Kjell Erling Kjellman

Senior Researcher, Project Leader AMAC

Kjell Erling Kjellman left PRIO in 2010. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.

Research Interests

The AMAC project is currently examining the role of mine action in broader peacebuilding initiatives, and is undertaking an analysis of national ownership of mine action programs.

Background

Working experience:

2006 - Senior Researcher, Project Leader, Assistance to Mine-Affected Communities (AMAC), International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO).

2001 - 2006, Research Fellow, Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo.

2000 - 2001, Researcher, Assistance to Mine-Affected Communities (AMAC), International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO).

Education:

2007, Dr. polit, sociology, University of Oslo

2000, Cand. polit, sociology, University of Oslo.

1993, BA, Major in sociology, minor in political science, University of New Mexico.

PRIO Departments

Historical

Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding (1994-2011)

PRIO Projects

Finished:

Assistance to Mine-Affected Communities (AMAC) (project leader)

Events

11 - 12 Dec 2008 – State Failure and Regional Insecurity
16 - 17 Oct 2008 – Transnationalism, Mechanisms and Civil War
Mon, 17 December 2007 – Transnationalism and Civil War
Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:00-17:00 – Clearing the Path for a Better Future
Tue, 18 September 2007 – 10th Anniversary of the Mine Ban Convention

PRIO started tracking events online in 2007. This listing is not complete. Past events may be mentioned in our news archive.

All Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Article

Harpviken, Kristian Berg; Kjell Erling Kjellman; Ananda S. Millard & Arne Strand (2003) Acting as One? Co-ordinating responses to the landmine problem, Third World Quarterly 24(5): 855–871.

Harpviken, Kristian Berg; Ananda S. Millard; Kjell Erling Kjellman & Bernt Skåra (2003) Measures for Mines: Approaches to Impact Assessment in Humanitarian Mine Action, Third World Quarterly 24(5): 889–908.

Kjellman, Kjell Erling; Kristian Berg Harpviken & Ananda S. Millard (2002) Risk Removed? Steps toward Building Trust in Humanitarian Mine Action, Disasters 26(2): 161–174.

PhD Thesis

Kjellman, Kjell Erling (2007) Mobilization and Protest in a Consensus Democracy: Social Movements, the State, and Political Opportunities in Norway. PhD thesis, Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Oslo.

Book Chapter

Kjellman, Kjell Erling & Kristian Berg Harpviken (2010) Civil Society and the State, in Thania Paffenholz , ed., Civil Society and Peacebuilding: a Critical Assessment. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers (29–42).

Kjellman, Kjell Erling; Arne Strand; Ananda S. Millard & Kristian Berg Harpviken (2004) Acting as One? Co-ordinating Responses to the Landmine Problem, in The Future of Humanitarian Mine Action. Basingstoke: Macmillan (79–95).

Kjellman, Kjell Erling; Bernt Skåra; Kristian Berg Harpviken & Ananda S. Millard (2004) Measures for Mines: Approaches to Impact Assessment in Humanitarian Mine Action, in The Future of Humanitarian Mine Action. Basingstoke: Macmillan (113–132).

Conference Paper

Kjellman, Kjell Erling 2008 Exploring Facilitative Conditions for Violent Transnational Mobilization, presented at Transnationalism, Mechanisms and Civil War, , 16–19 October.

Kjellman, Kjell Erling (2007) 10th Anniversary of the Mine Ban ConventionOslo Conference Center, Oslo, 18 September.

PRIO Policy Brief

Wallacher, Hilde & Kjell Erling Kjellman (2009) Integración de la perspectiva de género en actividades relativas a las minas en situaciones de conflicto [Gender Mainstreaming in Mine Action in Conflict], PRIO Policy Brief, 9. Oslo: PRIO.

Wallacher, Hilde & Kjell Erling Kjellman (2008) Gender Mainstreaming in Mine Action in Conflict Situations, PRIO Policy Brief, 10. Oslo: PRIO.

Kjellman, Kjell Erling (2008) National Ownership and Donor Strategies in Mine Action: Challenges and Opportunities, PRIO Policy Brief, 9. Oslo: PRIO.

Kjellman, Kjell Erling & Kristian Berg Harpviken (2006) Meeting the Challenge: National Ownership in Mine Action, PRIO Policy Brief, 1. Oslo: PRIO.

PRIO Paper

Kjellman, Kjell Erling (2008) Conceptualizing National Ownership: The Case of Mine Action, PRIO Paper. Oslo: PRIO.

Report - External Series

Harpviken, Kristian Berg; & Kjell Erling Kjellman (2008) Avtale om klasevåpen [Treaty on Cluster Munitions], Hvor hender det?, 17. Oslo: NUPI.

Harpviken, Kristian Berg; & Kjell Erling Kjellman (2004) Beyond Blueprints: Civil Society and Peacebuilding, Concept Paper commissioned by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD). .