CMI Staff
Johan Helland
Thematic research group:
Poverty Reduction
Keywords:
African drylands, pastoral societies, development interventions and pastoral dynamics, natural resource management, rural development, land reform, academic co-operation programmes, Norwegian aid assistance.
Geographic keywords:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Ethiopia, Kenya, Horn of Africa, Somalia.
Senior Researcher
E-mail: johan.helland@cmi.no
Phone: +47 47938120 Mob: +47 92816423
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Social anthropologist with extensive experience from research, consultancy and administrative work in Eastern and North-eastern Africa. Helland's professional profile and research interest include work with pastoral societies and dryland development, rural development, poverty, institutional analysis; research policy, research co-operation and development assistance . Helland has been team leader on consultancy teams with international participation.
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Current and recently completed projects:
Research co-operation on emerging social issues in Ethiopia
Start: Sep. 2003 (Current)
Keywords: Research co-operation, institutional co-operation, capacity building, pastoralism, HIV/AIDS
Geography: Africa: Ethiopia.
Evaluation of Finnish Development Research 1998-2007
Start: Jan. 2009 (Completed)
Keywords: Finnish development aid, development research, evaluation, commissioned research
Geography: Multiple and global
Evaluation of Norwegian Support to Protection of Cultural Heritage
Start: Sep. 2008 (Completed)
Keywords: Culture, Cultural Heritage
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Publications by category:
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Land alienation in Borana: Some land tenure issues in a pastoral context in Ethiopia
Helland, Johan (2002)
in Mustafa Babiker (ed.): Resource alienation, militarisation and development. Addis Ababa: OSSREA pp. 47-65
Danida and Danish development research: Towards a new partnership
Sørbø, Gunnar M., Johan Helland (2001)
in Partnership at the leading edge: A Danish vision for knowledge, research and development. Report of the Commission on Development-Related Research funded by Danida. Copenhagen: Danida pp. 31-136
Participation and governance in the development of Borana: Southern Ethiopia
Helland, Johan (2001)
in M.A. Mohamed Salih, Ton Dietz and Abdel Ghaffar Mohamed Ahmed (eds.): African pastoralism. London: Pluto Press pp. 56-80
Debate: Development research in Norway
Helland, Johan (2001)
in Forum for Development Studies vol. 28 no. 2 pp. 329-342
Institutional erosion in the drylands: The case of the Borana pastoralists
Helland, Johan (2000)
in Leif Manger and Abdel Ghaffar M. Ahmed (eds.): Pastoralists and environment: Experiences from the greater Horn of Africa. Proceedings of the regional workshops on African drylands, Addis Ababa and Jinja. Addis Ababa: OSSREA pp. 19-49
Land alientation in Borana: Some land tenure issues in a pastoral context in Ethiopia
Helland, Johan (1999)
in Eastern Africa social science research review vol. 15 no. 2 pp. 1-15
Institutional erosion in the drylands: The case of Borana pastoralists
Helland, Johan (1998)
in Eastern Africa social science research review vol. 14 no. 2 pp. 49-72
Development interventions and pastoral dynamics in Southern Ethiopia
Helland, Johan (1997)
in R. Hogg (ed.): Pastoralists, ethnicity and the state in Ethiopia. London: Haan
Landbruket
Helland, Johan (1995)
in Stenseth, Paulsen & Karlsen (eds.): Afrika- natur, samfunn og bistand. Oslo: Ad Notam Gyldendal pp. 279-296
Finding a new sustainable pastoralism or sustaining pastoralists? The dilemma facing East African pastoralism
Helland, Johan (1990)
in Forum for development studies no. 2 pp. 167-182
Reports
Evaluation. Support to development research
Helland, Johan, Justine Namaalwa, Arne Tostensen (2009)
Helsinki: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland (Evaluation reports no. 2009:3) 122 p +cd.
Country Studies: Experiences of Human Rights and Democratisation Support to Zambia and Nepal. Nepal Country Study
Helland, Johan and Hugo Stokke (2008)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute / Commissioned by the Ministry Foreign Affairs of Denmark
Thematic Review of Special Interventions in Support of Human Rights and Democratisation: Synthesis Report 2008
Helland, Johan, Arne Tostensen, Trine Eide (2008)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute/ Commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
Thematic Review of Special Interventions in Support of Human Rights and Democratisation: Desk Review 2008,
Helland, Johan, Arne Tostensen, Trine Eide (2008)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute / Commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
A Note on Possible Synergies between the Erasmus Mundus Programme and NUFU. Final Report.
Helland, Johan (2005)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute 15 p.
Project End Review. FAO Project OSRO/ETH/309/NOR: Afar Livestock Recovery Programme26
Helland, Johan, Mathewos Hunde and Yilma Jobre (2005)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute 26 p.
Study of the Impact of the Work of FORUT in Sri Lanka and Save the Children Norway in Ethiopia: Building Civil Society. Synthesis Report
Helland, Johan, Bergljot Bakken, Marit Haug and Chamindra Weerackody (2005)
Oslo: NORAD (NORAD Study no. 1/2005) 57 p.
Study of the impact of the work of Save the Children Norway in Ethiopia: Building civil society
Helland, Johan (2004)
Oslo: Norad (Norad Evaluation Study) 62 p.
Strengthening seed supply systems at the local level: a FAO seed security project (GCP/ETH/062/NOR).
Helland, Johan (2004)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute 26 p.
MS ved korsvejen. Mellemfolkelig Samvirke. Et sammendrag
Sørbø, Gunnar M. og Johan Helland (2004)
København/Bergen: Udenrigsministeriet, Danida / Chr.Michelsens institutt (Evaluering no. 500) 35 p.
MS at the crossroads. Danish Association for International Cooperation
Sørbø, Gunnar M. and Johan Helland (2003)
Copenhagen/Bergen: Denmark. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Danida/ Chr.Michelsen Institute (Evaluation no. 500) 81 p. (CD-rom is enclosed )
Development research: Can it be good research?
Helland, Johan (2002)
(News from the Nordic Africa Institute no. 1) pp. 2-7
Norsk utviklingsforskning: utviklingstrekk og utfordringer
Helland, Johan (2001)
Oslo 33 p.
Review of Norwegian support to the education sector in Tanzania. Commissioned report for NORAD.
Helland, Johan, H. Mosha and R.L. Smith (2000)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute 18 p.
Review of Norwegian support to the Institute of Development Management. Commissioned report for NORAD.
Helland, Johan, H. Mosha and R.L. Smith (2000)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute 20 p.
Review of NORAD's support to the University of Dar es Salaam. Commissioned report for NORAD
Helland, Johan, H. Mosha and R.L. Smith (2000)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute 39 p.
Styrking av forskning og kompetanse i tilknytning til Norges forhold til utviklingslandene. Forskningsrådets bidrag til Utenriksdepartementets strategiutforming
Helland, Johan (1996)
Oslo: Research Council of Norway vol. 2
NORAD's support to the Remote Area Development Programme (RADP) in Botswana. An evaluation report
Helland, Johan et al. (1996)
Oslo: MFA 0 p.
CMI Working Papers
Pastoralists in the Horn of Africa: The continued threat of famine
Helland, Johan (2000)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 2000:15) 21 p.
The co-operation between Institute of Development Management - IDM (Tanzania) and Agder College (Norway)
Helland, Johan (1999)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 1999:4) 29 p.
