Research Interests
NISAT online database and archive of small arms transfers, production, and regulations. See http://nisat.prio.org
Twitter account on the small arms trade at @NisatPrio
Primary:
- Global trade in small arms and light weapons.
- Relationship between arms, governance and violence.
- Arms trafficking.
- Data and methodology used to research the trade in small arms and light weapons.
- Arms acquisition by non-state parties involved in civil war.
- Arms export and transfer controlls.
Secondary:
- The role of regional organisations (in the arms trade).
- The EU's security and foreign policy (as concerns arms).
- Multilateral diplomacy (concerning arms control).
- Armed violence.
- Homicide (with firearms).
- Conflict deaths (with small arms and light weapons).
Background
Languages spoken:
English, learning Norwegian
Work experience:
2014 - 2015
Consultant to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, worked on a global report on firearms trafficking.
2004 - 2008
Chair, European research Network COST Action A25 'European Small Arms and the Perpetuation of Violence'
2001 - present
Research Fellow, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo
2001 - present
Consultant to the Small Arms Survey (work on the global trade in small arms and light weapons)
1995 - 2001
Several positions, including work for the UK Defence Forum.
Education:
Dr.Philos, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo - 2020
MA International Conflict Analysis - University of Kent at Canterbury - 1994-1995
BSc Economics - International Relations and Area Studies (East Asia) - University of Wales, Aberystwyth - 1991-1994
Publications
The following publications are specific to the PRIO GPS Centre. A more complete list is available at www.prio.org.
All Publications