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Kristian Berg Harpviken

is the Director of the International Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) . Harpviken is a sociologist, whose research interests include the dynamics of civil war (mobilisation, conflict resolution, post-war reconstruction and peacebuilding); migration and transnational communities; and methodology in difficult contexts. He has a particular interest in Afghanistan and its neighbourhood. He is the author of Social Networks and Migration in Wartime Afghanistan , (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).

Research areas: Asia

Publications

Taking Stock: Madrasa Reform in Pakistan: Kaja Borchgrevink , Kristian Berg Harpviken 6 July 2011
Searching for the roots of terrorism after the attacks of 9/11, the world’s attention turned to Pakistan and to Pakistan’s religious schools, the “madrasas”. This put pressure on the Pakistani government to reform the madrasas and ignited a long standing debate on the role of religious education in Pakistan and its links to radicalisat... more
Afghanistan’s religious landscape: politicising the sacred: Kaja Borchgrevink , Kristian Berg Harpviken 24 March 2010
Afghanistan’s three decades of war have seen an intense politicisation of religion. Kaja Borchgrevink and Kristian Berg Harpviken track the impact of a complex process on the main religious groups, and identify the opportunities and challenges for reconciliation and statebuilding that follow. more