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Morten Skumsrud Andersen [Research Fellow]

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Current research

Working on the programme Manning the state together with Halvard Leira and Iver B. Neumann.

Formal education
[2008]
MSc International Relations; London School of Economics
[2006]
Bachelor in international politics, University of Oslo/Universidad Externado de Colombia
[2003]
Latin American studies, Universidad de Costa Rica
 

Publications [vis kronologisk]

Articles (in books and journals)
  • Andersen, Morten Skumsrud (2012). Legitimacy in State-Building,

    in International Political Sociology Volume 6, Issue 2.

    In this article, which focuses on different concepts of state-building and legitimacy as used in the mainstream International Relations (IR) literature, Andersen suggests that recent debates may be categorized in a two-by-two matrix. The axes concern the choice between a normative or a sociological perspective on the one hand, and a focus on state institutions or on society on the other.

    The article identifies an empiricist-sociological approach. Still, the almost exclusive reliance on an ontology of entities and their attributes hampers foci on relations as constituting both “insides” and “outsides” in state-building, and on legitimacy as important in its own right as ongoing public contestations. In a concluding section, Andersen explores the purchase of a relational sociology for future studies of legitimacy in state-building.

    .International Studies Association .p. 205–219.In this article, which focuses on different concepts of state-building and legitimacy as used in the mainstream International Relations (IR) literature, Andersen suggests that recent debates may be categorized in a two-by-two matrix. [url]
  • Andersen, Morten Skumsrud, Iver B. Neumann (2012). Practices as Models: A Methodology with an Illustration Concerning Wampum Diplomacy,

    in Millennium - Journal of International Studies  vol. 40 no. 3.

    .Sage Journals.p. 457-481.Rather than seeing social practices as general "doings", this article argues that they could with advantage be conceptualised in a specific, scientific model. In the last section of the article, one such model of practices is applied to the case of Iroquis diplomacy, where the ritual exchange of Wampum belts can be seen as a central practice. [url]
  • Andersen, Morten Skumsrud, Ole Jacob Sending (2010). Liberia og fredsbygging: en institusjonell forskningsagenda,

    Internasjonal Politikk, årgang 68, nr. 2

    .Oslo,Universitetsforlaget.p. 275-286.Artikkelen analyserer arbeidet til FNs fredsbyggingskommisjon gjennom Fredsbyggingsfondet i Liberia og illustrerer hvordan institusjonelle strukturer kan bestemme mye av innholdet i og implementeringen av fredsbygging. [url]
  • Andersen, Morten Skumsrud, Ole Jacob Sending (2010). Liberia ,

    in Learning to Build a Sustainable Peace: Ownership and Everyday Peacebuilding, Sending, Ole Jacob  (ed.), CMI Report R 2010:4

    .Bergen,Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI).p. 23-29. [url]
  • Andersen, Morten Skumsrud (2009). Intern/ekstern sikkerhet og politiske antiterrorinstrumenter i EU,

    i Rieker, Pernille og Walter Emanuel Carlsnæs [red.] Nye utfordringer for europeisk sikkerhetspolitikk. Aktører, instrumenter og operasjoner

    . Oslo, Universitetsforlaget.p. 123-136. [url]
  • Andersen, Morten Skumsrud (2008). Det portugisiske imperiet. Handel, ideologi og misericórdias,

    i Internasjonal Politikk, vol. 66, nr. 1

    . Oslo, NUPI.p. 133-142.Artikkelen diskuterer Portugals erobring og opprettholdelse av et imperium, samt en av de sentrale bærebjelkene i den portugisiske, imperiale orden, nemlig veldedighetsinstitusjonene eller las misericórdias. [url]
Books and reports
Working Papers
  • Andersen, Morten Skumsrud, Ole Jacob Sending (2011). Accountability in the United Nations. NUPI Working Paper: 785. 46 pages. This report presents the key findings from a study of the role and functioning of the Board of Auditors (BoA), the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) and the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU). The report analyses the functioning, mandate and perceived effectiveness of each of these three core organizations.
  • Andersen, Morten Skumsrud (2011). How Empires emerge. NUPI Working Paper: 786. 44 pages. The social mechanisms behind the formation of empires is an understudied field of enquiry within analyses of hierarchy in international relations. In this working paper, an ideal type of the constitution of empires is suggested, leaning on developments within institutional theory and relational network analysis. It is argued that such a model is a useful additional tool for analyses of contemporary world politics.
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