Brokering Peace, Piece by Piece
Nobel Peace Prize winner Juan Manuel Santos is as much a hawk as he is dove, and the ongoing peace negotiations with FARC represent but one of three difficult peace […]
2016
A shift in thinking.
Written by Lauren Guido, Student on the Noragric Bachelor program in International Environment and Development Studies. A few days ago, my team of three (from The Innovation Effect) and I stood […]
The politics of water management in Africa.
Written by Lyla Mehta, Professor II at Noragric and Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, UK and Bill Derman, Professor Emeritus at Noragric. For the past two decades, […]
Colombian ‘Magical Realism’: from the Plebiscite for Peace to the Nobel Peace Prize.
Written by Erika J. Rojas, PhD Fellow, Noragric. What Colombia has experienced during the last weeks could be part of the ‘magical realism’ that Gabriel García Márquez expressed in his […]
What we study when we study police reform in post-conflict states
Written by Shai A. Divon, Postdoctoral Researcher, Noragric Why are we repeatedly observing a gap between what we set out to achieve in our post conflict reconstruction efforts and the […]
Several Securities at Stake in Rio?
Written by Eric Cezne, 2016 Noragric alumnus (MSc International Relations) and Research Assistant at PRIO. This Friday the iconic Maracanã stadium in Rio is set to host the opening ceremony […]
Does Climate Change Cause Conflicts in the Sahel?
Written by Tor Arve Benjaminsen, Professor, Noragric. Droughts can potentially help escalate conflicts, but empirical evidence from the Sahel suggests that the root causes of land disputes are more historical […]
‘Maximum city’ under pressure: Mumbai and its contested spaces of development
Written by Hans Nicolai Adam (Postdoctoral Fellow, Noragric) and Synne Movik (Research Scientist, NIVA). Descending into Mumbai and entering the newly built, swanky international airport terminal provides a first glimpse of […]
World Auditor: Inside the International Monetary Fund
Written by Morten Jerven, Associate Professor, Noragric. In 2013 I published the book ‘Poor Numbers’. In this book, I pointed out that we know far less than we like to […]
Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment – ‘the pot calling the kettle black’
Written by Kjersti Thorkildsen, PhD Fellow, Noragric. Brazil is now going through one of its worst political crises since the military coup in 1964. The economy is facing its deepest […]