Current research
Civilian Capacity
The project seeks to generate knowledge on the challenges facing civilian capacities within UN peacekeeping and peacebuilding operations, as well as recommending ways in which they can be addressed. More
Protection of Civilians
This project seeks to contribute to ongoing process of mainstreaming the Protection of Civilians into the African Peace and Security Architecture. More
Turning UNSC Resolution 1325 into operational practice: A cross-country study on implementing Resolution 1325 in military operations
This project is a cross-country study on how resolution 1325 has been digested among soldiers in military operations. More
Fragmented Interests in an Age of Austerity: Arab Spring and the Implications for NATO’s Security Policy
Prosjektet vil se på hva Den arabiske våren har betydd for NATOs sikkerhetspolitikk. More
Balkanseminaret 2012
Siktemålet med seminaret er at unge politiske ledere og forskere skal kunne stifte bekjentskap med Vest-Balkan og knytte nye kontakter i regionen. Balkanseminaret arrangeres annet hvert år av NUPI i samarbeid med Telenor og med praktisk støtte fra Utenriksdepartementet. More
Turkey as an Example for the Arab Spring
This proposed research will explore a number of topics that are directly relevant to the use of “soft power” by Norway in the Middle East. More
A Global Governance Perspective on Regional Securitisation of Human Rights - How Human Rights Norms Impact on Peace and Security Policy and Action in Africa and Asia
The project will provide research-based policy advice on how human rights norms influence security discourse and practice within the Association of East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the African Union (AU) More
Contextualizing peacebuilding activities to local circumstances
Case studies from South Sudan, Liberia and Haiti. More
Security Transitions in the Western Balkans - From Conflict Zone to Security Community
The project, organised as a consortium, will examine the strategic priorities of the Western Balkans. More
Scoping Study. Norwegian Standby Roster for Civilian Observers (NOROBS). The Role and Position of NOROBS in the Context of Norway’s Contribution to Civilian Peacemaking, Peacekeepingand Peacebuilding
The project explores recent developments within international peacekeeping, peacemaking and peacebuilding operations with regard to use of civilian roster capacities, and compares recent developments in the Nordic region. More
International state-building in Kosovo – security, self-determination, and privatisation
This project is a pilot and preparatory study to an upcoming 3-4 year research project on dominating conceptualisations of the right to self-determination and implications of international state building in Kosovo. The pilot will also look into one central part of Kosovo’s international state building project – privatisation – and include interviews with a few relevant actors, observers and experts. More
From Mandate to Practice: the Contextual Interpretation of the Protection of Civilians in Chad (MINURCAT)
The project addresses how protection as mandated by the UNSC through its resolutions is translated into protecting women and children in refugee camps in Chad in the context of the MINURCAT operation. More
Civilian Expertise and the Success of Peace Operations
The study will ask what type of civilian expertise is considered most important for UN peace operations, what the content of that civilian expertise is, whether it conforms or not to existing research on peace operations, and whether there are diverging views on these issues both among key UN member states and within the UN bureaucracy. More
Norwegian Military in Afghanistan: knowledge management, doctrine development and strategic effect
The main area of the Project is to study the correlation between experience, operational activity and strategic goals of the involvement in Afghanistan. More
The Peace Support Operations Training Centre
Cooperation on academic research and training with the Peace Support Operations Training Centre (PSOTC) in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina More
The Long-term Impact of the International Sanctions Against Yugoslavia
This project focuses on the long-term impact of the sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) in the 1990s. More
Assessing UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and UN Integrated Missions
This project is a comparative case-study of the United Nations Missions in Liberia (UNMIL) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC). It seeks to investigate challenges to the integrated approach through a focus on implementation of UNSC resolution 1325 in MONUC and UNMIL. More
The Belgrade School of Security Studies (BSSS)
The project is a cooperation between NUPI and the Belgrade School of Security Studies and is based upon the work done by the Centre for Civil-Military Relations, based in Belgrade, Serbia, on the reform of the Serbian armed forces and their integration into democratically controlled structures. More
Etterretnings- og sikkerhetsreform i Bosnia-Herzegovina
The project is currently organised so as to coordinate Norway’s support to the Intelligence and Security Reform in Bosnia-Herzegovina. More