Benjamin de Carvalho
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Current research
Doctor of Philosophy in International Studies at the University of Cambridge on the 16th of May 2009, his dissertation was entitled Sovereignty, Religion, and the Nation-State: Statecraft and Collective Identity in England, c. 1530-1601 . Involved in subproject under Traning for Peace (protection of civilians in conflict areas). Working on a report on anti-terror measures in US, EU and Norway after 9/11, in cooperation with research assistant Morten S. Andersen. Also involved in the new-established MNE6-project and subprojects under the Hegemony Programme.
Co-editor of the Scandinavian journal: Internasjonal Politikk
Formal education
[2009]
PhD in International Studies, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
[2001]
MA, New School for Social Research, New York, USA
Professional experience
[2006-]
Phd-student/Senior research fellow, NUPI
Publications
Articles (in books and journals)
- Lie, Jon Harald Sande, Benjamin de Carvalho
(2013). Conceptual Unclarity and Competition: The Protection of Civilians and the Responsibility to Protect,
in Benjamin de Carvalho and Ole Jacob Sending (eds.) The Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping: Concept, Implementation and Practice.
.Baden-Baden,Nomos.p. 47-62.The Protection of Civilians and the Responsibility to Protect are confused both in policy discourse and by more analytically minded scholars. Such a conflation, the authors argue, is misleading and may lead to a loss of legitimacy for PoC – which would, over time, be detrimental to UN missions’ ability to protect civilians in practice. [url] - de Carvalho, Benjamin , Ole Jacob Sending
(2013). Introduction: A Concern with Protection,
in Benjamin de Carvalho and Ole Jacob Sending (eds.) The Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping: Concept, Implementation and Practice.
.Baden-Baden,Nomos.p. 17-23.The authors argue that we have witnessed the emergence of a new discourse on the protection of civilians over the past decade. Grounded in the practice of peacekeeping in UN missions, this discourse and evolving norms has sought to distance itself from the rather rigid understanding of protection of civilians as understood in International Humanitarian Law, focusing instead on practical challenges on the ground. [url] - Schia, Niels Nagelhus, Benjamin de Carvalho,
(2013). Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and the Rule of Law in Liberia,
in Benjamin de Carvalho and Ole Jacob Sending (eds.) The Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping: Concept, Implementation and Practice.
.Baden-Baden,Nomos. [url] - de Carvalho, Benjamin
(2012). Elgtacos i solnedgang,
i Mat/viten, tekster fra kunnskapens kjøkken.
.Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.p. 41-62.Nordmenn er nordmenn blant annet fordi de spiser samme type mat. Men er det norske kjøkkenet i krise? Dårlige råvarer, spaghettiwestern og konkurranse fra andre lands kjøkken truer. [url] - Leira, Halvard , Benjamin de Carvalho
(2011). Leder,
i Internasjonal Politikk. Volum 69(4). NUPI
.Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.p. 563-566. [url] - Haugevik, Kristin M., Halvard Leira, Benjamin de Carvalho
(2011). Leder,
Internasjonal Politikk, Volum 69(2). NUPI
.Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.p. 155-156. [url] - Haugevik, Kristin M., Benjamin de Carvalho, Halvard Leira
(2011). Leder: The Sound of Silence,
i Internasjonal Politikk, Volum 69(3). NUPI
.Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.p. 355-357. [url] - Leira, Halvard , Benjamin de Carvalho
(2011). Innledning: Privat vold i internasjonal politikk,
i Internasjonal Politikk 3/2011
.Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.p. 437-443.I dette kapittelet som innleder temadelen om privat vold i internasjonal politikk spør forfatterne hva privat vold og privat sikkerhet egentlig betyr i denne sammenhengen, og hvorfor og hvordan disse fenomenene spiller en rolle for internasjonal politikk. [url] - de Carvalho, Benjamin , Cedric H. de Coning, Mikkel Frøsig Pedersen, Audun Solli
(2011). Training in vain? Bottlenecks in Deploying Civilians for UN Peacekeeping,
in International Peacekeeping, vol. 18, no 4
.Routledge.p. 425-438.The article explores the bottlenecks hampering the recrutiment and deployment of trained personnel, especially civilians. An increased number of trained personnel has not translated into higher deployment rates. Unless the UN and international training programmes address this paradox, the risk of training in vain will remain. [url] - de Carvalho, Benjamin , Jon Harald Sande Lie
(2011). Chronicle of a Frustration Foretold? The Implementation of a Broad Protection Agenda in the United Nations,
in Journal of International Peacekeeping volume 15
.Martinus Nijhoff.p. 341-362.The article asks for at conceptual clarification of the PoC mandate - are protection actitivties the mission's mandate per se, or a mere part of its many tasks? The article also points out main challenges at headquarter level as well as the need for clearer institutional mechanism for learning from experience. [url] - de Carvalho, Benjamin
(2011). Brasil: Endelig en stormakt, eller for evig fremtidens land?,
