Inger Skjelsbæk

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Scholarly interests:

  • Gender, Peace and Security (GPS)

  • Conflict Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)

  • Political psychology 

  • Bosnia and the Balkans

  • Transitional justice

  • Norm Theories

  • Gender Equality Branding

  • Qualitative Research 

  • Children born of war

Background:

I hold a PhD in political psychology from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and was a researcher, research director and deputy director at the Peace  Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) until 2015. I still hold a part time position as research professor at PRIO linked to the PRIO Center on Gender, Peace and Security. I was associate professor at the Department of Psychology at University of Oslo in the period 2013 - 2019. I have been a guest researcher at the Human Rights Center (HRC) and  a Fulbright scholar the Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ISEEES) both at the University of California, Berkeley, as well as a visiting fellow at the Center for Women, Peace and Security at London School of Economics (LSE). I am also head of Research group on gender and extremism at the Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX) in addition to my position as professor at the Center for Gender Research at the University of Oslo.

SELECTED ACADEMIC ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Editorial memberships:

  • 2018   Member of the Editorial Board of Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift (NNT)

  • 2014    Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Social and Political Psychology (JSPP)

  • 2011    Member of the Editorial Board of the International Feminist Journal of Politics (IFJP)

  • 2012    Member of the Editorial Board of Internasjonal Politikk (IP)

Journal referee:

Cooperation and Conflict; Disasters Journal; Feminism & Psychology; Internasjonal Politikk; International Feminist Journal of Politics,  International Journal, International Journal of Transitional Justice; Journal of Peace Research; Nations and Nationalism; Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology; Political Psychology; Security Dialouge.

Awards: 

  • Ingrid Aunes Minnepris 2022
  • Fulbright Article Award 2018

Membership of scientific societies:

I am a member of the International Studies Association (ISA). I have attended and presented work at these conferences since 1998. I am also a member of the Gender, Peace and Security, (GPS) Network which is a Norwegian network of scholars who focus on the GPS agenda.

Collaborations:

Teaching:

I have taught at the Department of Psychology, the Department of Political Science and at KULKOM at UiO. But, at the center for Gender Research I teach:

Tags: Gender Peace and Security, Bosnia, Sexual violence, Conflict, Political psychology

Publications

  • Skjelsbæk, Inger; Larsen, Eirinn; Moss, Sigrun Marie & Tryggestad, Torunn Lise (2023). Cautious State Feminist? National Traditions and Global Developments during Søreide’s Term as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Internasjonal Politikk. ISSN 0020-577X. 81(1), p. 26–37. doi: 10.23865/intpol.v81.4142. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bæk, Sindre & Skjelsbæk, Inger (2023). The Women, Peace, and Security Norms as seen by Norwegian Male Officers. Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies. ISSN 2245-0157. 13(2), p. 3–21. doi: 10.18291/njwls.135624. Full text in Research Archive
  • 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
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2020). Conceptualizing the Interpreter in Field Interviews in Post-Conflict Settings: Reflections From Psychological Research in Bosnia and Herzegovina , Researching Peace, Conflict, and Power in the Field. . Springer Nature. ISSN 978-3-030-44113-5. p. 49–61. doi: %20https:/doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44113-5_4.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2020). Chapter 16. "Gender and war: Bosnian psychologists dealing with conflict related sexual violence during and after war". In Hagenaars, Polli; Plavšić, Marlena; Sveaas, Nora; Wagner, Ulrich & Wainwright, Tony (Ed.), Human Rights Education for Psychologists. Routledge. ISSN 9780429274312. p. 221–232.
  • 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), p. 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), p. 181–198. doi: 10.1093/fpa/orz028.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger & Tryggestad, Torunn Lise (2019). Gender Equality and Norwegian Peace Engagement – A Balancing Act. Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning. ISSN 0809-6341. 43(4), p. 306–320. doi: 10.18261/issn.1891-1781-2019-04-05. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2019). Disarming conflict related sexual violence. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0800-336X. 36(1), p. 53–63. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-3053-2019-01-06. Full text in Research Archive
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger & Tryggestad, Torunn Lise (2019). Chapter 40: Donor States Delivering on WPS: The Case of Norway, The Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace, and Security. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780190638276. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190638276.013.39.
  • 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), p. 496–520. doi: 10.1093/sp/jxy031.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). Perpetrators of Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict. In Williams, Timothy & Buckley-Zistel, Susanne (Ed.), Perpetrators and Perpetration of Mass Violence: Action, Motivations and Dynamics. Routledge. ISSN 978-0815386179. doi: 10.4324/9781351175869-9.

