Disputaser

Master in Political Strategy and Communication Helena Seibicke will be defending her dissertation: Between Expertisation and Advocacy? The European Women’s Lobby, Gender Expertise and EU Governance

Master in political science Henrik Skaug Sætra will be defending his dissertation: Big Data's Threefold Threat to Liberty: Surveillance, nudging and the curation of information for the degree of ph.d.

Master in political science Karl Hagen Bjurstrøm will be defending his dissertation: Principals and agents or principals and stewards? Performance management of agencies in Norwegian state administration for the degree of ph.d.

Master in political science Ragna Lillevik will be defending her dissertation: Policy responses to contestation over Islam in Norway for the degree of ph.d.

Cand.polit Marthe Indset will be defending her dissertation: Managing the river basin. The role of regional authorities in the European Union administrative system  for the degree of ph.d.

M.A in International conflict analysis Nicholas Marsh will be defending his dissertation for the degree dr.philos: Because We Have the Maxim Gun: The Relationship Between Arms Acquisition by Non‐State Groups and Violence 

Master in political science Vilde Hernes will be defending her dissertation: Convergence, Centralization and Change. Immigrant Integration Policies in West-Europe, 1997-2017  for the degree of ph.d.

Master i statsvitenskap Haakon Gjerløw ved Institutt for statsvitenskap vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d.: Political institutions, leaders, and public spending  

Master i statsvitenskap Andreas Kokkvoll Tveit ved Institutt for statsvitenskap vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d.: Deadlines and Commitments: The Effectiveness of and Compliance with Agreements on Air Pollution in Europe

M.A. Lena P. Kvarving ved Forsvarets høgskole og Institutt for statsvitenskap vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d.: Gender Perspectives in the Armed Forces and Military Operations: An uphill battle. Cultural, structural and functional factors that prevent or promote implementation of UNSCR 1325 in the Norwegian Armed Forces and NATO

Master i statsvitenskap Solveig Hillesund ved Institutt for statsvitenskap vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d.: Choosing Targets and Tactics: How Horizontal Inequality Spurs Conflict

Master i internasjonale relasjoner Stian Kjeksrud ved Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt og Institutt for statsvitenskap vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d.:Using force to protect civilians. A comparative analysis of United Nations military protection operations

M.Phil. Øyvind Stiansen ved Institutt for statsvitenskap vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d.: The Politics of Compliance with International Human Rights Court Judgments

Magisterexamen i  statsvitenskap Christopher D. W. Hsiung ved Forsvarets høgskole/Institutt for forsvarsstudier og Institutt for statsvitenskap vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d.: Too big to fail: China’s Russia policy in the post-Cold War period

Master i statsvitenskap Øyvind Bugge Solheim ved Institutt for samfunnsforskning og Institutt for statsvitenskap vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d.: Terrorism and Attitudes Toward Out-groups: A Political Perspective

M.A. Johanne D. Saltnes ved ARENA Senter for europaforskning og Institutt for statsvitenskap vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d.: Norm collision in the European Union’s external policies. EU development policy revisited

Master i statsvitenskap Peter Egge Langsæther ved Institutt for statsvitenskap vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d.: Cleavage Politics in the 21st Century: How and why social background affects political preferences

Master i asiatiske og afrikanske studier Saira Basit ved Forsvarets høgskole/Institutt for forsvarsstudier og Institutt for statsvitenskap vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d.: Transnational militancy and conflictual interstate orders in Asia: Cooperation in the midst of conflict in Iran–Pakistan, China–Pakistan, and India–Myanmar relations

M.A. Johanna Strikwerda ved ARENA Senter for europaforskning og Institutt for statsvitenskap vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d.: Integration in the European Union’s field of defence and security

Cand.polit. Vegard Bye vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden dr.philos.:The End of an Era – or a New Start? Economic Reforms with Potential for Political Transformation in Cuba on Raúl Castro´s Watch (2008-2018)

M.A. Julia S. P. Loe ved Fridtjof Nansens institutt og Institutt for statsvitenskap vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d.: The Russian Gas Sector in a Changing World: Gazprom’s Response to Upstream and Market Changes

Master i statsvitenskap Atle Hennum Haugsgjerd ved Institutt for statsvitenskap vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d.:A Vicious Circle? Performance Dissatisfaction, Political Distrust and the Populist Response.