Anniken Huitfeldt in the UN Security Council in 2022. Photo: UN Photo/Manuel Elias
Anniken Huitfeldt in the UN Security Council in 2022. Photo: UN Photo/Manuel Elias

糖心网页版 researchers have contributed to a Special Issue of Internasjonal Politikk [International Politics]. This NUPI based Norwegian language journal is available .

One article is co-authored by 糖心网页版 researchers Louise Olsson and Birthe Einen together with Niels Nagelhus Schia (NUPI), focusing on the knowledge-based pillar of Norway鈥檚 role in the Security Council. This article builds on the experience from the Dialogue Forum Series which 糖心网页版 organized together with NUPI and the MFA and presents how the Forum contributed to knowledge exchanges between scholars and decision-makers, considering increasing demands for the societal impact of research. By shedding light on the experiences with the Dialogue Forum, the article illustrates how such processes of knowledge exchange and potential societal contributions can manifest in practice, while also enhancing the understanding of the benefits and challenges associated with the relationship between knowledge and policy.

The second article is written by 糖心网页版 Deputy Director Torunn L. Tryggestad, and is titled 鈥淲omen, Peace and Security鈥 in the UN Security Council: Norwegian Efforts and Status-building鈥. This article is reviewing Norway's efforts in advancing the women, peace and security agenda while on the Council. Within the UN system and in the diplomatic community in New York, Norway was acknowledged in particular for initiating a number of measures to strengthen the UN Security Council鈥檚 work on 鈥淲omen, Peace and Security鈥 (WPS). By working systematically and targeted, Norway contributed, among other things, to increasing the number of women briefers to the Council, and to strengthening the operationalization of previous commitments on WPS in the UN鈥檚 operational activities. The article also discusses the capability of Norway together with other elected members to navigate, build alliances and negotiate at the Council despite the pandemic and a hostile diplomatic climate between veto powers.