Inger Skjelsbæk

• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2020). Chapter 16. "Gender and war: Bosnian psychologists dealing with conflict related sexual violence during and after war", In Polli Hagenaars; Marlena Plavšić; Nora Sveaas; Ulrich Wagner & Tony Wainwright (ed.),  Human Rights Education for Psychologists.  Routledge.  ISBN 9780429274312.  Chapter 16.  s 221 - 232 Show summary

  This chapter focuses on interactions with Bosnian psychologists and other mental health professionals and map out what their considerations and experiences were with addressing conflict-related sexual violence during and after the Bosnian war of 1992–1995. The formal establishment of the psychosocial centres came about when foreign individuals and organizations arrived seeking local partners with whom they could establish psychosocial assistance specifically aimed at Bosnian women. The increasing focus on sexual violence in war has resulted in an established psychological trauma literature. The societal problems, the issues related to heightened male frustrations will be resolved, argues the psychologist, by placing the woman under them, by subordinating them. The psychologists went on to point out that post-war violence, which they call domestic violence or civil trauma, is very different from war rape. It is more difficult to evoke the survivor identity for victims in the post-war setting, because the perpetrator–victim relationship does not run along ethnic or political lines.

• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2020). Conceptualizing the Interpreter in Field Interviews in Post-Conflict Settings: Reflections From Psychological Research in Bosnia and Herzegovina, In  Researching Peace, Conflict, and Power in the Field..  Springer Nature.  ISBN 978-3-030-44113-5.  Chapter 4.  s 49 - 61 Show summary

  In Chapter 4 on interpreters, Skjelsbæk discusses the importance of doing work in contexts where one does not speak participants’ languages (here Bosnian), and the crucial, active - and often overlooked - role of translators. This becomes even more acute when focusing on sensitive issues, such as gender-based violence in conflict.

• Skjelsbæk, Inger; Hansen, Julie Marie & Lorentzen, Jenny Kathrine (2020). Hopes and misguided expectations: How policy documents frame gender in efforts at preventing terrorism and violent extremism. Politics, Religion & Ideology.  ISSN 2156-7689.  21(4), s 469- 486 . doi: 10.1080/21567689.2020.1851873
• Skjelsbæk, Inger & Tryggestad, Torunn Lise (2020). Pro-gender norms in Norwegian peace engagement: Balancing experiences, values, and interests. Foreign Policy Analysis.  ISSN 1743-8586.  16(2), s 181- 198 . doi: 10.1093/fpa/orz028
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2019). Å ruste ned seksuelle overgrp i krig. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift.  ISSN 0800-336X.  36(1), s 53- 63 . doi: https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.1504-3053-2019-01-06 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary

  Tildelingen av Nobels fredspris 2018 til Nadia Murad og Denis Mukwege for deres arbeid med å bekjempe seksuelle overgrep i krig representerer en enorm endring i forståelsen av hva denne formen for vold er, og hvordan den virker under og etter en krig. I dag anses seksuelle overgrep i krig som et krigsvåpen som kan og bør bekjempes både med forebygging og straffeforfølgelse. I denne artikkelen beskriver jeg kort hvordan denne nye forståelsen av seksuelle overgrep i krig har vokst frem, hvilken kunnskap vi har om fenomenet, og hvordan det jobbes for å hindre at slike kriminelle handlinger begås.

• Skjelsbæk, Inger & Tryggestad, Torunn Lise (2019). Chapter 40: Donor States Delivering on WPS: The Case of Norway, In  The Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace, and Security.  Oxford University Press.  ISBN 9780190638276.  Chapter 40.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger & Tryggestad, Torunn Lise (2019). Likestilling og Norges fredsengasjement – en balansekunst. Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning.  ISSN 0809-6341.  43(4), s 306- 320 . doi: https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.1891-1781-2019-04-05 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary

  Norge har et sterkt nasjonalt selvbilde som likestillingsforkjemper og fredsnasjon. I denne artikkelen utforsker viskjæringspunktet mellom likestilling og fredsengasjement i norsk utenrikspolitikk. Mens systematisk integrering avlikestillingsperspektiver har stått på dagsordenen i norsk utviklingssamarbeid i flere tiår, er integreringen av likestil-ling i fredsengasjementet av nyere dato. I vår studie har vi vært særlig interessert i å se nærmere på hvordan norskediplomater balanserer erfaringer, verdier og interesser når likestilling som norm og praksis integreres i det norskefredsengasjementet. Vi finner at likestilling mellom kjønnene blir sett på som en norsk kjerneverdi det er «naturlig»å videreføre i norsk fredsengasjement. Dette har også blitt en viktig valuta i spillet om status, makt og innflytelse iinternasjonal politikk. Samtidig finner vi en bekymring hos diplomatene for at et for sterkt fokus på normative ogverdidrevne feministiske idealer og målsetninger kan være risikabelt, da det ville kunne svekke bildet av Norge somnøytral tilrettelegger av fredsprosesser.

