Iver B. Neumann
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Iver Brynild Neumann is a Norwegian political scientist and social anthropologist. He is a professor of Russian studies at the University of Oslo
and has been research director at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs since 2008.
Neumann obtained his first DPhil in Politics from Oxford University in 1991. His dissertation was entitled 'The Russian Debate about Europe - 1800- 1991'. He later pursued a second DPhil, this time in Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo. In 2009, he defended his dissertation 'Diplomats and Diplomacy: An Anthropological View'.
Neumann was editor of the Norwegian IR journal Internasjonal politikk from 1993 to 1995, and Cooperation and Conflict: Nordic journal of international relations from 1999 to 2003.
Neumann became the focus of public debate in early August 2010 for criticizing the local opposition to a new main power supply running through the fjord area of Hardanger
. This created an outcry in Western Norway, and Neumann's claim was dismissed as "arrogance" by the leader of the conservative party and as "nonsense" by a leading economist and a fellow political scientist.
Political history
Byzantine diplomacy
English school of international relations theory
University of Oslo
The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...
and has been research director at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs since 2008.
Neumann obtained his first DPhil in Politics from Oxford University in 1991. His dissertation was entitled 'The Russian Debate about Europe - 1800- 1991'. He later pursued a second DPhil, this time in Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo. In 2009, he defended his dissertation 'Diplomats and Diplomacy: An Anthropological View'.
Neumann was editor of the Norwegian IR journal Internasjonal politikk from 1993 to 1995, and Cooperation and Conflict: Nordic journal of international relations from 1999 to 2003.
Neumann became the focus of public debate in early August 2010 for criticizing the local opposition to a new main power supply running through the fjord area of Hardanger
Hardanger
Hardanger is a traditional district in the western part of Norway, dominated by the Hardangerfjord. It consists of the municipalities of Odda, Ullensvang, Eidfjord, Ulvik, Granvin, Kvam and Jondal, and is located inside the county of Hordaland....
. This created an outcry in Western Norway, and Neumann's claim was dismissed as "arrogance" by the leader of the conservative party and as "nonsense" by a leading economist and a fellow political scientist.
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Norwegian Institute of International AffairsPolitical history
Political history
Political history is the narrative and analysis of political events, ideas, movements, and leaders. It is distinct from, but related to, other fields of history such as Diplomatic history, social history, economic history, and military history, as well as constitutional history and public...
Byzantine diplomacy
Byzantine diplomacy
Byzantine diplomacy concerns the principles, methods, mechanisms, ideals, and techniques that the Byzantine Empire espoused and used in order to negotiate with other states and to promote the goals of its foreign policy...
English school of international relations theory