i Internasjonal Politikk, årgang 69 nr. 2
.Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.p. 293-301.Artikkelen stiller spørsmålet: I hvilken grad har Brasils ambisjoner om å spille en sentral rolle i global politikk gitt seg utslag i anerkjennelse som stormakt? Videre diskuterer forfatteren Brasils status i det internasjonale samfunn i et videre perspektiv. [url] - Schia, Niels Nagelhus, Benjamin de Carvalho
(2011). Protection from Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Liberia: A Role for Traditional Justice?,
in Conflict Trends 1
.ACCORD.p. 38-42.The article investigates the tension between addressing specific issues per se, and viewing them within their broader context of pre-existing traditional mechanisms for dealing with conflicts – so-called traditional justice mechanisms. [url] - de Carvalho, Benjamin , Niels Nagelhus Schia
(2011). Sexual and gender-based violence in Liberia and the case for a comprehensive approach to the rule of law,
in Journal of International Relations and Development 14 (1)
.Palgrave MacMillan.p. 134–141 .The article looks into the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 in Liberia and maintains that the main problem in Liberia is that measures against sexual and gender based violence are implemented without taking into account the broader societal context. [url] - de Carvalho, Benjamin , Halvard Leira, John M. Hobson
(2011). The Big Bangs of IR: The Myths That Your Teachers Still Tell You about 1648 and 1919,
in Millennium Journal of International Studies vol. 39, no 3
.Sage.p. 735-758.Based on a detailed reading of the established IR myths of 1648 and 1919 and their perpetuation, we discuss the consequences of the discipline’s reliance on mythical origins, why there has been so little incorporation of revisionist insight and what possibilities there are for enhancing the dialogue. [url] - Lie, Jon Harald Sande, Benjamin de Carvalho
(2011). Beskyttelse av sivile (PoC) og Ansvar for å beskytte (R2P),
i Internasjonal Politikk nummer 1 2011
.Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.p. 108-116.Artikkelen ser på hvilke utfordringer innføringen av PoC møtte i FN-systemet og vurderer hvordan dette kan gi innsikter som er relevante for R2P i dag. [url] - Leira, Halvard , Benjamin de Carvalho
(2011). Privateers of the North Sea: At Worlds End,
in Colás, Alejandro & Bryan Mabee (eds.) Mercenaries, Pirates, Bandits and Empires. Private Violence in Historical Context
. London/New York,Columbia.p. 55-82 .This is a book-chapter that deals with the interplay of state and private interests in French privateering practices in the North Sea, and how such practices were fitfully part of French state-building in the early-modern period. [url] - Haugevik, Kristin M., Halvard Leira, Benjamin de Carvalho
(2011). Leder: Om tidsskrift og vitenskap,
I Internasjonal Politikk, vol. 69 (1)
.Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.p. 3-5.I denne lederen skriver forfatterne om tidsskriftenes stilling i vitenskapen. [url] - Schia, Niels Nagelhus, Benjamin de Carvalho
(2010). C.S.I. Monrovia? Liberia à la carte og bekjempelsen av seksualisert vold,
Internasjonal Politikk, årgang 68, nr. 2
.Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.p. 287-294.Artikkelen tar for seg det internasjonale samfunnets håndtering og bekjempelse av seksualisert og kjønnsbasert vold i Liberia og forsøker å gi et svar på hvorfor resultatene har uteblitt. [url] - Lie, Jon Harald Sande, Benjamin de Carvalho
(2010). Between culture and concept: the protection of civilians in Sudan (UNMIS),
Journal of International Peacekeeping , vol 14, no 1-2
.p. 60-85.This article addresses the protection discourse as perceived by various actors in the field in Sudan. [url] - Schia, Niels Nagelhus, Benjamin de Carvalho
(2009). Addressing Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Liberia,
in Conflict Trends Issue 3
.Durban,ACCORD.p. 26-33.This article addresses the implementation of gender perspectives in post-conflict reconstruction efforts through two cases, namely the broader conceptual implementation of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution 1325 and the construction of physical units for the protection of women and children adjacent to Liberian National Police (LNP) stations throughout Liberia. [url] - de Carvalho, Benjamin
(2008). Det spanske imperiet. Imperial etos, identitet og legitimitetsgrunnlag,
i Internasjonal Politikk, vol. 66, nr. 1
.Oslo,Norsk Utenrikspolitisl Institutt.p. 121-131. [url] - de Carvalho, Benjamin
(2006). War hurts: Vietnam movies and the memory of a lost war,
Millennium, vol. 34, no. 3
.p. 951–962. [url]
Books and reports
- de Carvalho, Benjamin , Ole Jacob Sending [ed.] (2013). The Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping: Concept, Implementation and Practice. Baden-Baden, Nomos. 206 pages. This edited volume explores the Protection of Civilians (PoC) and offers comparisons and in-depth studies of protection mandates in UN peacekeeping missions in Africa. The book seeks to show that however PoC is defined at headquarters level, successful implementation must rest on an understanding of the limits and challenges encountered in mission, on the ground.