• Houge, Anette Bringedal & Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). Securitising Sexual Violence: Transitions from War to Peace, In Kate Fitz-Gibbon; Sandra Walklate; J McCulloch & JaneMaree Maher (ed.),  Intimate Partner Violence, Risk and Security. Securing Women’s Lives in a Global World.  Routledge.  ISBN 978-1-13-870035-2.  Chapter 1.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). Perpetrators of Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict, In Timothy Williams & Susanne Buckley-Zistel (ed.),  Perpetrators and Perpetration of Mass Violence: Action, Motivations and Dynamics.  Routledge.  ISBN 978-0815386179.  8.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). Silence breakers in war and peace: Research on gender and violence with an ethics of engagement. Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society.  ISSN 1072-4745.  25(4), s 496- 520 . doi: 10.1093/sp/jxy031
• Skjelsbæk, Inger & Doeland, Elin Martine (2018). Narratives of Support and Resistance: A Political Psychological Analysis of the Implementation of UNSCR 1325 in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Political Psychology.  ISSN 0162-895X.  39(5), s 995- 1011 . doi: 10.1111/pops.12466
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2016). Interpreting the interpreter: Navigating translation, interpretation, and mediation. Culture & Psychology.  ISSN 1354-067X.  22(4), s 502- 519 . doi: 10.1177/1354067X16650830 Show summary

  As a psychologist who has conducted research interviews in a foreign language setting, I have found that the methodological literature does not provide needed insights on how to tackle the issue of interpreters and the following article is an attempt to untangle some of the methodological and theoretical concerns this situation entails. The starting point of analysis is the qualitative research interview and discusses what the methodological challenges and theoretical opportunities data gathering through interviews with the help of interpreters might entail.

• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2015). The Military Perpetrator: A Narrative Analysis of Sentencing Judgments on Sexual Violence Offenders at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). The Journal of Social and Political Psychology.  ISSN 2195-3325.  3(1), s 46- 70 . doi: 10.5964/jspp.v3i1.273
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2015). Women, War, Violence and Peacemaking - International Developments, In Kjersti Ericsson (ed.),  Women in War. Examples from Norway and Beyond.  Ashgate.  ISBN 9781472445179.  Chapter 14.  s 217 - 236
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2013). Seksualisert vold i krig. Speilvendt.  ISSN 1893-4560.  (2), s 4- 7
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2013). Soldaten som overgriper. Forsvarets forum.  ISSN 0809-845X.  5, s 58- 59
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2012). Responsibility to Protect or Prevent? Victims and Perpetrators of Sexual Violence Crimes in Armed Conflicts. Global Responsibility to Protect.  ISSN 1875-9858.  4(2), s 154- 171 . doi: 10.1163/187598412x639683
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2011). Sexual Violence in the Post-Yugoslav Wars, In Kathleen Kuehnast; Chantal de Jonge Oudraat & Helga Hernes (ed.),  Women and War: Power and Protection in the 21st Century.  United States Institute of Peace Press.  ISBN 978-1-60127-064-1.  Chapter.  s 65 - 84
• Skjelsbæk, Inger & Tryggestad, Torunn Lise (2011). Kvinner i det norske forsvaret: Likestilling eller operasjonelt imperativ?. Sosiologi i dag.  ISSN 0332-6330.  41(1), s 53- 75
• Harpviken, Kristian Berg & Skjelsbæk, Inger (2010). Tilslørt fredspolitikk. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift.  ISSN 0800-336X.  27(4), s 379- 388
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2009). Kjønnsbasert vold i krig: Hvordan få god kunnskap og på hvilken måte?. Sosiologi i dag.  ISSN 0332-6330.  39(2), s 72- 90
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2009). Traditions and Transitions - Perceptions of "Good Womanhood" among twnety Bosnian Focus Group Participants. International Feminist Journal of Politics.  ISSN 1461-6742.  11(3), s 392- 411 . doi: 10.1080/14616740903017737
• Skjelsbæk, Inger & Skjelsbæk, Inger (2006). Therapeutic Work With Victims of Sexual Violence in War and Postwar: A Discourse Analysis of Bosnian Experiences. Peace and Conflict: The Journal of Peace Psychology.  ISSN 1078-1919.  12(2), s 93- 118 Full text in Research Archive.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2001). Sexual Violence and War: Mapping Out a Complex Relationship. European Journal of International Relations.  ISSN 1354-0661.  7(2), s 211- 237

