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Hanne Eggen Røislien
Guest Researcher, PhD Candidate
Email: hanne@prio.no
Work phone: +4722547788
Mobile phone: +4795792828
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Attached to the research project "Comparative Ethics of War" at the Ethics, Norms and Identities (ENI) programe. Also part of the "Missing Peace: Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding in the Middle East"-group.


The doctoral dissertation is on the worldview of the Israel Defense Force, and is based on a series of interviews with IDF soldiers. Research also on settlement issues and settler movement in the West Bank. General focus on the Middle East, Israeli politics, religion, military studies, Israeli settlements, conflict, and culture.

Languages spoken:

Norwegian, English, German, Hebrew, Spanish

 

Work experience:

Since April 2007: Guest Researcher and PhD-Fellow at PRIO

2006: Lecturer, Religious Studies, NTNU
2004-2005: Researcher, PRIO
2004: Seminar Leader, Culture Studies [Kulturstudier], Pondicherry, India
2003: Research Officer, UN OCHA/UNOHCI, Kuwait and Iraq
2002 - 2003: Student Scholarship at PRIO
2001 - 2002: Research Officer, Press and Info Officer, Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH)
1998: Internship, Fafo, Jerusalem

Language studies in Jerusalem and fieldwork experience from Israel/West Bank and Iraq. Various internships for NGOs, e.g. Norwegian Human Rights Fund, Fafo, and Amnesty International.

 

Education:

2007 (winter semester): Visiting PhD-Fellow, University of Chicago

Since 2006: PhD-fellow in Religious Studies, NTNU.

Cand.Philol. (MA), University of Oslo, History of Religion, 2002.

Cand.Mag. (BA), University of Oslo (History of Religion and Sociology) and University of Copenhagen (International Relations and Middle East Studies), 1997.

Events

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Books and reports
Røislien, Hanne Eggen, 2006. Bosettere på hellig grunn: En reise blant jødiske nybyggere [On Holy Ground: A Journey Among the Jewish Settlers of the Middle East]. Oslo: PAX.
Harpviken, Kristian Berg & Hanne Eggen Røislien, 2005. 'Mapping the Terrain: The Role of Religion in Peacemaking'. Oslo: International Peace Research Institute: 32.
Articles
Røislien, Hanne Eggen & Jo Røislien, 2010. 'The Logic of Palestinian Terrorist Target Choice? Examining the Israel Defense Forces' Official Statistics on Palestinian Terrorist Attacks 2000-2004', Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 33(2): 134–148.
Røislien, Hanne Eggen, 2009. 'Får han superkrefter nå? Nobel-prisen hjelper ikke Obama i Midtøsten.' [Does He Get Superpowers Now? The Nobel Prize Won't Help Obama in the Middle East], VG, 17 October.
Harpviken, Kristian Berg & Hanne Eggen Røislien, 2008. 'Faithful Brokers? Potentials and Pitfalls of Religion in Peacemaking', Conflict Resolution Quarterly 25(3): 351–373.
Røislien, Hanne Eggen, 2007. 'Living with Contradiction: Examining the Worldview of the Jewish Settlers', International Journal of Conflict & Violence 1(2): 169–184.
Røislien, Hanne Eggen, 2007. 'Religionens fornyede rolle' [The Renewed Role of Religion], Aftenposten, 16 January.
Røislien, Hanne Eggen, 2006. 'Religion is Not Just Religion', Global Knowledge(1), June.
Røislien, Hanne Eggen, 2005. 'For Gud, stat og fedreland. Bosetterne på Vestbredden og i Øst-Jerusalem' [For God, State and Fatherland. Settlers in the West Bank and in East Jerusalem], Internasjonal Politikk 5: 517–535.
Røislien, Hanne Eggen, 2005. 'Da Gud ikke kom' [When God Didn't Arrive], Morgenbladet, 16-22 September.
Røislien, Hanne Eggen, 2005. 'Med Gud i Gaza' [With God in Gaza], Dagbladet, 12 August.
Røislien, Hanne Eggen, 2004. 'Leder: Vold - Finnes det bra og dårlig kultur?' [Leader: Violence - Justifiable or Mad Culture], Din. Tidsskrift for religion og kultur 1: 1, December.
Røislien, Hanne Eggen, 2004. 'Lysglimt i Israel: Rabbis for Human Rights' [A Glimmer of Hope in Israel: Rabbis for Human Rights], Amnesty Nytt 1 (2), December.
Røislien, Hanne Eggen, 2004. 'Hvem eier hellig land? Et blikk på verdensbildet til de jødiske nybyggerne i Hebron' [Who Owns Holy land? A Look at the Worldview of the Jewish Settlers in Hebron], Babylon - tidsskrift om Midtøsten og Nord-Afrika 1(2): 54–59.
Røislien, Hanne Eggen, 2004. 'En Kamp for Frelsen: En analyse av det jødiske nybyggersamfunnet i Hebron' [A Battle for Redemption: An Analysis of the Jewish Settler Community in Hebron], Din. Tidsskrift for religion og kultur 1: 54–63, April.
Røislien, Hanne Eggen, 2004. 'Når Kardemommeloven svikter: om shiitisk maktposisjonering i Irak, og om historien som gjentar seg selv' [When the Cardamom Law Fails: On Shiite Power in Iraq and History that Repeats Itself], Din. Tidsskrift for religion og kultur 1: 25–31, April.
Røislien, Hanne Eggen, 2003. 'Israelske bosettinger og menneskerettighetene' [Israeli Settlements and Human Rights], Dagbladet, 5 October.
Other
Røislien, Hanne Eggen, 2002. 'Obligations of a Sacred Place: An Analysis of How the Jewish Community of Hebron Legitimises its Disputed Presence', History of Religion, University of Oslo. Defended December.