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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.
  • 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
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). Helga Hernes: The State Feminist. Institutt for fredsforskning. ISBN 978-82-7288-846-5. 80 p.

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  • Skjelsbæk, Inger & Bæk, Sindre (2023). Women, Peace and Security in the NAF.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2023). Massive online open courses (MOOC): "Gender and Development" and "Gender Violence and Post-Conflict States" .
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2023). Children born of war - interdisciplinary approaches.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2023). Reconciliation in the Balkans.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2023). Panel om situasjonen i al-Hol leiren med Røde Kors, UD, VG og forskere.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2023). Children born of war - a scholarly overview.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2023). Panel discussion of the movie "The Eclipse" at Vega Scene.
  • Elvebakken, Johanne Rokke; Skjelsbæk, Inger; Stotz, Lina & Ødegaard, Ingvill Constanze (2023). Don’t Forget the Children Born of War in Ukraine. PRIO Blogs.
  • Elvebakken, Johanne Rokke & Skjelsbæk, Inger (2023). Ikke glem barna født av krigsvolden i Ukraina. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2023). "Å avslutte en krig".
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2022). Kvinner og krig.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2022). Kvinnekrigen. Agenda Magasin.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2022). ”Han tvingade mig … kan inte prata om det” . [Newspaper]. Svenska Dagbladet.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger; Ødegaard, Ingvill Constanze & Tryggestad, Torunn Lise (2022). "Arven etter "Tyskerungene" https://www.aftenposten.no/amagasinet/i/478ezR/arven-etter-tyskerungene . [Newspaper]. Aftenposten.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2022). Bare én av ti kjønns­forskere er menn: — Det er helt utrolig. [Internet]. Khrono.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2022). "Women’s War" https://blogs.prio.org/2022/04/womens-war/. PRIO Blogs.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2022). Kvinnelige soldater kan ha sterk symboleffekt . [Newspaper]. Vårt Land.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2022). Washington Dailies: Rape has always been the cruellest weapon of war. [Internet]. Washington Dailies.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2022). "Soldathjernen i Krig". Ekko på NRK P2. [Radio]. NRK.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2022). Debatt om Ukraina krigen på Dagsnytt 18 NRK. [TV]. NRK.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2022). "Vergewaltigung als Kriegswaffe" . [Newspaper]. Suddeutsche Zeitung.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2022). "Prosecuting rape as a weapon of war" . [Radio]. The World.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2022). "Voldtekt: Verdens eldste våpen" . [Newspaper]. Aftenposten.
  • Stotz, Lina; Elvebakken, Johanne Rokke; Ødegaard, Ingvill Constanze; Skjelsbæk, Inger; Tobiasen, Sunniva Árja & Tryggestad, Torunn Lise (2022). Children Born of War Should be More Than an Afterthought. PRIO Blogs.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2021). Likestilling som konkurranse.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2021). Paneldiscussion: Nordic models and brands in circulation .
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2021). Panel discussion: Ethical challenges in research on war and peace.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2021). Paneldebatt: Fredsnasjonen, eller Likestillingslandet? Konkurransen om Norge som merkevare.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2021). Missing Peace online conference about Sexual violence in armed conflict.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2021). Foredrag: Kjønnsbasert vold i krig .
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2021). Om kjønnsforskning i Norge.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger & Tryggestad, Torunn Lise (2021). Protecting the Brand? The Hesitant Incorporation of Gender Equality in the Peace Nation. In Skjelsbæk, Inger; Larsen, Eirinn & Moss, Sigrun Marie (Ed.), Gender Equality and Nation Branding in the Nordic Region. Routledge. ISSN 9780367861353. p. 113–134.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2021). Kjønnsbasert vold i krig. In Sørensen, Øystein; Hagtvet, Bernt & Brandal, Nikolai (Ed.), Politisk vold: Former og årsaker . Dreyer Forlag A/S. ISSN 9788282655231. p. 99–118.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger; Towns, Ann; Petersen, Klaus; Rom-Jensen, Byron & Leira, Halvard (2021). Nordic models and brands in circulation.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2021). Kjønnsforståelse som forutsetning for rettferdighet etter terrorangrep?
  • Klitgård, Mathias; Skumsnes, Reinert Vikjord; Stubberud, Elisabeth; Averin, Ro; Skjelsbæk, Inger & Losleben, Katrin [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2021). Hvordan fremme et nasjonalt fagfelt? I.
