Sigrun Marie Moss

Academic interests
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Intergroup relations and intergroup conflict
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Social identity
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Identity policies and nationalism
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Political leadership
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Framing
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Africa (main focus on Rwanda, Zanzibar (Tanzania) and Sudan)
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Qualitative methodology
Courses taught
PSY4506 - Human Rights, Democracy and Reconstruction after Conflict; A community based approach
PSY4521 - Project Development and Methodology
Background
2016: Associate professor, Cultural and community psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo
2010-2015: Doctoral researcher, Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim. (Thesis: Negotiations of identities in Rwanda, Zanzibar and Sudan. Macro-level identity approaches and micro-level responses)
2009-2010: Advisor, International Law and Policy Institute (Pemba, Tanzania)
2006-2009: MSc, Social and community psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
2007-2008: Intern, The Norwegian Embassy, Khartoum, Sudan, The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Publications
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Adolfsson, Johanna Sofia & Moss, Sigrun Marie (2021). Making Meaning of Empowerment and Development in Rural Malawi—International Individualism Meets Local Communalism. The Journal of Social and Political Psychology. ISSN 2195-3325. 9(2), p. 623–636. doi: 10.5964/jspp.7549. Full text in Research Archive
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Moss, Sigrun Marie; Hauge, Mona-Iren; Blix, Ines & Heir, Trond (2021). “I Could Have Been Dead”: Counterfactual Thinking and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Individuals Directly Exposed to the 2011 Oslo Bombing. Traumatology. ISSN 1534-7656. doi: 10.1037/trm0000356.
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Elgizouli, Ubai Kemal; Hussain, Ayman & Moss, Sigrun Marie (2021). “Chanting at 1 pm Revolution Time”: Collective Action as Communal Coping in the Sudan Revolution. Transitioning to peace. Promoting global social justice and non-violence. Springer Nature. ISSN 9783030776879. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-77688-6_9.
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Adolfsson, Johanna Sofia & Moss, Sigrun Marie (2021). “Even the NGOs Never Talk About Ufiti [Witchcraft]”: a Decolonial and Feminist Cultural Psychological Analysis of Individualized Development Clashing with Communal Ways of Being. Human Arenas. ISSN 2522-5790. doi: 10.1007/s42087-021-00230-1. Full text in Research Archive
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Moss, Sigrun Marie (2021). Applying the brand or not? Challenges of Nordicity and gender equality in Scandinavian diplomacy. In Larsen, Eirinn; Moss, Sigrun Marie & Skjelsbæk, Inger (Ed.), Gender Equality and Nation Branding in the Nordic Region . Routledge. ISSN 9780367861353. doi: 10.4324/9781003017134-3.
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Solheim, Marte Cecilie Wilhelmsen & Moss, Sigrun Marie (2021). Inter-organizational learning within an organization? Mainstreaming gender policies in the Swedish ministry of foreign affairs. Learning Organization. ISSN 0969-6474. 28(2). doi: 10.1108/TLO-05-2020-0103.
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Sandbakken, Ella Marie & Moss, Sigrun Marie (2021). “Now We Are All in the Same Boat. At the Same Time, We Are Not.” Meaning-Making and Coping Under COVID-19 Lockdown in Norway. Human Arenas. ISSN 2522-5790. doi: 10.1007/s42087-021-00208-z.
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Larsen, Eirinn; Moss, Sigrun Marie & Skjelsbæk, Inger (2021). Introduction . In Larsen, Eirinn; Moss, Sigrun Marie & Skjelsbæk, Inger (Ed.), Gender Equality and Nation Branding in the Nordic Region . Routledge. ISSN 9780367861353. p. 1–12. doi: 10.4324/9781003017134. Full text in Research Archive
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Moss, Sigrun Marie & Sandbakken, Ella Marie (2021). “Everybody Needs to Do Their Part, So We Can Get This Under Control.” Reactions to the Norwegian Government Meta‐Narratives on COVID‐19 Measures. Political Psychology. ISSN 0162-895X. doi: 10.1111/pops.12727.
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Moss, Sigrun Marie & Solheim, Marte Cecilie Wilhelmsen (2021). Shifting Diversity Discourses and New Feeling Rules? The Case of Brexit. Human Arenas. ISSN 2522-5790. doi: 10.1007/s42087-020-00177-9.
