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Indra Overland
[Head of Programme]
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Pb 8159 Dep, 0033 Oslo
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Programleader of the NUPI energyprogram. Projectleader of Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) and implications for post-conflict economic recovery and involved in the projects: The Caspian Sea Petroleum Region, Regional Confidence-Building for Think-Tanks in the South Caucasus and Central Asia and Finish-Norwegian Energy Dialogue. Member of a reference group of The Norwegian Shipowners Association: Geopolitics in the High North
Formal education
- [2000]
- PhD, Scott Polar Research Institute, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Geography, University of Cambridge
Professional experience
- [2005]
- External Expert for World Bank in evaluation of Low-Income Countries Under Stress (LICUS)
- [2005-2006]
- Senior Advisor, Nordic Research Board (NordForsk) on Russia, the Baltic States and EU
- [2006-]
- Senior Research Fellow/Director, Energy Programme, NUPI
Publications
Articles (in books and journals)
- Overland, Indra , Kyrre Brækhus (2007). A Match Made in Heaven? Strategic Convergence between China and Russia, in China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly , Vol. 5, No 2 . p. 41-61. This article examines the strategic convergence between Russia and China.
- Wilson Rowe, Elana , Indra Overland (2007). Indigenous Issues, In Olav Schram Stokke and Geir Hønneland, eds. International Cooperation and Arctic Governance: Regime Effectiveness and Northern Region Building. . London,Routledge.p. 27-49. Examines the impact of Arctic regimes on indigenous issues
- Overland, Indra (2006). Poverty and International Aid among Russia’s Indigenous Peoples, in Robyn Eversole, John-Andrew McNeish and Alberto Cimadamore, eds., Indigenous Peoples and Poverty: An International Perspective . London,Zed Books.p. 108-125.
- Blakkisrud, Helge , Indra Overland (2005). The Evolution of Federal Indigenous Policy in the Post-Soviet North, in Helge Blakkisrud and Geir Hønneland, ed., T ackling Space. Federal Politics and the Russian North . Lanham, University Press of America. . Lanham,University Press of America.p. 163-192.
Books and reports
- Leira, Halvard , Axel Borchrgevink, Nina Græger, Arne Melchior, Eli Stamnes, Indra Overland (2007). Norske selvbilder og norsk utenrikspolitikk. Oslo , NUPI. 44 pages. NUPI-rapport. Rapporten presenterer et bredt bilde av norsk utenrikspolitikk med utgangspunkt i et sett utenrikspolitiske selvbilder og praksiser.
- Overland, Indra , Bjørn Brunstad, Eivind Magnus, Philip Swanson, Geir Hønneland (2004). Big Oil Playground, Russian Bear Preserve or European Periphery? . Delft, Ebyron Academic Publishers/ECON. 112 pages.
Working Papers
- Overland, Indra , Kyrre Brækhus (2007). A Match made in Heaven?: Strategic Convergence between China and Russia. NUPI Working Paper: 717. 28 pages. Evaluates to what extent Russia and China have a convergence of strategic interests and whether or not this leads to cooperation.
- Haslie, Anita , Indra Overland (2006). Norges bistand til urfolk: En realitetsorientering. NUPI Working Paper: 708. 31 pages. En studie av norsk bistand til urfolk, med utgangspunkt i NORADs statistiske materiale.
- Torjesen, Stina , Indra Overland (2006). The battle for Azerbaijan: Azeri perspectives on the international election observation of the 2005 parliamentary elections and the post-election period. NUPI Working Paper: 697. 150 pages. Six articles on the international observation mission to Azerbaijan for the election on 9. November 2005.
- Torjesen, Stina , Indra Overland (2006). Observing or participating in regime change?: Kyrgyz perspectives on the role of international election observation missions in 2005. NUPI Working Paper: 696. 61 pages. An analysis of the role played by international election observation mission in Kyrgyzstan in 2005, and the events that lead to the toppling of Askar Akaev.