Disputation: Lene Ekhaugen
Master in Political Science Lene Ekhaugen will be defending her dissertation: Inter-Ministerial Coordination and Frontline Implementation. A Study of Norway in the Complex Operation in Afghanistan

Digital Public Defence
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Trial Lecture
Title:
Compare and contrast Norway’s implementation of the ‘comprehensive approach’ to that of other coalition partners in Afghanistan, and account for the differences in the strategies chosen as well as the effectiveness of policies adopted. Compare and contrast Norway’s approach with at least three other countries, including at least one from outside the Nordic region
Adjudication Committee
- Professor Mats Berdal, King’s College London
- Academy fellow Chiara Ruffa, Uppsala University
- Pofessor Janne Haaland Matlary, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo
Chair of Defence
Supervisor
- Professor Torunn Laugen Haaland, The Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies
- Associate Professor Kristoffer Kolltveit, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo
More information
You may request a pdf of the thesis by sending an email to Sjur Emilio Hesthammer by the 15th of April.