• Development Assistance and Root Causes of Migration: A Risky Road to Unsustainable Solutions 

      Bøås, Morten; Pehlivanovic, Selja; Kugiel, Patryk (PISM Report;December 2021, Research report, 2021)
      In the aftermath of the 2015 migration-management crisis, both the European Union and several European states declared that they would be using development aid more strategically to address root causes of migration. The ...
    • Les Facteurs Locaux Contribuant á L’Extrémisme Violent Dans le Centre du Mali 

      Rupesinghe, Natasja; Bøås, Morten (Research report, 2019)
      Cette note d’orientation a pour objet d’étudier les processus de radicalisation et d’engagement dans l’extrémisme violent à Mopti, au centre du Mali. Plus particulièrement, elle examine les stratégies utilisées par la ...
    • Lessons from the Ebola Crisis in West Africa: Community engagement, crisis communication and countering rumours 

      Bjørneseth, Frida; Bøås, Morten; Erstad, Henriette Ullavik; Osland, Kari M.; Iocchi, Alessio (NUPI Covid-19 Brief;3/2020, Research report, 2020)
      What lessons can we draw from the 2014-2016 Ebola crisis in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone? While both the outbreak itself and the context is different, there are enough similarities between the Ebola crisis and COVID-19 ...
    • Local Drivers of Violent Extremism in Central Mali 

      Rupesinghe, Natasja; Bøås, Morten (Research report, 2019)
      This policy brief examines the processes of violent extremist mobilisation and radicalisation in Mopti, Central Mali. Specifically, it looks at the strategies employed by one of the most salient radical jihadist groups in ...
    • Mali's Religious Leaders and the 2018 Presidential Elections 

      Bøås, Morten; Diallo, Abubacar; Cissé, Abdoul Wahab (HYRES Research Note;, Research report, 2019)
      Mali is by constitution a secular state, but here as elsewhere in the Sahel the role of religious leaders is increasing both in the social and the political sphere. This HYRES research brief explains how, why, and in what ...
    • Sunnism, Salafism, Sheikism: Urban Pathways of Resistance in Sidon, Lebanon 

      Knudsen, Are John (HYRES Research Note;, Research report, 2019)
      This brief analyses Salafism as an urban phenomenon, with an emphasis on the contentious period following the Syrian uprising turned civil war (2011–present). To understand Salafism’s popular appeal, it is necessary to ...
    • To engage or not engage? Libyan Salafis and state institutions 

      Collombier, Virginie; Barsoum, Fiona (HYRES Research Note;, Research report, 2019)
      At the beginning of the recent escalation of hostilities in Libya in April 2019, one of the key questions posed was what role, if any, quietist Salafis would play. Followers of this trend have grown significantly in influence ...