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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Contact
For general inquiries, please contact Heini í Skorini (heinis@setur.fo). For questions about a specific topic, feel free to contact one of experts below.
Our people
Ragnheiður Bogadóttir, PhD
Associate Professor in Social Sciences
Research interests: Political Ecology, Sustainability Science, Environmental History, Ecological Economics, Economic Anthropology, Environmental Justice, Social Metabolism, Blue Economy
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Hans Ellefsen, PhD
Vice Dean, Associate Professor in Economics
Research interests: Game Theory, Fisheries, Shared Fish Stocks, Allocation of Fishing Rights
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Robert Imre, PhD
Associate Professor in International Relations
Research interests: Small States, Food Security, Peace Studies, Modern War Strategy, Non-Traditional Security Studies, Hybrid Threats, Nationalism, Political Communication, Political Theory, Political Violence.
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Runa Preeti Ísfeld, PhD
Teaching Lecturer
Research Interests: Migration, Gender, Masculinity, Communication and Culture in International Relations, Nationalism, Small-Scale Societies.
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Kristian Joensen
Teaching Lecturer in Law
Research Interests: Legal Theory, Constitutional Theory and Law, Federal and Autonomy Systems, Administrative Law, Comparative Law
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Jens Christian Svabo Justinussen, PhD
Associate Professor in Political Science
Research interests: Faroese Paradiplomacy, Social Dilemmas, Security, Environment, The Arctic.
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Rógvi Olavson
Doctoral Candidate in Politics and Public Administration
Research interests: Crisis management and governance, Small state politics and resilience, Policy analysis and public administration, Media systems and political communication.
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Elisabeth Skarðhamar Olsen, PhD
Assistant Professor in Social Sciences
Research interests: Political Ecology, Sustainability, Global Inequality, Environmental Justice, Critical Food Geography, Heterodox Economics, Participatory and Decolonial Research Methodologies.
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Heini í Skorini, PhD
Vice Dean, Associate Professor in International Politics
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).
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Hans Andrias Sølvará, PhD
Professor in History
Research interests: Modern Faroese History in a Nordic Context, Danish-Faroese Relations, The Arctic Region, History of Russo-Ukrainian Relations, Historical Method
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Tór Marni Weihe
Doctoral Candidate in International Politics
Research interests: International and North Atlantic Security, Strategic Studies, Foreign Policy Analysis, Political Theory, Intellectual History, Russian Foreign Policy, Russian Grand Strategy
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