Who are we?
The Faroese Centre for International Affairs provides analysis of current international affairs and security issues of relevance for the Faroe Islands and promotes a debate among academics, public institutions, private sector and the wider public. The purpose is to contribute to debate about international affairs and security in the Faroe Islands and in the High North.
The centre is housed at the Department of History and Social Science at the University of the Faroe Islands in Tórshavn.
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Our people
Ragnheiður Bogadóttir, PhD
Associate Professor in Social Sciences
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Research interests: Political Ecology, Sustainability Science, Environmental History, Ecological Economics, Economic Anthropology, Environmental Justice, Social Metabolism, Blue Economy
Hans Ellefsen, PhD
Vice Dean, Associate Professor in Economics
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Research interests: Game Theory, Fisheries, Shared Fish Stocks, Allocation of Fishing Rights
Robert Imre, PhD
Associate Professor in International Relations
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Research interests: Small States, Food Security, Peace Studies, Modern War Strategy, Non-Traditional Security Studies, Hybrid Threats, Nationalism, Political Communication, Political Theory, Political Violence.
Runa Preeti Ísfeld, PhD
Teaching Lecturer
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Research Interests: Migration, Gender, Masculinity, Communication and Culture in International Relations, Nationalism, Small-Scale Societies.
Kristian Joensen
Teaching Lecturer in Law
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Research Interests: Legal Theory, Constitutional Theory and Law, Federal and Autonomy Systems, Administrative Law, Comparative Law
Jens Christian Svabo Justinussen, PhD
Associate Professor in Political Science
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Research interests: Faroese Paradiplomacy, Social Dilemmas, Security, Environment, The Arctic.
Rógvi Olavson
Doctoral Candidate in Politics and Public Administration
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Research interests: Crisis management and governance, Small state politics and resilience, Policy analysis and public administration, Media systems and political communication,
Elisabeth Skarðhamar Olsen
Doctoral Candidate in Human Geography
Teaching Lecturer in Social Sciences
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Research interests: Political Ecology, Sustainability, Global Inequality, Environmental Justice, Critical Food Geography, Heterodox Economics, Participatory and Decolonial Research Methodologies.
Heini í Skorini, PhD
Vice Dean, Associate Professor in International Politics
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Research interests: International Relations, Human Rights, Religion, Freedom of Expression, Censorship, Geopolitics in the Arctic and North Atlantic region, The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the United Nations (UN).
Hans Andrias Sølvará, PhD
Professor in History
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Research interests: Modern Faroese History in a Nordic Context, Danish-Faroese Relations, The Arctic Region, History of Russo-Ukrainian Relations, Historical Method
Tór Marni Weihe
Doctoral Candidate in International Politics
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Research interests: International and North Atlantic Security, Strategic Studies, Foreign Policy Analysis, Political Theory, Intellectual History, Russian Foreign Policy, Russian Grand Strategy