Research Staff

Are John Knudsen

Research Professor

Completed projects

Nov 2020 - Dec 2024

Effects of Externalisation

Jan 2019 - Dec 2021

Superleiren

Jan 2006 - Dec 2016

Politics of Faith

Jan 2005 - Dec 2008

Global Moments in the Levant

Jan 2005 - Dec 2005

Courts in transition

Jun 2004 - Dec 2004

NORAD Review Afghanistan

Journal Articles

Book Chapters

Social anthropologist focusing on micro conflict, displacement and forced migration in the Middle East

Are John Knudsen is Research Professor at the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) and an International Fellow at Institut Convergences Migrations (ICM), Paris. Knudsen has been research director at CMI (2006-09, 2013-15), project manager for institutional research collaboration in Palestine (2005-13). He has been co-ordinator of CMI's Migration and Humanitarianism Research Group and the Climate Change & Migration Initiative. Knudsen specializes in forced displacement, camp-based, and urban refugees in the Middle East, particularly Lebanon. His research focuses on emergency urbanism and shelter architectures in camps and informal areas. Knudsen’s research has been funded by the Research Council of Norway (RCN),  NordicResearch (NordForsk, NF), and the EU Commission. 

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