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Moss, Sigrun Marie (2020). The Ethics of Researching and Writing About Collective Victimhood in Postconflict Societies. In Vollhardt, Johanna Ray (Eds.), The Social Psychology of Collective Victimhood. Oxford University Press. ISSN 0190875208. p. 421–440.
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Moss, Sigrun Marie & Hajj, Hajj Mohammed (2020). Keepers of Local Know-How in Conflict: Conversations Between Research Assistant and Researcher, Researching Peace, Conflict, and Power in the Field. . Springer Nature. ISSN 978-3-030-44113-5. p. 29–48.
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Moss, Sigrun Marie & Langford, Malcolm (2020). Militæraktivisme brandet som fredsaktivisme? Norges kampanje for en plass i FNs sikkerhetsråd. Internasjonal Politikk. ISSN 0020-577X. 78(3), p. 397–410. doi: 10.23865/intpol.v78.2557. Full text in Research Archive
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Moss, Sigrun Marie (2019). Leadership strategies of mobilisation and demobilisation in Sudan. The Journal of Social and Political Psychology. ISSN 2195-3325. 7(2), p. 997–1020. doi: 10.5964/jspp.v7i2.869. Full text in Research Archive
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Moss, Sigrun Marie; Ulug, Ozden Melis & Acar, Yasemin Gulsum (2019). Doing research in conflict contexts: Practical and ethical challenges for researchers when conducting fieldwork. Peace and Conflict: The Journal of Peace Psychology. ISSN 1078-1919. 25(1), p. 86–99. doi: 10.1037/pac0000334.
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Røren, Marie; Jessen, Reidar Schei; Divon, Shai André & Moss, Sigrun Marie (2019). Intercultural attention in trauma treatment: Western trauma treatment negotiated and modified in Sudan. International Journal of Intercultural Relations. ISSN 0147-1767. 70(May), p. 67–77. doi: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2019.03.002. Full text in Research Archive
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Moss, Sigrun Marie (2017). Identitetsentreprenørene. Speilvendt. ISSN 1893-4560. 2.
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Moss, Sigrun Marie (2017). From political to national identity in Zanizbar. Narratives on changes in social practices. In Bagga-Gupta, Sangheeta; Hansen, Aase Lyngvær & Feilberg, Julie (Ed.), Identity Revisited and Reimagined. Empirical and Theoretical Contributions on Embodied Communication Across Time and Space. Springer. ISSN 978-3-319-58056-2. p. 169–186. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-58056-2_8.
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Moss, Sigrun Marie (2017). Identity Hierarchy Within the Sudanese Superordinate Identity: Political Leadership Promoting and Demoting Subordinate Groups. Political Psychology. ISSN 0162-895X. 38(6), p. 925–942. doi: 10.1111/pops.12378.
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Phelps, Joshua; Moss, Sigrun Marie & Larsen, Nils Morten (2017). Sosial interaksjon. In Phelps, Joshua; Larsen, Nils Morten & Singh, Manjeet (Ed.), Kommunikasjon og konflikthåndtering i operativt politiarbeid: Sosialpsykologiske perspektiver. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215027913. p. 71–110.
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Moss, Sigrun Marie (2016). Representations of social identities in Rwanda. In McKeown, Shelly; Haji, Reeshma & Ferguson, Neil (Ed.), Understanding Peace and Conflict Through Social Identity Theory. Springer. ISSN 9783319298672. p. 199–213. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-29869-6_13.
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Moss, Sigrun Marie (2016). "Country first, politics later" reasons for dual recategorization in zanzibari narratives. Peace and Conflict: The Journal of Peace Psychology. ISSN 1078-1919. 22(4), p. 318–328. doi: 10.1037/pac0000223. Show summary
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Moss, Sigrun Marie & Vollhardt, Johanna Ray (2016). “You Can't Give a Syringe with Unity”: Rwandan Responses to the Government's Single Recategorization Policies. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy (ASAP). ISSN 1529-7489. 16(1), p. 325–359. doi: 10.1111/asap.12097.
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Moss, Sigrun Marie & Tronvoll, Kjetil (2015). “We are all Zanzibari!” Identity formation and political reconciliation in Zanzibar. Journal of Eastern African Studies. ISSN 1753-1055. 9(1), p. 91–109. doi: 10.1080/17531055.2014.985357. Show summary
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Moss, Sigrun Marie (2014). Beyond Conflict and Spoilt Identities: How Rwandan Leaders Justify a Single Recategorization Model for Post-Conflict Reconciliation. The Journal of Social and Political Psychology. ISSN 2195-3325. 2(1). doi: 10.5964/jspp.v2i1.291.
