Forster Robert

U4 Advisor with interest in governance, natural resources, and conflict.

Robert is a dedicated research professional with ten years of experience in academia and the third sector, focusing on peacebuilding, human rights, and migration. Currently an advisor at the U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, he works on climate, natural resources, and conflict portfolios, applying his skills in project management and research to contribute meaningfully to these areas.

His academic path led him to a Ph.D. candidacy at the University of Bergen, where he is completing his doctoral studies on displacement and governance issues in Lebanon. He holds degrees in International Relations from the University of Edinburgh and Political Science from Victoria University of Wellington. Robert’s fieldwork in Egypt and Lebanon helped him develop expertise in qualitative research methodologies.

Robert has actively engaged with NGOs throughout his career, both professionally and as a volunteer. He remains committed to impactful research and advocacy, maintaining associations with key academic and humanitarian organizations. Previous affiliations include Edinburgh Law School, Institut français du Proche-Orient, International Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Policy (UCL), and the Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Translation (Cairo).

Robert Forster

From camp to quarter: the contention of post-disaster social housing in al-Mankubin, North Lebanon

Leveraging knowledge to tackle illicit financial flows in critical minerals

Illicit financial flows and critical minerals in Zambia: What do we know? (Virtual Workshop)

Anti-corruption in peacebuilding practice

Donors’ roles in anti-corruption after conflict: From wishful-thinking to realism?

Syrian Self-settlement in Lebanon’s ‘Arrival Cities’: Refugee Livelihoods in Tripoli, Beirut, and Tyre

The Red Sea explained: The Houthis, naval forces, and commercial ships

Book Review: Tine Gade, Sunni City: Tripoli from Islamist Utopia to the Lebanese 'Revolution'

EFFEXT Background Paper – National and international migration policy in Lebanon

Building Back Better: The Politicisation of Disaster and Displacement Response Architecture in Lebanon

Divine Intervention: Invoking God in Peace Agreements

Annex 2-4: Norway's contribution to women's participation in peacebuilding A Case Study Analysis from Afghanistan, Colombia and Nordic Women Mediators Network

Effects of Externalisation

Urban Displacement, Development and Donor Policies in the Middle East (URBAN3DP)

From camp to quarter: the contention of post-disaster social housing in al-Mankubin, North Lebanon

Independence or Front Lines: Securing Southern Representation in Yemen's Peace Talks

Twenty Years After Ottawa: ‘Unpacking’ Mine Action in Peace Agreements

The Southern Transitional Council: Implications for Yemen's Peace Process

Toward a Comprehensive Solution? Yemen's Two-Year Peace Process

Syrian Self-settlement in Lebanon’s ‘Arrival Cities’: Refugee Livelihoods in Tripoli, Beirut, and Tyre

Divine Intervention: Invoking God in Peace Agreements

A globalised practice of local peace agreements

Constituting Transitions: Predicting Unpredictability

Ceasefires

Peace Agreements

Forming the 2012 and 2013 constituent assemblies: A comparative process

Building Back Better: The Politicisation of Disaster and Displacement Response Architecture in Lebanon

Annex 2-4: Norway's contribution to women's participation in peacebuilding A Case Study Analysis from Afghanistan, Colombia and Nordic Women Mediators Network

Transitional Management: Comparative Guide to Tasks, Timing, Issues

(ترتیبات الحكم المؤقتة في البیئات الھشة وبیئات ما بعد الصراع)

Interim Governance Arrangements in Post-Conflict and Fragile Settings

ترتیبات آتش بس

Local Peace Processes: Opportunities and Challenges for Women’s Engagement

A Gender Analysis of Peace Agreements and Transitional Documents in Libya, 2011-2018

Gender Mainstreaming in Ceasefires: Comparative Data and Examples

Women and the Renegotiation of Transitional Governance Arrangements

Urban Displacement in Lebanon: Syrians in Tripoli

No city is the same: Livelihood opportunities among self-settled Syrian refugees in Beirut, Tripoli and Tyre

Anti-corruption in peacebuilding practice

Book Review: Tine Gade, Sunni City: Tripoli from Islamist Utopia to the Lebanese 'Revolution'

Donors’ roles in anti-corruption after conflict: From wishful-thinking to realism?

The Red Sea explained: The Houthis, naval forces, and commercial ships

Considering kin and countrymen – challenges to social networks among Syrians in Tripoli, Lebanon

Yemen’s ‘Handshake moment’: What other peace processes can tell us about the Riyadh Agreement

Yemen's Peace Process: Dilemmas facing the Southern Transitional Council

Leveraging knowledge to tackle illicit financial flows in critical minerals

Illicit financial flows and critical minerals in Zambia: What do we know? (Virtual Workshop)

EFFEXT Background Paper – National and international migration policy in Lebanon

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U4 Advisor with interest in governance, natural resources, and conflict.

From camp to quarter: the contention of post-disaster social housing in al-Mankubin, North Lebanon

Leveraging knowledge to tackle illicit financial flows in critical minerals

Illicit financial flows and critical minerals in Zambia: What do we know? (Virtual Workshop)

Anti-corruption in peacebuilding practice

Donors’ roles in anti-corruption after conflict: From wishful-thinking to realism?

Syrian Self-settlement in Lebanon’s ‘Arrival Cities’: Refugee Livelihoods in Tripoli, Beirut, and Tyre

The Red Sea explained: The Houthis, naval forces, and commercial ships

Book Review: Tine Gade, Sunni City: Tripoli from Islamist Utopia to the Lebanese 'Revolution'

EFFEXT Background Paper – National and international migration policy in Lebanon

Building Back Better: The Politicisation of Disaster and Displacement Response Architecture in Lebanon

Divine Intervention: Invoking God in Peace Agreements

Annex 2-4: Norway's contribution to women's participation in peacebuilding A Case Study Analysis from Afghanistan, Colombia and Nordic Women Mediators Network