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• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). Helga Hernes: The State Feminist. Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).  ISBN 978-82-7288-846-5.  80 s. Show summary

  What is the essential ingredient for bringing about lasting social change? An unbeatable idea? An outsider’s perspective? Power, alliances, sanctions, idols, exhaustion, encouragement, endurance, new beginnings departures or idealism? Or perhaps luck, or coincidence? Or individual people and role models? This article is about individual people , feminist political ambitions and hopes for specific changes. In particular, it is about one of the main strategists for gender equality in Norway, Helga Hernes. If there is a single issue in women’s politics that has preoccupied her , it has been women’s representation and participation in politics and society. This issue pervades everything she writes, everything she does. For Helga Hernes, the idea that women should have the power to influence the conditions that affect their lives, is about more than gender equality, it is about democracy as a whole.

• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2013). Statsfeministen, Statsfeminismen og Verden Utenfor. Aschehough.  ISBN 978-82-03-35421-2.  91 s.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2011). The Political Psychology of War Rape: Studies from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Routledge.  ISBN 978-0-415-67117-0.  172 s.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger; Tryggestad, Torunn Lise & Skjeie, Hege (red.) (2008). Kjønn, Krig og Konflikt. Pax Forlag.  ISBN 9788253030982.  250 s.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger & Smith, Dan (ed.) (2001). Gender, Peace & Conflict. Sage Publications.  ISBN 0761968520.  228 s.

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• Fangen, Katrine & Skjelsbæk, Inger (2020). Editorial to special issue on gender and the far right. Politics, Religion & Ideology.  ISSN 2156-7689.  21(4), s 411- 415 . doi: 10.1080/21567689.2020.1851866 Show summary

  Debates about, as well as changes in, gender norms and gender policies have great potential for political mobilization: they encircle social and political developments as movements towards societal stabilization—or its opposite, destabilization. Contested issues include abortion, family policy, whether women are by nature more suited for childcare than men, sex education in schools, teaching of gender studies at universities, views on sexual minorities (including homosexuals’ right to marry and to adopt children). Positions on these issues follow political dividing lines, with the far right at one end of the spectrum. At the same time as the global governance system is pushing for increased gender equality, there are powerful forces opposed to such a goal. Anti-feminist and anti-gender-equality sentiments mark new nationalist policies and rhetoric, as well as populist and extremist mobilization. Several scholars have argued that we are witnessing the rise of a new form of patriarchy and masculine norms and grievances, as well as the fear of a low of traditional values. Male resentment and victimhood among certain groups is heralded as one of many explanatory factors for much of the nationalist mobilization and political change observed in recent years: from the coming to power of Donald J. Trump in the USA, Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines and Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, to Brexit and illiberal democratic developments in Europe.

• Lorentzen, Jenny Kathrine; Björkdahl, Annika & Skjelsbæk, Inger (2020). Normative Encounters between the ‘Global’ and the ‘Local’: Women, Peace and Security in Mali and Rwanda. Show summary

