Kristian Berg Harpviken

Research Professor (affiliated)

Mobile phone: +47 920 61 861

Research Interests

As of 1 January 2025, Kristian Berg Harpviken is Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute. He retains an affiliation to PRIO as Research Professor.

Kristian Berg Harpviken
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Publications
Blog posts

PRIO Blogs

Friday, 6 Aug 2021

Zaatari refugee camp Jordan. Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The Plight of Syrian Refugees

The plight of Syrian refugees is worsening day by day. They face increasing pressure in all of the primary host countries. The route to a safe haven in Europe is closed. Returning to a Syria in ruins, where the conflict remains unresolved, is seen by most refugees as far too ...

PRIO Blogs

Thursday, 4 Jul 2019

Photo: ResoluteSupportMedia / Flickr / CC BY 2.0. ResoluteSupportMedia / Flickr / CC BY 2.0

Beyond False Dichotomies in Debates on Migration

Is there really an inherent conflict between pursuing national interests and acting in globally responsible ways on migration? We call for a debate that moves beyond an artificial dichotomy between the “headless heart” and the “heartless head”. A good start would be to acknowledge the salience and value of binding ...

Policy brief

2016

Syria’s Internally Displaced and the Risk of Militarization

PRIO Policy Brief

Journal article

2012

The Transnationalization of the Taliban

Journal article in International Area Studies Review

Report – external series

2008

From 'Refugee Warriors' to 'Returnee Warriors: Militant Homecoming in Afghanistan and Beyond

Global Migration and Transnational Politics Working Paper

Master thesis

2009

From Context of Flight to Characteristics of Exile : Iraqi refugees and Syrian security

Master thesis

PRIO Blogs

Tuesday, 3 Apr 2018

Hungarian-Serbian border barrier being built in 2015. Délmagyarország / Schmidt Andrea. CC BY-SA 3.0

Popular Anti-Immigration Movements – and the Response of Democracy

All across Europe, we see growing opposition to immigration. Tough measures imposed by governments are limiting immigration but are not having the same effect on opposition to immigration. Mounting polarization is putting Europe’s democracies as well as European cooperation to the test. I recently visited Warsaw, and then travelled on ...

Journal article

2014

Split Return: Transnational Household Strategies in Afghan Repatriation

Journal article in International Migration

Monograph

2009

Social Networks and Migration in Wartime Afghanistan

Monograph

Master thesis

2019

Transit Migration as Opportunity for Rebel Organizations: A Mixed Methods Analysis of the Sahel

Master thesis

Policy brief

2016

Exile Socialization

PRIO Policy Brief

Conflating Spaces: Syrian Rebels and Refugees in South Turkey

What is Special about Refugee Warriors?

Conference paper

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