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I am currently working on a PhD studying the effects of civil war on maternal and child health. Wars kill, before, during, and after military operations. Before the actual conflict starts, military expenditures often rise and divert resources from health services and medical care. During conflict, both soldiers and civilians suffer from morbidity and mortality directly inflicted by firearms and other tools of violence. In addition, major losses of life and negative health effects stem from indirect and unintended consequences of armed conflict. The health consequences, in turn, further hamper development and contribute to the ‘conflict trap’.

Former studies on the causes and effects of civil war have focused on the nation-state and have employed country-level data. However, battles may take place within a geographically limited area and have local effects, which it is not possible to study using the current country-average data. Similarly, conflicts do not necessarily follow state boundaries, and should not be treated independently of neighbouring and regional dynamics.

The Phd focuses on sub-Saharan Africa, and I combine cross-country studies with DHS data with field work from two different locations in Sudan (Juba and Magwe).


Languages spoken:

Norwegian, English, French, and Spanish

Working experience:

From October 2006: PhD candidate (research associate) at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences

November 2004-September 2006: Research assistant at the Centre for the Study of Civil War

June-October 2004: Research assistant at the Nasjonalt kompetansesenter for aldersdemens, where I cowrote a research report on people with learning disabilities and their ageing processes.

January-March 2004: Campaign coordinator for Human-Etisk Forbund. I was coordinating the activities of 400 confimants in Oslo who collected money for development projects in India.

October-December 2003: Research assistant at the Centre for the Study of Civil War, where I updated a conflict database under the supervision of Centre director Scott Gates.

I worked as a teaching assistant in statistics in the spring 2002 at the University of Oslo.


In my spare time I am an active member of Norske Leger mot Atomvåpen, the Norwegian affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. We are currently focusing on a new campaign to ban nuclear weapons and continuing the work against the uncontrolled spread of small arms and light weapons.

I have also been chair of the board at Norsk Fredssenter (Norwegian Peace Centre). The centre is currently focusing its activities on teaching issues related to conflict resolution, human rights and democracy, as well as interacting with young Afghan refugees in Norway to see how they can participate in rebuilding Afghanistan.

 

Education:

2000-2003: Hovedfag (Master´s degree) in sociology at the University of Oslo, with theory courses from Northwestern University, USA.

1999: Cand. Mag. (Bachelor´s degree) from the University of Oslo including the subjects psychology, medicine and sociology.


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Peer-reviewed-Journal-Article

Jackson, Thomas;de Soysa, Indra; & Ormhaug, Christin Marsh (2010) Tools of the Torturer? Small Arms Imports and Repression of Human rights, 1992-2004 , The International Journal of Human Rights 14(3): 378 – 393.
de Soysa, Indra;Jackson, Thomas; & Ormhaug, Christin Marsh (2009) Does Globalization Profit the Small Arms Bazaar? , International Interactions 35(1): 85–105.
Valenti, Maria Valenti;Ormhaug, Christin Marsh;Mtonga, Robert E.; & Loretz, John (2007) Armed Violence: A Health Problem, A Public Health Approach , Journal of Public Health Policy 28(4): 389–400.

Book Chapter

Ormhaug, Christin Marsh(2009) Maternal Health in the Aftermath of Civil Conflict : .
Ormhaug, Christin Marsh(2009) Maternal Health in the Aftermath of Civil Conflict : .

Popular Article

Ormhaug, Christin Marsh; & Marsh, Nicholas (2006) Kontroll med våpenhandelen? [Control over the Arms Trade?], Dagbladet, 23 October.

Master Thesis

Ormhaug, Christin Marsh (2003) Imports of small arms by Latin American countries. MA thesis, Supervisors: Nils Petter Gleditsch, PRIO, Pål Meland, UiO (completed 15 September 2003), University of Oslo, .

Conference Paper

Ormhaug, Christin Marsh 2010 Civil War and Child Health, presented at Standing Group on International Relations, , 9 September.
Ormhaug, Christin Marsh 2009 The Impact of Civil Conflicts on Maternal Health Care in Sub Saharan Africa, presented at Annual conference of the Norwegian Association for Development Research, , 24 November.
Ormhaug, Christin Marsh 2007 ACLED - Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset, presented at 2nd Annual Workshop on Households in Conflict Network, , 20 January.
Ormhaug, Christin Marsh 2007 Disaggregating Conflict Data – Coding Challenges, presented at the 48th Annual Metting of the International Studies Association, , 28 February – 3 March.
de Soysa, Indra;Jackson, Thomas; & Ormhaug, Christin Marsh 2007 Death Wish? Globalization and the Proliferation of Small Arms, 1992–2003, presented at the 48th Annual Metting of the International Studies Association, , 28 February–3 March.
Ormhaug, Christin Marsh 2006 Democracy, Human Rights, and Demand for Small Arms in Latin America, presented at Polarization And Conflict conference, , 26 April.
Ormhaug, Christin Marsh 2006 Health Consequences of Civil War, presented at the Oslo GROW-net Workshop, , 10–11 February.
Ormhaug, Christin Marsh 2006 Democracy, Human Rights, and Demand for Small Arms in Latin America, 4 January.

PRIO Paper

Ormhaug, Christin Marsh;Meier, Patrick; & Hernes, Helga (2009) Armed Conflict Deaths Disaggregated by Gender, PRIO Paper, : PRIO.