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Skjelsbæk, Inger; Larsen, Eirinn & Moss, Sigrun Marie (2021). Gender Equality and Nation Branding in the Nordic Region. Routledge. ISBN 9780367861353. 232 p.
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Larsen, Eirinn; Moss, Sigrun Marie & Skjelsbæk, Inger (2021). Gender Equality and Nation Branding in the Nordic Region . Routledge. ISBN 9780367861353. 233 p. Full text in Research Archive
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Moss, Sigrun Marie; Acar, Yasemin Gulsum & Ulug, Melis (2020). Researching peace, conflict and power in the field. Methodological challenges and opportunities. Springer Nature. ISBN 9783030441128. 383 p.
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Acar, Yasemin Gulsum; Moss, Sigrun Marie & Uluğ, Özden Melis (2020). Researching Peace, Conflict, and Power in the Field. . Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-44113-5. 379 p.
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Sandbakken , Ella Marie & Moss, Sigrun Marie (2021). Trust related to compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.
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Sandbakken , Ella Marie & Moss, Sigrun Marie (2021). Sporene etter pandemien. . Dagsavisen. ISSN 1503-2892.
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Moss, Sigrun Marie & Sandbakken , Ella Marie (2021). Dugnaden er over. Hvordan var korona-kommunikasjonen for ett år siden? . Dagsavisen. ISSN 1503-2892.
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Moss, Sigrun Marie & Sandbakken , Ella Marie (2021). The Norwegian Cabin Ban: The Dictator’s Dilemma in COVID-19 Communication.
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Moss, Sigrun Marie & Langford, Malcolm (2021). «Gammelt nytt» om militæraktivisme og fredsaktivisme i nye klær. Internasjonal Politikk. ISSN 0020-577X. doi: 10.23865/intpol.v79.3147.
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Langford, Malcolm & Moss, Sigrun Marie (2020). Fronter utenriksministeren merkevarekampanje eller endret utenrikspolitikk? Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
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Moss, Sigrun Marie (2018). I møtet med Trump, Erna: Husk Hitler! VG : Verdens gang. ISSN 0805-5203.
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Skjelsbæk, Inger; Sveaass, Nora; Evang, Karl; Dybdahl, Ragnhild & Moss, Sigrun Marie (2017). Verden med Trump - et politisk psykologisk blikk. Show summary
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Moss, Sigrun Marie (2017). Hvordan kan psykologien bidra i samfunnet?
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Moss, Sigrun Marie (2017). Researching the non-existent. Identity research in contexts where identity is not a word.
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Moss, Sigrun Marie (2017). ‘Politisk ledelse og identitetsentreprenørskap.’.
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Moss, Sigrun Marie (2017). A closer look at social identities in Sudan and South Sudan.
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Andenæs, Agnes; Benum, Kirsten; Carlquist, Erik; Halvorsen, Margrethe S.; Hauge, Mona-Iren & Madsen, Ole Jacob [Show all 15 contributors for this article] (2017). Sneversynt om psykologisk kunnskap. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847. 198(5), p. 28–29.
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Moss, Sigrun Marie (2016). From government of national unity to single-party rule: Political leadership and elections in Zanzibar.
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Moss, Sigrun Marie (2016). Solidarity in national identity definitions in Sudan.
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Moss, Sigrun Marie (2015). Ledere manipulerer sosiale identiteter – hvorfor henger ikke sosialpsykologien med? Psykologisk tidsskrift. ISSN 1501-7508.
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Moss, Sigrun Marie & Tronvoll, Kjetil (2015). Identity, politics, and reconciliation in Zanzibar. Democracy in Africa.
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Said, Salma; Benjaminsen, G. & Moss, Sigrun Marie (2013). Unionen sett fra Zanzibar: På tide å sy om dressjakka? Bistandsaktuelt. ISSN 1501-0201.
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Moss, Sigrun Marie (2013). Sosial rekategorisering som politisk strategi i fredsbygging. Erfaringer fra Rwanda og Zanzibar. Impuls : Tidsskrift for psykologi. ISSN 0801-2911. p. 24–42.
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Moss, Sigrun Marie (2014). Sosialpsykologiske perspektiver på kommunesammenslåingsprosesser: Rekategorisering og truede sosiale identiteter. Kompetansesenter for distriktutvikling.