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Journal Article | forthcoming 2021
A phenomenological exploration of lived experiences of violence in Northeast India
in South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies vol. 44 no. 4

Journal Article | Jan 2021
Gender, regulation, and corporate social responsibility in the extractive sector: The case of Equinor’s social investments in Tanzania
Multinational corporations have been criticised for their rhetorical support to - as opposed to substantive engagement with - gender equality in their corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in poor countries....
in Women's Studies: International Forum vol. 84 pp. 1-8

Journal Article | Jan 2021
Legal Mobilization to Protect Women against Rape in Islamist Sudan
A popular uprising recently ousted Omar al-Bashir and his Islamist cronies from power after having ruled Sudan with an iron fist since 1989. Sexual abuse and torture orchestrated by the...
in Cahiers d'études africaines

Report in External Series | 2020
Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for revenue generation in poor African countries
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic the need in poor countries in Africa for more revenues is obvious and growing - also because aid agencies are quite stingy in...
Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS Working Paper no. 13: 2020) 61 p.

Sudan Working Paper | 2020
Sudan’s Transition: Living in Bad Surroundings
Following the 2019 April revolution, Sudan now finds itself in the middle of a profound and uncertain political transition. Should the transition succeed, the country could move in directions that...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (Sudan Working Paper SWP 2020:4) 17 p.

Journal Article | 2020
¿Y la salud intercultural?: Lecciones desde la pandemia que no debemos olvidar(What about intercultural health?: Lessons from the pandemic that we should not forget, E a saúde intercultural: lições da pandemia que não devemos esquecer)
Those of us who work in indigenous health know that it is very common for Indigenous People or peasants to be represented as guilty for their health problems. Such representations...
in Mundo Amazónico vol. 11 no. 2 pp. 93-110

Newspaper Op-Ed | 2020
Er norsk bistand rigga for støtte til sårbare statar? Lærdommar frå Somalia
The article (in Norwegian) discusses strategy, communuication and management in Norwegian development aid to fragile states based on leesons from the support provided to Somalia
Bistandsaktuelt 25 November 2020

Journal Article | 2020
European colonization and the corruption of local elites: the case of chiefs in Africa
The association between British colonial rule and lower levels of corruption is often emphasized in legal origins literature (La Porta et al., 2008). However, given the historical context of Africa, we hypothesize...
in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization vol. 179 pp. 80-100

Journal Article | 2020
The non-oil tax reform in Angola: Escaping from petroleum dependency?
Angola experienced an extraordinary oil boom between 2004 and 2014. During this period, oil revenue accounted for 80% of all government revenue. In 2011, the Government of Angola started implementing...
in The Extractive Industries and Society vol. 7

Journal Article | 2020
Bringing the State back in. Corporate Social Responsibility and the paradoxes of Norwegian state capitalism in the international energy sector
This theme section brings the state back into anthropological studies of corporate social responsibility through the lens of Norwegian energy corporations working abroad. Th ese transnational corporations (TNCs) are expected...
in Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology vol. 88 pp. 1-21

Journal Article | 2020
Doing global investments the Nordic way. The 'business case' for Equinor’s support to union work among its employees in Tanzania
In the Nordic countries, unions are represented in company boards and can infl uence companies’ policies toward labor abroad. Th is article focuses on the Norwegian national oil company Equinor...
in Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology vol. 88 pp. 22-39

Book Chapter | 2020
South–South Cooperation
in Antonio De Lauri: Humanitarianism: Keywords. Leiden: Brill pp. 200-202

Report in External Series | 2020
ترتیبات آتش بس
مذاکرات آتش بس در کدام زمان و چگونه صورت میگیرد وعناصربنیادی آن کدام ها اند؟ این رهنمود عناصر بنیادی ۲۶۷ موافقتنامه های آتش بس مندرج بانک اطلاعاتی که بین سال...
Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh (PA-X Spotlight) 21 p.

Report in External Series | 2020
Interim Governance Arrangements in Post-Conflict and Fragile Settings
This report provides an understanding of how temporary governance during major political transitions is structured and how it works in practice. Interim governance arrangements are the exercise of public power...
Stockholm: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (Edinburgh Dialogues on Post-Conflict Constitution Building) 45 p.

Sudan Working Paper | 2020
Improved Understanding of FGM/C Abandonment among Sudanese Families in Khartoum and Kassala States
Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is widely practiced in Sudan, where the Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey (MICS) 2014 in Sudan, showed a prevalence of FGM/C among women and girls ages 15–49...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (Sudan Working Paper SWP 2020:02)

Book | 2020
Fishers, Monks and Cadres: Navigating State, Religion and the South China Sea in Central Vietnam, co-published by NIAS Press and the University of Hawai'i Press (Paperback February 2021)
This remarkable and timely ethnography explores how fishing communities living on the fringe of the South China Sea in central Vietnam interact with state and religious authorities as well as...
NIAS Press and the University of Hawai'i Press

U4 Issue | 2020
How change happens in anti-corruption. A map of policy perspectives
New thinking around strengthening anti-corruption approaches has focused on questions of agency, that is, who and what is most likely to bring about sustainable reductions in corruption. Five perspectives to...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Issue 2020:14)

Sudan Brief | 2020
COVID-19 and the urgent need to protect Sudanese women against violence
Three decades of Islamist rule institutionalized a culture of violence against women in Sudan. The COVID-19 pandemic and state instructed lockdown has led to an acute situation for many Sudanese...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (Sudan Brief 2020:5) 4 p.

Sudan Brief | 2020
Agricultural development and food Security in Sudan as seen from Kassala State
Any success achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2 – zero hunger – relies on sustainable systems for food production and sound agricultural policies. Kassala State in Eastern Sudan is an interesting...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (Sudan Brief 2020:4) 4 p.

Sudan Brief | 2020
Food Insecurity in Sudan as seen from Kassala State
Sudan’s commitment to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2 – zero hunger – can turn out to be even more challenging than anyone had bargained for. Due to prolonged conflict, environmental...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (Sudan Brief 2020:3) 4 p.