  This thesis examines the multiple and often overlapping encounters between ‘global’ and ‘local’ norms, actors, practices, and discourses which take place when norms travel between different socio-political contexts. This is done through a study of how global gender equality norms embedded in the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda are promoted in two war to peace transitions: Mali and Rwanda. Since the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 in 2000, the WPS agenda has emerged as a powerful international normative framework and has become a key component of international peacebuilding efforts. Through four papers, the thesis demonstrates how global and local actors engage with WPS norms in multiple, overlapping and sometimes unexpected ways, producing a range of outcomes that shape both the meanings and trajectories of norms. The thesis advances the empirical study of norms by combining a number of analytical approaches and data sources, including unique and comprehensive data on the peace process in Mali generated through extensive fieldwork. It outlines a conceptual framework for studying normative encounters and related processes of contestation, friction, localization and appropriation. These processes are explored in the papers, where I develop existing theories and concepts from the literatures on the ‘agency of the governed’ and critical peacebuilding. Together, the papers provide important insights concerning the ability of agents to shape the meanings and trajectories of norms through meaning-making practices. These include practices of resistance and refinement at the Malian peace negotiations (Paper 1), frictional interactions in the Malian peace process (Paper 2), discursive practices of re-presentation by local elites in Mali (Paper 3) and policy production by the Government of Rwanda (Paper 4). Further, when agents are involved in these processes, they construct and produce new meanings and realities through their engagement with norms. The thesis shows how actors contribute to increased norm precision through the development of operating principles (Paper 1), how they construct positions and locations from which to claim authority and legitimacy (Papers 2, 3 and 4), as well as new identities (Papers 2 and 3) and subjects to be governed (Papers 3 and 4).

• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2020). Bosnia and Herzegovina – a Failed State 25 Years After the Peace Accords. PRIO Blogs. Show summary

  The people of Bosnia and Herzegovina are governed by three presidents, 14 prime ministers, 180 ministers, and 700 members of parliament (who sit in 14 different parliaments).

• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2020). Bosnia-Hercegovina - en mislykket stat 25 år etter fredsavtalen. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.).  ISSN 0804-3116.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2020). Emerging Issues. New Voices: An Intergenerational and intersectional approach to Women, Peace and Security. Show summary

  Building on 20 Years of Women, Peace and Security: The Norwegian National Commemoration of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 - National Commemoration

• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2020). "Gender and PVE", panel discussion at the seminar entitled "Preserving Spaces for Dialogue in the Middle East " on the occasion of the Norwegian Royal visit to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in March 2020. Show summary

  The discourse on violent extremism is evolving rapidly. In recent years, new insights and policy prescriptions have been particularly visible when it comes to the gendered aspects of the issue. Although violent extremism remains an area of contestation, we have seen a general maturing of the international debate, with both Jordan and Norway at the forefront in advocating broader understandings and more comprehensive policies. Together, the two countries launched the Group of Friends of Preventing Violent Extremism – #Friends4PVE – in New York on 28 September 2017.

• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2020). Hopes and misguided expectations: How policy documents frame gender in efforts at preventing terrorism and violent extremism. Show summary

  With the rise of far-right movements globally, issues of gender and right-wing extremism have gained new urgency. Although anti-feminism, misogyny and restored masculinity is at the heart of the far-right project, the gendered aspects of this ‘rise of the right’ too often are overlooked. Yet gender matters in understanding right-wing extremism and terrorism. This webinar will focus on the narratives, ideologies and practices amongst these movements and understand them in relation to the intersection of class, race, faith, gender, and nationality. It will address both the diversity of masculinities and the ambiguity of women’s position in extremist groups. The speakers draw on their expertise in gender research from the fields of criminology and psychology. This webinar is a part of the Gender & (in)security event series.

• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2020). Kvinner i Krig: Hvordan skal vi forstå seksuelle overgrep i krig.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2020). Seksuelle overgrep i krig.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2020). Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the time of COVID-19: A hidden pandemic?. Show summary

  Shortly after his call for a global ceasefire, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for measures to address a “horrifying global surge in domestic violence” directed towards women and girls, linked to lockdowns imposed by governments responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. This seminar asks how and in what ways the global COVID-19 pandemic has impacted sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) from the perspectives of policy making, advocacy and practice. This seminar also asks how the COVID-19 responses have impacted women, girls, and LGBTQ+ persons affected by conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). This event was online

• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2019). Cathrine Holst, Hege Skjeie, Mari Teigen (red.): Europeisering av nordisk likestillingspolitikk. Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning.  ISSN 0809-6341.  43(3), s 250- 252 . doi: 10.18261/issn.1891-1781
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2019). Conflict Related Sexual Violence (CRSV): Research, knowledge and policy in transition.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2019). Conflict Related Sexual Violence (CRSV): Research, knowledge and policy in transitional settings.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2019). Donor States Delivering on WPS: The Case of Norway’.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2019). Gender dimensions of the Bosnian conflict.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2019). Kjønnsbasert voldi krig - internasjonal utvikling og respons.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2019). Sexual Violence in times of war.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2019). Sexual violence in times of war - developments in international research and poliocy.
• Tryggestad, Torunn Lise & Skjelsbæk, Inger (2019). Launch of the Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace and Security. Show summary

