Nina Græger

Nina Græger

Head of Department, Professor

  • Department of Political Science, Management

    Øster Farimagsgade 5, 4.2., Building: 04-2-12

    1353 København K

    Phone: +4535337662Mobile: +4593516018

Nina Græger holds an MSc in Economics (Cand. Polit.) from the Department of Political Science at the University of Oslo in 1994 (in Denmark known as Cand. Scient. Pol) and a PhD (dr. polit.) from the same place in 2007 with the dissertation Norwegian Defence Discourse 1990-2005: The Internationalization of the Armed Forces. The dissertation analyses the internationalisation and restructuring of the armed forces and defense policy in the period 1990-2005 from a discourse- and practice-theory perspective.

Research career

  • The Norwegian Atlantic Committee (similarly Atlantic Association), 1991-1992
  • Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), 1993-1998
  • Norwegian Utenrikspolitisk Institutt (NUPI), 1998-2019
  • Norwegian University of Environment and Bioscience (NMBU), affiliated as teacher, course organizer, supervisor, sensor, MA programme in International Relations, 2013-2017

She has had editor roles on several special publications, books, and reports, including:

- 2018- present: Member of the Editorial Board of Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies

- 2023- present: Member of the Editorial Board of Cooperation and Conflict

- 2018- present: President of the Nordic International Studies Association (NISA), with overall responsibility for editorial development, finances, and appointment of editors for the journal Cooperation and Conflict (SAGE)

- 2018- 2020: Member of the editorial board of International Political Science

- 2005-2014: Co-editor of International Peacekeeping (Routledge)

Nina Græger has extensive experience in obtaining external funding and managing heavy research projects with national and international consortia, such as:

- 2015-2018: The Duty of Care: Protecting Citizens Abroad (DoC: PRO), funded by the Research Council of Norway (PI)

- 2006-2008: The strategic programme "Hegemony and World Order", funded by the Research Council of Norway (PI)

- 2010-2015: EUPERFORM - Measuring the EU's Performance in International Institutions, funded by the European Science Foundation (national PI)

- 2011-2015: GR:EEN - Global Reordering: Evolution through European Networks, funded by the 7th EU Council Framework programme (work package coordinator for 16 participants from eight countries)

- 2020-2023: E-NOTE - European Network on Teaching Excellence, funded by the EU's ERASMUS+ research collaboration grant (national PI)

- 2024-2026: CEE Security Hub - A critical relational perspective on peace & security in Central and Eastern Europe, funded by Horizon Europe (Widera) (co-applicant and partner)

Nina Grægers full Curriculum Vitae can be read and downloaded here

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