- de Carvalho, Benjamin , Thomas Jaye , Yvonne Kasumba, Wafula Okumu [ed.] (2010). Peacekeeping in Africa . Oslo, NUPI. 78 pages.
- Solli, Audun , Cedric H. de Coning, Benjamin de Carvalho, Mikkel Frøsig Pedersen (2009). Bottlenecks to Deployment? The Challenges of Deploying Civilian Personnel to Peace operations. Oslo, NUPI. 36 pages. NUPI Report. The present report addresses the role of training programmes with respect to the deployment of personnel in peace operations.
- Wilson Rowe, Elana , Benjamin de Carvalho [ed.] (2009). Norge og BRIK-landene. Oslo, NUPI. 56 pages. Rapporten søker å gi et bilde av bredden av utfordringer Brasil, Russland, India og Kina – de såkalte BRIK-landene – representerer for det internasjonale samfunn og for Norge.
- de Carvalho, Benjamin , Andreas Vogt, Petter Hojem, Marit Arntzen Glad (2008). The Protection of Civilians and the Post-Conflict Security Sector. A Conceptual and Historical Overview. Oslo, NUPI. 18 pages. Security in Practice. The report addresses the main challenges that must be met for the Protection of Civilians (PoC) in peacekeeping operations to be effective. Furthermore, it discusses the characteristics and problems of the security gap in post-conflict states, and possible ways of remedying to these. Finally, it addresses the relation between PoC and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P).
- Lie, Jon Harald Sande, Benjamin de Carvalho (2008). A Culture of Protection? Perspectives of the Protection of Civilians from Sudan. Oslo, NUPI. 21 pages. The report discusses the Protection of Civilians concept as used and articulated among various actors in Sudan. It argues that although all actors embrace the theme as important, there exists no unifying and precise understanding of what the concept means, which has practical implications for the international community’s civilian protection efforts. Security in Practice no. 7.
Working Papers
- Solhjell, Randi , Benjamin de Carvalho, Jon Harald Sande Lie (2011). Somewhere to Turn? : MINURCAT and the Protection of Civilians in Eastern Chad and Darfur. NUPI Working Paper: 788. 26 pages. The report addresses the situation of sexual and gender-based violence against refugees and internally displaced people in eastern Chad and difficulties MINURCAT encountered in its response to such violence.
- de Carvalho, Benjamin , Niels Nagelhus Schia (2011). Local and National Ownership in Post-Conflict Liberia : Foreign and Domestic Inside Out?. NUPI Working Paper: 787. 27 pages. The paper takes as its starting point the difficulties encountered in implementing policies aimed at fostering local and national ownership in peacekeeping activities. Especially important in this respect are training programmes aimed at sensitizing people working in peacekeeping operations to the inherent difficulties of local ownership in post-conflict environments.
- de Carvalho, Benjamin , Ingrid J. Aune (2010). Assessing Complex Peace Operations. Some Considerations of Methodology and Procedure. NUPI Working Paper: 782. 27 pages. Understanding peace operations will tell us more than measuring them, Benjamin de Carvalho and Ingrid J. Aune argue in this paper.
- Schia, Niels Nagelhus, Benjamin de Carvalho (2010). Peacebuilding in Liberia and the Case for a Perspective from Below. NUPI Working Paper: 778. 22 pages. Based on fieldwork in Liberia in 2009 this report discusses Rule of law reforms in the country.
- Lie, Jon Harald Sande, Benjamin de Carvalho (2009). Protecting Civilians and Protecting Ideas. Institutional Challenges to the Protection of Civilians. NUPI Working Paper: 760. 26 pages. Protecting of Civilians (PoC) in the UN system.
- Schia, Niels Nagelhus, Benjamin de Carvalho (2009). "Nobody Gets Justice Here!" Addressing Sexual and Gender-based Violence and the Rule of Law in Liberia. NUPI Working Paper: 761. 25 pages.