  5 June: Launch of Oxford Handbook on Women, Peace and Security at PRIO Chair of event (Torunn L. Tryggestad) Presentation (by Inger Skjelsbæk) of co-authored chapter: ‘Donor States Delivering on WPS: The Case of Norway’

• Mochmann, Ingvill C. & Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). Children Born of War (CBOW): Between Stigmatization, Integration and Empowerment. GPS Policy Brief. 3.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018, 16. januar). De velter seg i luksus og har politisk innflytelse. Her er de forhatte diktatorkonene.  VG.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018, 08. oktober). "Et språk for overgrep". Intervju I Vårt Land 8.oktober 2018 https://www.vl.no/nyhet/et-sprak-for-overgrep-1.1214080.  Vårt Land.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). «Gender Based Violence in Peacebuilding and Mediation». Guest Lecture at the PDA Fellowship Program at the UNDP Oslo Governance Center (OGC).
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). Gender and Extremism, C-REX workshop on Gender and Extremism 14 - 15 May, Oslo.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). "Gender dimensions of Norwegian Peace Mediation" UiO:Norden Nordic Branding workshop on gender equality 20 - 21 June 2018 at Jeløya, Norway.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). Gender, peace and conflict: international research and policy developments.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). "How to do Project Development" Career Development presentation for Phd and Postdoc scholars at Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX).
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018, 06. oktober). "Kjemper mot seksuell vold". Intervju I Klassekampen 6. oktober 2018.  Klassekampen.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). Kjønnsbasert vold i krig. Faglig foredrag på NKVTS 15.mars.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018, 05. oktober). "Lege Denis Mukwege og Nadia Murad fikk fredsprisen 2018 - var på operasjonssalen". Intervju I VG 5. oktober 2018 https://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/i/e1L9WM/lege-denis-mukwege-og-nadia-murad-fikk-fredsprisen-2018-var-paa-operasjonssalen.  VG.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). "Nobel Peace Prize to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad" Blogpost at the London School of Economics (LSE) on 5 October 2018 http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/wps/2018/10/05/nobel-peace-prize-to-denis-mukwege-and-nadia-murad/. LSE blog.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). "Nobel Peace Prize to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad". PRIO blog posted on 5 October 2018 https://blogs.prio.org/2018/10/nobel-peace-prize-to-denis-mukwege-and-nadia-murad/. PRIO Blogs.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). "Nobels fredspris 2018: Voldtekt som våpen i krig". Publisert i NUPIs serie HVOR HENDER DET https://www.nupi.no/Skole/HHD-Artikler/2018/Nobels-fredspris-2018-Voldtekt-som-vaapen-i-krig. Hvor hender det?.  ISSN 0801-9509.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). "Norwegian Peace Mediation and Gender Equality" Presentation at Nordic Branding Annual Conference, UiO:Norden 13 -14 August 2018.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018, 27. juli). "Når mennene forsvinner" https://morgenbladet.no/aktuelt/2018/07/nar-mennene-forsvinner.  Morgenbladet.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). Organized this event: https://www.med.uio.no/helsam/english/research/centres/global-health/news-and-events/events/2018/securing-health-care-of-hidden-populations---the-c.html.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018, 06. oktober). "Riktig, viktig og til rett tid" Intervju I Dagsavisen 6.10.2018 https://www.dagsavisen.no/verden/riktig-viktig-og-til-rett-tid-1.1213493.  Dagsavisen.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018, 05. oktober). "Slik har seksuell vold blitt brukt gjennom tidene". NRK intervju 5. oktober. 2018 https://www.nrk.no/norge/slik-har-seksuell-vold-blitt-brukt-som-vapen-gjennom-tidene-1.14236394. [Internett].  NRK.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). Usedvanlig verdige fredsprismottagere. Kronikk Morgenbladet. 8. oktober 2018 https://morgenbladet.no/ideer/2018/10/usedvanlig-verdige-fredsprismottagere. Morgenbladet.  ISSN 0805-3847.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). Workshop on "Women and Girls in Violent Extremism as Perpetrators, Survivors and Peacebuilders" organized with Center for Research on Extremism(C-REX), UiO, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and International Civil Society Action Netowrk (ICAN) and United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
• Skjelsbæk, Inger & Tryggestad, Torunn Lise (2018). "Gender and peacebuilding" Gjesteforelesning. PECOS 4110 - International Negoiations and Conflict Resolution.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger & Tryggestad, Torunn Lise (2018). Kvinner, Fred og Sikkerhet, internasjonale perspektiver. Invitert taler til lunch seminar Gimle Rotary.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger & Tryggestad, Torunn Lise (2018). "Norway’s Peace Engagement: What’s Gender Got to Do with It?" Presentation at International Studies Association (ISA), San Francisco, 7. April 2018. Show summary

