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Kaja Borchgrevink
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Email: kaja@prio.no
Work phone: 22 54 77 76
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Kaja Borchgrevink has a background from Development Studies and practical development work in South Asia. Her main research focus is on peacebuilding, civil society and religion in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Currently she is researching religious education in Afghanistan and transnational connections between religious seminaries (madaris) in Afghanistan and Pakistan.  She has recently completed a study of the relationship between civil society and peace building in Afghanistan, under and after the Taliban, and lead the the joint CMI-PRIO project on 'Religious Civil Society in Afghanistan'. A study of the role and significance of religious groups and networks in relation to efforts to build and support the development of Afghan civil society in the context of peace and reconstruction processes in post-Taliban Afghanistan.

 

Work experience:

2006: Researcher, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO)

2004 – 2005: Programme Grant Officer, Aga Khan Foundation – Afghanistan

2003 – 2004: Programme Officer, Small Grants Programme Unit, UNDP Pakistan

2001– 2003: Programme Officer, Sustainable Livelihoods Unit, UNDP Pakistan

2001: Intern, Orangi Pilot Project Research an Training Institute (OPP-RTI), Pakistan

 

Education:

2000: MSc Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK.

1999: Cand. mag. in Hindi-Urdu language studies, History of Religion, South Asia Studies and International Human Rights, University of Oslo.

 

Languages spoken:

English (proficient)

Hindi and Urdu (conversational)

Dari (learning)

Norwegian (native)

 

Books and reports
Borchgrevink, Kaja & Kristian Berg Harpviken, 2010. 'Afghanistan’s Religious Landscape: Politicising the Sacred', Noref Policy Brief. Oslo: Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre.
Borchgrevink, Kaja, 2007. 'Religious Actors and Civil Society in Post-2001 Afghanistan', PRIO Paper. Oslo: PRIO.
Borchgrevink, Kaja, 2007. 'Religious Actors and Civil Society in Post-2001 Afghanistan', PRIO Paper. Oslo: PRIO.
Strand, Arne & Kaja Borchgrevink, 2006. 'Review of Norwegian Earthquake Assistance to Pakistan 2005 and 2006'. Bergen: Chr. Michelsens Institute.
Borchgrevink, Kaja; Kristian Berg Harpviken, Kanishka Nawabi, Mirwais Wardak & Arne Strand, 2007. 'Disconnected and Discounted? Religious actors and Civil Society in Post - 2001 Afghanistan', PRIO-CPAU-CMI Policy Brief. Oslo/Bergen: PRIO, CPAU & CMI .
Articles
Borchgrevink, Kaja & Kristian Berg Harpviken, 2010. 'Afghanistan: Civil Society Between Modernity and Tradition' in Thania Paffenholz , ed., Civil Society and Peacebuilding: A Critical Assessment. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner (235–257).
Borchgrevink, Kaja, 2009. 'Afghanistan: Justice Sector Reform' in Oliver P. Richmond, Edward Newman & Roland Paris, eds, New Perspectives on Liberal Peacebuilding. Tokyo: United Nations University Press (178–200).
Harpviken, Kristian Berg & Kaja Borchgrevink, 2009. 'A Muted Voice? Religious Actors and Civil Society in Post-2001 Afghanistan', Afghanistan Info, 15 March.
Borchgrevink, Kaja, 2009. 'Negotiating Justice Sector Reform in Afghanistan', Crime, Law and Social Change 51(2): 211–130.
Other
Borchgrevink, Kaja & Kristian Berg Harpviken, 2008. 'Afghan Civil Society: Caught in Conflicting Agendas', presented at International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Fransisco, CA, 27 March.