The programme focuses on global governance mechanisms ( "global governance") within security and development. The research builds on the five-year, programme Hegemony and World Order (completed January 2008) funded by the Research Council of Norway, which laid particular emphasis on theoretical and historical approaches to hegemony and global macro-political developments.
The programme has a particular focus on the role of the United Nations and other international organisations in global governance efforts, and continues the research from NUPI's former UN program. Questions about the international organisation of power, reform of international organisations in light of changing power relationships (eg. New great-power politics), and the importance of non-state actors is central. The programme seeks to combine basic research with practical relevance for public debate about Norwegian foreign policy and global governance.
The programme is responsible for the following projects: "Learning to Build a Sustainable Peace: Ownership and Everyday Peace Building" (Ole Jacob Sending and Morten Skumsrud Andersen, in collaboration with CMI, FRIDE and the Center on International Cooperation); "Global governmentality" (Ole Jacob Sending and Iver B . Neumann).
Global Trends
This project examines global trends and their implications for Norwegian foreign and development policy. More
Learning to Build Sustainable Peace: Ownership and Everyday Peace Building
Peacebuilding operations: The interaction between international personnel and local communities. More
- Eggen, Øyvind , Ole Jacob Sending
(2012). Global helse,
i Internasjonal Politikk 2/2012
.Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.p. 208-217.Sending og Eggen diskuterer i denne artikkelen hvordan global helse som felt de siste årene har fått økt status i utenrikspolitikken og i akademia. [url] - Neumann, Iver B., Cecilie B. Neumann (2012). Forskeren i forskningsprosessen. Oslo, Cappelen Damm Akademisk.. 120 pages. Metodelitteratur og veiledere oppfordrer ofte studenter og forskere til å reflektere over profesjonsidealer og forskerens etiske ansvar, men gir sjelden konkrete råd om hva man kan gjøre i praksis. Det gjør forfatterne av denne boka.
- 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., Thomas Ugelvik [ed.] (2012). Mat/viten. Oslo, Universitetsforlaget. 238 pages. Mat er mer enn næring. I denne boka ser bidragsyterne på mat fra ulike ståsted. De viser at matvaner og etikette er kulturelle størrelser. Maten man spiser kommuniserer noe om hvem man er og hvilke fellesskap man er del av.
- Neumann, Iver B. (2012). At Home With the Diplomats. , Cornell University Press. 232 pages. In this book, Iver B. Neumann offers unprecedented access to the inner workings of a foreign ministry. Approaching contemporary diplomacy from an anthropological perspective, Neumann examines the various aspects of diplomatic work and practice, including immunity, permanent representation, diplomatic sociability, accreditation, and issues of gender equality.
- 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., 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] - Godzimirski, Jakub M., Iver B. Neumann, Sharam Alghasi (2011). Norges nye vi. Oslo, HiO NUPI. 115 pages. Rapporten diskuterer hva slags påvirkning diasporaer har på norsk utenrikspolitikk
- Neumann, Iver B., Thomas Hylland Eriksen (2011). Norsk identitet og Europa. Oslo, UiO NUPI UMB (Europautredningen 2012). 17 pages. Dette kapitlet i Europautredningen tar for seg norsk identitet i Europa.
- 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]