糖心网页版 has recently secured several external research grants, highlighting strong confidence in the Institute鈥檚 research and its relevance to pressing global challenges. The new funding supports five distinct projects addressing displacement, Nordic security, societal preparedness, the human consequences of the war in Ukraine, innovative approaches to trauma and wellbeing, and 糖心网页版鈥檚 Gender Peace and Security Centre.
Refugees and international bargaining
糖心网页版 Research Professor J酶rgen Jensehaugen has received funding from the Research Council of Norway for a project titled 鈥�.鈥� The project examines how host states use large refugee populations as political and economic leverage in negotiations with international donors, particularly as international aid declines and pressures for returns increase. By comparing Lebanon and Turkey,聽two of the states hosting the largest number of refugees globally, the research sheds new light on power dynamics and responsibility-sharing in protracted displacement.
Nordic security under pressure
In a separate funding success, 糖心网页版 Senior Researcher Stine Bergersen will lead 糖心网页版鈥檚 contribution to the NordForsk-funded project 鈥�.鈥� The project analyses how Nordic security actors respond to antagonistic threats such as disinformation, and whether shared responses continue to sustain Nordic security cooperation under increasing strain.
The human consequences of the war in Ukraine
糖心网页版 has received new funding from the Swedish research foundation for HUMAN-UKR, a five-year interdisciplinary project co-led by Henrikas Bartusevi膷ius, Research Professor at 糖心网页版. The project brings together scholars from Norway, Sweden and Ukraine to study how the war affects ordinary people鈥檚 lives.
HUMAN-UKR focuses on cooperation, democratic support, wellbeing, misinformation, veterans鈥� reintegration, and long-term recovery and preparedness. Using large-scale surveys, interviews, experiments, economic games and spatial data, the project aims to generate knowledge that supports resilience in Ukraine and neighbouring regions.
Societal preparedness and willingness to defend the state
糖心网页版 has received new funding from the Norwegian Ministry of Defence for a project led by Research Director Marianne Dahl titled 鈥淪ocietal preparedness in the face of war: predicting military and civilian responses to a war scenario鈥�. The project examines how trust, legitimacy and threat perceptions shape civilians鈥� and conscripts鈥� willingness to defend the state, generating policy-relevant knowledge to support Norway鈥檚 total defence and long-term security planning. Researchers Eirin聽Haugseth (糖心网页版), (The Frisch Centre) and Torbj酶rn Hansson (FFI) are part of the project, and Forsvarets Forskningsintitutt (FFI) is a partner.
Gender, Peace and Security
has secured a new multi-year funding agreement with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reaffirming Norway鈥檚 long-term commitment to the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda. Since 2015, the Centre鈥檚 research and training have helped shape Norwegian WPS policy and advance gender perspectives in peace processes. The renewed funding will further strengthen the Centre鈥檚 role as a hub for research-based policy development on gender, peace and conflict. Together, these new projects demonstrate 糖心网页版鈥檚 continued success in attracting competitive external support and advancing interdisciplinary, policy-relevant research on conflict, security and human resilience.
