People
Roger Mac Ginty – Professor
Nils Vidar Vambheim – Emeritus Professor
Marcela Douglas Aranibar – Head of Centre (Associate Professor)
- Culture of memory and collective trauma
- Totalitarian societies and propaganda
- How to communicate and teach about sensitive topics
- Minority studies
- Visual communication and research
- Mental health
Mohammad Musfequs Salehin – Associate Professor
Salehin Mohammad is an Associate Professor and Academic Coordinator of the Master of Peace and Conflict Transformation Program (MPCT) at the Center for Peace Studies (CPS), University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway. Salehin holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Sydney (Australia), an MPhil in Peace and Conflict Transformation from the University of Tromsø (Norway). He has taught at the University of Sydney, University of Bergen, and Bangladesh Agricultural University. He has published on gender, (faith-based) development, Islam, democracy, NGOs, terrorism, human security, and governance. His research interest also includes migration and refugee issues, citizenship and minority issues.
Latest book:
Gendered Vulnerabilities and Violence in Forced Migration: The Rohingya from Myanmar (2024, Palgrave Macmillan Cham)
Mizanur Rahman – Research Fellow (PhD)
Stein Tønnesson – Research Professor Emeritus
Cedric H. de Coning – Research Professor in the Research Group on Peace, Conflict and Development
Joakim Arnøy – PhD student
Jemima García-Godos – Professor
Christine Smith-Simonsen – Associate Professor in History
Current:
- The Finnmark Race
- Representations of Lakota History
Recurrent:
- African History
- African Horn
- Eritrea
- North-South Relations
- Post-Colonialism
- Aid Cooperation
- Peace Mediation
- Migration
- Indigenous Issues
- Gender Perspectives
- Hegemonies of Western Education
Shukurah Oluwatobi Lawal – Higher Executive Officer
Arne Strand – Senior Researcher
Norunn Grande – Special advisor/Acting Director
Zerihun Woldeselassie – Associate Professor
