN as a competitive arena for linked ecologies: The case of UN peacekeeping,
in Political Perspectives, 7
.Manchester,University of Manchester.p. 6-25.This article argues that the UN, in the area of peacekeeping, can be understood as a competitive arena, where informal policy alliances are competing to frame issues and build support for new norms, concepts and rules. [url] - Karlsrud, John , Diana Felix da Costa
(2012). Contextualising Liberal Peacebuilding for Local Circumstances: Unmiss and Local Peacebuilding In South Sudan,
in Journal of Peacebuilding and Development 7 (2)
.London,Routledge. [url] - Karlsrud, John , Marko Savkovic
(2012). Harnessing Serbian Civilian Capacity for Peace Support Operations: A Nascent Community?,
in Journal of Regional Security 7 (2)
.Belgrade,BCSP. [url] - Karlsrud, John , Randi Solhjell
(2012). Gender-Sensitive Protection and the Responsibility to Prevent: Lessons from Chad ,
in Global Responsibility to Protect, Volume 4, Issue 2
.Brill.p. 223 – 240 .The R2P concept relates as much to preventing mass atrocities as to halt on-going ones. This article emphasises the gender dimensions of prevention of and protection against violence and other threats, in order to stress the importance of implementing and mainstreaming gender into R2P. The case study here is the UN support mission to Chad and the Central African Republic (MINURCAT) that provided a fairly encouraging, albeit short-lived, example of gender-responsive measures at the community level for refugees and IDPs in eastern Chad. [url] - Karlsrud, John , Felix da Costa, D. (2011). Navigating Hybrid Political Orders: Balancing Peacebuilding in Chad, .ACCORD.p. 13-20.This article argues that a more bottom-up oriented approach to peacebuilding, which strengthens local confidence in – and ownership of – formal and traditional institutions, can improve the success of peacekeeping operations. [url]
- Karlsrud, John , Piccolino, G.
(2011). Withering consent, but mutual dependency: UN peace operations and new African assertiveness,
in Conflict, Security and Development 11(4)
.Routledge.p. . [url]
Books and reports
- Schia, Niels Nagelhus, John Karlsrud (2012). Contextualizing peacebuilding activities to local circumstances. Oslo, NUPI. 30 pages. Security in Practice. This final and comparative report summarizes the findings from the three field reports that have constituted the project Contextualizing peacebuilding activities to local circumstances. This project was conducted as a comparative study of UN local-level peacebuilding in three countries – Haiti, Liberia and South Sudan.
- Karlsrud, John , Felix da Costa, Diana (2012). UN local peacebuilding and transition in Haiti. Oslo, NUPI. 51 pages. Security in Practice 4 · 2012. In this report Felix de Costa and Karlsrud examine the UN peacekeeping operations in Haiti, assessing how the UN could maneuver to help establish good local governance institutions with community-based ownership.
- Karlsrud, John , Felix da Costa, Diana (2012). Moving towards local-level peacebuilding?. Oslo, NUPI. 53 pages. Security in Practice 5 · 2012. In this case-study report Felix da Costa and Karlsrud examine early peacebuilding activities and local circumstances in South Sudan. The report seeks to elucidate some core research questions developed jointly by NUPI and UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations Best Practices.
- Nikolaisen, Trine , John Karlsrud (2011). Ti år i Afghanistan - hva nå?. Oslo, Utenriksdepartementet. 32 pages. Rapporten oppsummerer innholdet i Sikkerhetspolitisk konferanse 2011 som handlet om Afghanistan. Rapporten er strukturert rundt to hovedspørsmål: Hva har Norge og vesten oppnådd i Afghanistan, og hva har vi lært.
- Karlsrud, John , Morten Dehli Andreassen (2011). Bakgrunnsdokument: Ti år i Afghanistan - hva nå?. Oslo, NUPI. 16 pages. Rapport om hva det internasjonale bidraget har bragt Afghanistan og veien videre.
- de Coning, Cedric H., John Karlsrud, Ingrid Marie Breidlid (2011). Conference Proceedings: Mobilizing Civilian Capacity. Oslo, NUPI. 24 pages. The international civilian training and rostering community met in New York on 14 June 2011 to consider the Report of the Independent Review of Civilian Capacity in the Aftermath of Conflict, and discussed how to take the recommendations forward.
- Solhjell, Randi , John Karlsrud, Jon Harald Sande Lie (2010). Protecting Civilians against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Eastern Chad. Oslo, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. 27 pages. Security in Practice. The report addresses the UN mission in Chad (MINURCAT) and the Chadian police force DIS in the context of protecting civilians against sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in eastern Chad.
Popular publishing
- Karlsrud, John , Diana Felix da Costa, Søren Vester Haldrup, Frederik Rosén and Kristoffer Nilaus Tarp (2013). Civilian capacity in the aftermath of conflict – a case study of OPEN. DIIS/NUPI Policy Brief, 16. May
- Friis , Karsten , John Karlsrud (2013). FN går til krig. NRK Ytring, 10. May
- Karlsrud, John , Diana Felix da Costa, Frederik Rosén, Søren Vester Haldrup, Kristoffer Nilaus Tarp (2013). Triangular co-operation for government capacity development in South Sudan. NUPI/NOREF Policy Brief, 6. May
- de Coning, Cedric H., John Karlsrud, Lotte Vermeij (2013). CIVCAP, Emerging Powers and the Global South: Evidence for a New Phase of Engagement . NUPI Policy Brief No.6, 7. March
- Karlsrud, John , Øyvind Eggen (2012). FN må reformeres. Dagbladet, 25. September
- Karlsrud, John , Diana Felix da Costa (2012). Offering the diagnosis, but lacking the medicine: UN local peacebuilding-peacekeeping nexus in Haiti. NUPI Policy Brief No. 4, 5. June
- Karlsrud, John , Diana Felix da Costa (2012). Casting the net too deep and too wide? UN local peacebuilding-peacekeeping nexus in South Sudan. NUPI Policy Brief No. 5, 5. June
- Karlsrud, John (2011). Adapting Norwegian Civilian Capacity for the Future: Implications of the Guéhenno Report. NOREF Policy Brief, 14. September
- Stamnes, Eli , John Karlsrud (2011). Hvorfor Libya? . FN-sambandets skolebrev 03/11, 7. September
- de Coning, Cedric H., John Karlsrud (2011). Preparing and Mobilizing Civilian Capacity for the Future. Recommendations for Implementing the Guéhenno Report . NUPI Policy briefs, 30. August
- Karlsrud, John , Eli Stamnes (2011). Meningen med resolusjonen. Dagsavisen, 25. March
- Karlsrud, John , Andreas Øien Stensland (2011). Svekket troverdighet. Dagbladet, 11. February
- Karlsrud, John , Mikkel Frøsig Pedersen, Andreas Øien Stensland (2011). Sps utdaterte utenrikspolitikk. Dagbladet, 7. February
- Karlsrud, John , Randi Solhjell, Benjamin de Carvalho (2010). Norwegian engagement with the UN at a crossroads. Perspektiv, Norwegian Refugee Council, 30. August
- de Carvalho, Benjamin , John Karlsrud (2010). En ny stat trenger Norge. Dagbladet, 9. November
- Solhjell, Randi , John Karlsrud (2010). Une sortie honorable pour la MINURCAT?. Note de synthèse 3 . 2010, 14. July
- Solhjell, Randi , John Karlsrud (2010). An Honourable Exit for MINURCAT?. NUPI Policy Brief 3 · 2010, 11. June