Kirsten Milo Nielsen

Doctoral Research Fellow - Department of Social Anthropology
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Email k.m.nielsen@sai.uio.no
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Visiting address Moltke Moes vei 31 Eilert Sundts hus blokk A 0851 OSLO
Postal address Postboks 1091 Blindern 0317 OSLO
Other affiliations Faculty of Social Sciences (Student)

Academic interests

Thematic: neoliberal development, infrastructures, energy, electricity, sustainability, trust, post-conflict settings

Regional: East Africa, northern Uganda

PhD Project: My research deals with the social impact of new grid access in rural areas in northern Uganda. I look at how electricity is introduced and how it comes to influence everyday practices and social organization. More specifically, I am concerned with how electricity contributes to reaching ideals of ‘the good life’.

Background

Kirsten holds a bachelor's degree (2016) and master's degree (2018) in anthropology from Aarhus University. Her master's thesis with the title 'I did not do any bad things: Negotiating guilt after war in northern Uganda' explores the sensitive processes of post-war reintegration by focusing on former rebel fighters and abductees' experiences of stigmatization by kin and community members.

Tags: Neoliberal development, Infrastructures, Energy, Sustainability, Trust, Conflict Studies
Published Sep. 11, 2018 10:11 AM - Last modified Jan. 29, 2021 5:06 PM

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