  The national self-image of Norway is as a gender equal and peace promoting nation. Norwegian gender equality policies grew out of a strong social and political civil society engagement from below combined with equal rights laws as well as quota systems implemented from above. This dual pressure, or interaction, between the government and civil society proved to be very effective and has been labelled ‘state feminism’. Scholars researching the Nordic woman-friendly states have asked whether one of the premises for the emergence of this state model was based, in part, on the fact that the states were small and relatively homogenous, inevitably arguing that this way of making gender specific changes may not be possible to transfer to other contexts. Still, state feminist thinking, as well as mode of operating, is integral to Norway’s many peace engagements around the world. In this paper we explore how gender equality concerns and women’s empowerment became part of Norwegian peace mediation efforts historically, how such concerns are promoted by Norwegian peace facilitators in peace mediation practice, and to what extent the Norwegian identity of the peace facilitator has hindered or facilitated the inclusion of gender equality norms based on a state feminist model.

• Skjelsbæk, Inger & Tryggestad, Torunn Lise (2018). Presentation at Nordic Branding workshop.
• Andenæs, Agnes; Benum, Kirsten; Carlquist, Erik; Halvorsen, Margrethe S.; Hauge, Mona-Iren; Madsen, Ole Jacob; Moss, Sigrun Marie; Oddli, Hanne; Roen, Katrina; Råbu, Marit; Skjelsbæk, Inger; Stänicke, Erik; Strømme, Hanne; Sveaass, Nora & Tjersland, Odd Arne (2017). Sneversynt om psykologisk kunnskap. Morgenbladet.  ISSN 0805-3847.  198(5), s 28- 29
• Houge, Anette Bringedal & Skjelsbæk, Inger (2017). Sexual violence as rupture and continuum in societies transitioning from war to peace.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2017, 20. september). "Kjønn i Krig og konflikt" Podcast laget av Kilden i podcast serien "Kjønnsavdelingen". 20. september 2017 https://soundcloud.com/kjonnsavdelingen/kjonn-i-krig-og-konflikt. [Internett].  Kjønnsavdelingen, Kildens podcast.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2017). Missing Peace Symposium 2017 Preventing sexual violence in conflict: Is fighting impunity the only game in town? International Conference Organized by PRIO and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2017). Norsk unnfallenhet. Kronikk 30 juni 2017. Morgenbladet.  ISSN 0805-3847.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2017, 09. august). Olav den hellige var et svin.  Vårt Land.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2017). Prosjekt utvikling for forskere. Invitert innleder til forsknings seminar om prosjektutvikling ved Det Norske Menighetsfakultet.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger; Sveaass, Nora; Evang, Karl; Dybdahl, Ragnhild & Moss, Sigrun Marie (2017). Verden med Trump - et politisk psykologisk blikk. Show summary

  Hva skjer når USAs mektigste mann spiller på frykt og følelse av avmakt?Hvordan blir det når mennesker utestenges og marginaliseres og det skapes avstand mellom «oss» og «dem»? Innlederne tar for seg politisk ledelse og strategier fra et psykologisk perspektiv og ser på menneskerettighetsbrudd og internasjonale forpliktelser i en verden med Trump.

• Skjelsbæk, Inger & Tryggestad, Torunn Lise (2017). Gender and Peacebuilding Research. Lunch seminar, Senter for Tverrfaglig Kjønn og Kvinneforskning, UiO.
• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2016, 05. april). Skal beskytte sivile - begår seksuelle overgrep.  Vårt Land.
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• Skjelsbæk, Inger (2013). Responsibility to Protect or Prevent? Victims and Perpetrators of Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts, In Eli Stamnes; Sara E. Davies; Zim Nwokora & Sarah Teitt (ed.),  Responsibility to Protect and Women, Peace and Security.  Brill Academic Publishers.  ISBN 9789004257689.  4.  s 81 - 101

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