- Haugevik, Kristin M., Benjamin de Carvalho (2007). Civil-Military Cooperation in Multinational and Interagency Operations: Discussion Paper on Operational Terminologies and Assessment for Multinational Experiment 5 [MNE5]. NUPI Working Paper: 718. 28 pages. A Publication in the NUPI Series on Security in Practice
- de Carvalho, Benjamin , Niels Nagelhus Schia (2004). UN Reform and Collective Security: An Overview of Post-Cold War Initiatives and Proposals. NUPI Working Paper: . 25 pages. «Challenges to Collective Security». Working Papers from NUPI’s UN Programme no. 1. This paper seeks to highlight past UN reform initiatives in light of future threats and security challenges
Popular publishing
- de Carvalho, Benjamin , Niels Nagelhus Schia (2011). Nobelprisen på rett kjøl med verdige fredsprisvinnere?. Dagsavisen, 10. October
- 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
- de Carvalho, Benjamin , Randi Solhjell, John Karlsrud (2010). Norge svikter FN. Perspektiv nr. 2 2010, s. 6, 23. May
- de Carvalho, Benjamin , Randi Solhjell, Ingrid Aune (2010). Empty rhetoric on Africa peacekeeping. the Guardian, 13. May
- Neumann, Iver B., Morten Skumsrud Andersen, Benjamin de Carvalho, Halvard Leira (2010). Internasjonale studier i skyggen. Universitas, 21. April
- Neumann, Iver B., Benjamin de Carvalho, Morten Skumsrud Andersen, Halvard Leira (2010). Hjerneflukt fra Norge. Dagsavisen, 21. April
- Lie, Jon Harald Sande, Randi Solhjell, Benjamin de Carvalho (2010). Dyrt valgflesk i Tsjad. Dagbladet, 18. March
- de Carvalho, Benjamin (2010). Rebuilding War-Torn States: The Challenge of Post-Conflict Economic Reconstruction. bokomtale, Forum for Development Studies, Volume 37 Issue 1, Routledge, pp. 139 – 142, 1. March
- Leira, Halvard , Benjamin de Carvalho, Kristin M. Haugevik (2009). Aid and Political Conditionality. Internasjonal Politikk, vol. 67 nr. 4, s. 799-801, bokanmeldelse, 17. November
- Schia, Niels Nagelhus, Benjamin de Carvalho (2009). FN og global sikkerhet. Verdensmagasinet X, 3. August
- Lie, Jon Harald Sande, Benjamin de Carvalho (2009). The Tension between UN HQ and the Field in Implementing the Protection of Civilians. NUPI Policy Brief, 29. June
- de Carvalho, Benjamin , Jon Harald Sande Lie (2009). Challenges to Implementing the Protection of Civilians Agenda . NUPI Policy Brief, 29. June
- de Carvalho, Benjamin , Niels Nagelhus Schia (2009). The Protection of Women and Children in Liberia. NUPI Policy Brief , 25. June
- Schia, Niels Nagelhus, Benjamin de Carvalho (2009). Seeing like a Resolution? UNSC Resolution 1325 and Gender issues in Liberia. . NUPI Policy Brief, 25. June
- de Carvalho, Benjamin (2009). Kollektiv sikkerhet og BRIK-landene: Fredsbevarende operasjoner og reform av FNs sikkerhetsråd. i Wilson Rowe, Elana, Benjamin de Carvalho [red.] Norge og BRIK-landene, Oslo, NUPI, s. 13-19, 22. April
- de Carvalho, Benjamin , Elana Wilson Rowe (2009). Innledning: BRIK-landene. i Wilson Rowe, Elana, Benjamin de Carvalho [red.] Norge og BRIK-landene . Oslo, NUPI. s. 5-12, 22. April
- de Carvalho, Benjamin , Niels Nagelhus Schia (2009). FN og global sikkerhet. Verdensmagasinet X, januar/februar 2009, s. 40-43, 20. January
- de Carvalho, Benjamin , Jon Harald Sande Lie (2008). Norsk Sudan-deltagelse. VG, 10. January
- de Carvalho, Benjamin , Halvard Leira (2007). Om hjul og tidsskrifter. Internasjonal Politikk, vol. 65, nr. 4, s. 170–172., 8. April
- Haugevik, Kristin M., Benjamin de Carvalho (2007). Sneversynt om populærkultur. Morgenbladet, 16. March
- de Carvalho, Benjamin (2007). Vietnam, Hollywood. Aftenposten, 2. February