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Inger Skjelsbæk
Senior Researcher, Deputy Director
Email: Inger@prio.no
Work Phone:(+47) 22 54 77 51
Mobile Phone:(+47) 924 06 494
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Research project titled Why Rape? Perpetrator, Punishment and Social Narratives, funded by the Research Council of Norway (personal post-doc)
 
Research project titled Gender, Conflict and Peacebuilding, funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
 
Research project titled Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict (SVAC), pilot study funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
 
Book publication, 15 September, 2011:  The Political Psychology of War Rape: Studies from Bosnia and Herzegovina (London: Routledge) http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415671170/
 


Languages spoken:

English, French and German

Working experience:

2011/2012 (summers): Visiting scholar at the Human Rights Center, University of California Berkeley

2009- : Deputy Director at PRIO

2008-2009: Programme Leader of the Ethics, Norms and Identities programme at PRIO

2002-2003: Guest Researcher and Fulbright Scholar at the Institute of Slavic, Eurasian and Eastern European Studies (ISEEES) at the University of California, Berkeley, USA

1996- : Researcher at PRIO

Associate editor of International Feminist Journal of Politics since July 2011

 

Education

2007 Dr. Polit. Degree at the Institute for Psychology, University of Trondheim (NTNU). The title of the Ph.D. dissertation is "Sexual Violence In Time of War: Sexuality, Ethnicity and Gender Diversity in the War in Bosnia-Herzegovina".

1996, Cand. Polit. Degree from the University of Trondheim (NTNU) with a Master’s degree in psychology. The title of the Master’s dissertation was "Women and War: A Qualitative Study of the Construction of Femininity in the Wars in the Former Yugoslavia, El Salvador and Vietnam".

1993, Cand. Mag. Degree from the University of Oslo with the following subjects: English language and literature, French language and literature, Psychology and Social science statistics.



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Peer-reviewed-Journal-Article

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2012) Responsibility to Protect or Prevent? Victims and Perpetrators of Sexual Violence Crimes in Armed Conflicts , Global Responsibility to Protect 4(2): 154–171.
Skjelsbæk, Inger; & Tryggestad, Torunn L. (2011) Kvinner i det norske forsvaret: Likestilling eller operasjonelt imperativ? [Women in the Norwegian Armed Forces: Gender Equality or Operational Imperative?] , Sosiologi I Dag 41(1): 53–75.
Harpviken, Kristian Berg; & Skjelsbæk, Inger (2010) Tilslørt fredspolitikk [Blurred Peace Policy] , Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift 27(4): 379–388.
Skjelsbæk, Inger (2010) The Elephant in the Room: An Overview of How Sexual Violence came to be Seen as a Weapon of War .
Skjelsbæk, Inger; & Tryggestad, Torunn L. (2009) Women in the Norwegian Armed Forces. Gender Equality or Operational Imperative? , Minerva Journal of Women and War 3(2): 34–51.
Skjelsbæk, Inger (2009) Traditions and Transitions: Perceptions of 'Good Womanhood' Among Twenty Bosnian Focus Group Participants , International Feminist Journal of Politics 11(3): 392–411.
Skjelsbæk, Inger (2009) Kjønnsbasert vold i krig: Hvordan få god kunnskap og på hvilken måte? [Gender Based Violence in War: How to get good knowlede and in which ways?] , Sociologi I Dag 39(2): 72–90.
Skjelsbæk, Inger (2006) Victim and Survivor: Narrated Social Identities of Women Who Experienced Rape During the War in Bosnia-Herzegovina , Feminism and Psychology 16(4): 373–403.
Skjelsbæk, Inger (2006) Therapeutic Work With Victims of Sexual Violence in War and Postwar: A Discourse Analysis of Bosnian Experiences , Peace & Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology 12(2): 93–118.
Hostens, Karen;Barth, Elise Fredrikke; & Skjelsbæk, Inger (2004) Gender Aspects of Conflict Interventions: Intended and Unintended Consequences , Report to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs .
Skjelsbæk, Inger;Hostens, Karen; & Barth, Elise Fredrikke (2003) Gender Aspects of Conflict Interventions: Policy Implications of Studies of the TIPH, UNMEE and SFOR .
Skjelsbæk, Inger (2001) Sexual Violence and War: Mapping out a Complex Relationship , European Journal of International Relations 7(2): 211–237.
Skjelsbæk, Inger (2001) Sexual Violence and War: Mapping Out a Complex Relationship , European Journal of International Relations 7(2): 211–237.
Skjelsbæk, Inger (1998) Kjønnsidentitet: Er feminitet iboende fredelig? , Internasjonal Politikk 56(1): 55–74.

