nupi.no / Activities / Department for Russian and Eurasian Studies / Stina Torjesen
Stina Torjesen
[Research Fellow]
E-post:
stSPAMFILTER@nupi.no
Direkte:
(+47) 22 99 40 24
Mobil:
(+47)408 27 406
Postadresse:
Pb 8159 Dep, 0033 Oslo
Besøksadresse:
C.J. Hambros plass 2 D
[CV]
[Download High Resolution Photos]
News
- [2007-07-04]
- PhD thesis at University of Oxford
- [2007-08-23]
- Publishing a NUPI-report on policy operations for democratication initiatives in UN Peace Operations
- [2007-09-26]
- The Peace and Conflict Journal IRINI: Speech on 'Transition from war economy to peace economy', cultural evening, Universitas
Current research
Has finalised her PhD-thesis at University of Oxford entitled Understanding regional co-operation in Central Asia 1991-2004. Also participating in the project The Caspian Sea Petroleum Region.
Formal education
- [2003]
- Master of Pilosophy, International Relations, University of Oxford
- [2003-]
- Working on PhD thesis
Professional experience
- [2000-2001]
- UNV Gender Specialist, UNDP Kazakhstan
- [2003-]
- Research fellow at NUPI
- [2003-2004]
- Small Arms Survey - fieldwork and report: Tajikistan og Kyrgyzstan
Publications
Articles (in books and journals)
- Torjesen, Stina , S. Neil MacFarlane (2007). R before D: the case of post conflict reintegration in Tajikistan, in Conflict, Security and Development, vol. 7, no. 2, June 2007 . Routledge.p. 311-332. The article assesses Tajikistan’s post-war demobilisation and reintegration process and highlights how stakes in the peace were created for the warring factions.
Books and reports
- Torjesen, Stina , Katarina Ammitzbøll (2007). Maximum or minimum? Policy options for democratisation initiatives in UN Peace Operations. Oslo, NUPI. 63 pages. This report outlines the different policy options facing the UN in relation to democratisation efforts in UN peace operations.
- Torjesen, Stina , Christina Wille, S. Neil MacFarlane (2005). Tajikistan's Road to Stability. Geneva, Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute of International Studies. 125 pages. An Occasional Paper of the Small Arms Survey.
Working Papers
- Torjesen, Stina (2006). The political economy of Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR). NUPI Working Paper: 709. 18 pages. Discusses the dilemma between the need to engage former combatants and the danger of giving them too important a role in and thereby endangering reconstruction.
- 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.