  • 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.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2020). Bosnia and Herzegovina – a Failed State 25 Years After the Peace Accords . PRIO Blogs.
  • 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.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2020). Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the time of COVID-19: A hidden pandemic?
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2020). Hopes and misguided expectations: How policy documents frame gender in efforts at preventing terrorism and violent extremism.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2020). Seksuelle overgrep i krig.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2020). Kvinner i Krig: Hvordan skal vi forstå seksuelle overgrep i krig.
  • Fangen, Katrine & Skjelsbæk, Inger (2020). Editorial to special issue on gender and the far right. Politics, Religion & Ideology. ISSN 2156-7689. 21(4), p. 411–415. doi: 10.1080/21567689.2020.1851866.
  • Tryggestad, Torunn Lise & Skjelsbæk, Inger (2019). Launch of the Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace and Security.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2019). Donor States Delivering on WPS: The Case of Norway’.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2019). Sexual violence in times of war - developments in international research and poliocy.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2019). Conflict Related Sexual Violence (CRSV): Research, knowledge and policy in transition.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2019). Gender dimensions of the Bosnian conflict.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2019). Sexual Violence in times of war.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2019). Kjønnsbasert voldi krig - internasjonal utvikling og respons.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2019). Conflict Related Sexual Violence (CRSV): Research, knowledge and policy in transitional settings.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2019). Cathrine Holst, Hege Skjeie, Mari Teigen (red.): Europeisering av nordisk likestillingspolitikk. Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning. ISSN 0809-6341. 43(3), p. 250–252. doi: 10.18261/issn.1891-1781.
  • 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). "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). Usedvanlig verdige fredsprismottagere. Kronikk Morgenbladet. 8. oktober 2018 https://morgenbladet.no/ideer/2018/10/usedvanlig-verdige-fredsprismottagere . Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). "Kjemper mot seksuell vold". Intervju I Klassekampen 6. oktober 2018. [Newspaper]. Klassekampen.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). "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 . [Newspaper]. VG.
  • 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). "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). "Et språk for overgrep". Intervju I Vårt Land 8.oktober 2018 https://www.vl.no/nyhet/et-sprak-for-overgrep-1.1214080. [Newspaper]. Vårt Land.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). "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. [Newspaper]. Dagsavisen.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). "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. [Internet]. NRK.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger & Tryggestad, Torunn Lise (2018). Presentation at Nordic Branding workshop.
  • 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). "Når mennene forsvinner" https://morgenbladet.no/aktuelt/2018/07/nar-mennene-forsvinner . [Newspaper]. Morgenbladet.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). "Norwegian Peace Mediation and Gender Equality" Presentation at Nordic Branding Annual Conference, UiO:Norden 13 -14 August 2018.
  • 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 and Extremism, C-REX workshop on Gender and Extremism 14 - 15 May, Oslo.
  • 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). "Norway’s Peace Engagement: What’s Gender Got to Do with It?" Presentation at International Studies Association (ISA), San Francisco, 7. April 2018 .
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). Kjønnsbasert vold i krig. Faglig foredrag på NKVTS 15.mars.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger & Tryggestad, Torunn Lise (2018). "Gender and peacebuilding" Gjesteforelesning. PECOS 4110 - International Negoiations and Conflict Resolution.
  • Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). «Gender Based Violence in Peacebuilding and Mediation». Guest Lecture at the PDA Fellowship Program at the UNDP Oslo Governance Center (OGC).
  • Lorentzen, Jenny Kathrine; Björkdahl, Annika & Skjelsbæk, Inger (2020). Normative Encounters between the ‘Global’ and the ‘Local’: Women, Peace and Security in Mali and Rwanda. Lund University Open Access. ISSN 978-91-7895-670-8.
  • Mochmann, Ingvill C. & Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018). Children Born of War (CBOW): Between Stigmatization, Integration and Empowerment. Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). ISSN 978-82-7288-937-0. 2018(3).

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