Monograph

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2011) The Political Psychology of War Rape: Studies from Bosnia and Herzegovina. : Routledge. War, Politics and Experience.

Book Chapter

Skjelsbæk, Inger(2012) Conceptualizing Sexual Violence Perpetrators in War Understanding and Proving International Sex Crimes. : Torkel Opsahl Academic Epublisher(495–509).
Skjelsbæk, Inger(2011) Sexual Violence in the Post-Yugoslav Wars Women and War: Power and Protection In the 21St Century. : United States Institute of Peace Press(65–84).
Skjelsbæk, Inger(2008) Demokrati og Likestilling [Democracy and Gender Equality] Demokrati: Vilkår Og Virkninger. : (349–365).
Skjelsbæk, Inger(2008) Kjønn og vold i krigssonen Kjønn, Krig Og Konflikt. : .
Skjelsbæk, Inger(2001) Is Femininity Inherently Peaceful? The Construction of Femininity in War Gender, Peace and Conflict. : .
Skjelsbæk, Inger(1999) The Use of Sexual Violence in Times of War: A Review of the Scholarly Literature Women and Armed Conflicts. : (37–70).
Skjelsbæk, Inger(1997) Seksualisert vold som våpen i krig Kvinner, Krise Og Krig (Women, Crisis and War), NUPI Rapport 225. : (47–55).

Edited Volume

Skjelsbæk, Inger;Anderlini, Sanam;Jean Wood, Elizabeth;Brück, Tilman;Vothknecht, Marc; & Steinberg, Donald, eds, (2011) Women and War: Power and Protection in the 21st Century. : United States Institute of Peace. .
Smith, Dan; & Skjelsbæk, Inger, eds, (2001) Gender, Peace and Conflict. : .

Non-refereed_Journal_Article

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2008) Statskvinne med barrierebrytergen. Om forskeren , feministen og politikeren Helga Hernes [Helga Hernes: Researcher, Feminist and Politician] , PROSA 4.
Skjelsbæk, Inger (2006) En Fredsforskers syn på dyd , Minerva 82(1): 29–31.
Skjelsbæk, Inger (2003) The Role of Gender in South Asian Conflict Zones , Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology 9(4): 387–389.
Skjelsbæk, Inger (2003) Seksualisert vold i krig – antakelser og utfordringer [Sexual Violence in War – assumptions and challenges] , Sociologisk Forskning 4(2003): 25–32.

Popular Article

Skjelsbæk, Inger; & Harpviken, Kristian Berg (2011) Gledelig Fredspris [A Peace Prize to Celebrate], Dagbladet, 7 October.
Skjelsbæk, Inger (2011) Norwegians Must Build a Climate of Hope, Not Fear, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 August.
Skjelsbæk, Inger (2011) Barnas usikre verden [Children's Insecure World], Dagsavisen, 5 August.
Skjelsbæk, Inger (2011) Kvinners kropp som slagmark [Women's Bodies as Battlefields], UNICEF Magasinet, February.
Harpviken, Kristian Berg; & Skjelsbæk, Inger (2010) Skjerp fredspolitikken! [Sharpen the Peace Policy!], Aftenposten, 29 November.
Skjelsbæk, Inger (2009) Bare Beskyttelse? [Only Protection?], Dagbladet, 6 October.
Skjelsbæk, Inger (2007) Kvinner i Kamp [Women in Battle], Morgenbladet, 24 August.
Tryggestad, Torunn L.; & Skjelsbæk, Inger (2005) Det kvinnelige sikkerhetsbegrep [The Female Concept of Security], Morgenbladet, 2 December.
Skjelsbæk, Inger (2003) Flere kvinner i forsvaret [More women in the military], Dagbladet, 22 December.

PRIO Report

Skjelsbæk, Inger (1999) Sexual Violence in Times of War. An Annotated Bibliography4. : PRIO.
Skjelsbæk, Inger (1997) Gendered Battlefields. A Gender Analysis of Peace and Conflict6. : PRIO.

Master Thesis

Krampe, Florian (2009) Changing Identity - Belligerents Transformation towards Reconciliation. An explorative study on Zimbabwe and South Africa. MA thesis, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, .

PRIO Policy Brief

Chun, Suk; & Skjelsbæk, Inger (2010) Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts 1. : PRIO.

PRIO Paper

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2007) Gender Aspects of International Military Interventions: National and International Perspectives, PRIO Paper, September. : PRIO.

Book Review

Skjelsbæk, Inger(2007) Review of Innocent Women and Children: Gender Norms and the Protection of Civilians 345–347.