Morten Bøås

Head of research
Dr. Polit. (Ph.D), Political Science, University of Oslo

E-mail: morten.boas@fafo.no

Tel: +47 22088626

Work areas:
Central and West Africa; Southeast Asia; Conflict, Security and Development; Regions and Regionalisation; Multilateral Institutions and Development

Selected publications

Bøås, M., H. Flatø, A. Hatløy, J. Pedersen and Å. Tiltnes (2011), Stakeholders surveys in fragile countries. Fafo-paper 2011:17

Bøås, M., H. Flatø, A. Hatløy, J. Pedersen and Å. Tiltnes (2011), Polling for peace and security. Pre-election and post-election polling in fragile and precarious situations. Fafo-paper 2011:15

Bøås, M. and A. Hatløy (2010), "Å klamre seg til makten." Commentary in Dagsavisen

Bøås, Morten (2010), "Reintegration oder erneute Marginalisierung von Jugendlichen? Demobilisierung in Liberia." In Reihe Eine Welt, Bd. 24: Jugendliche in gewaltsamen Lebenswelten. Wege aus den Kreisläufen der Gewalt

Bjørkhaug, Ingunn, Kathleen M. Jennings and Morten Bøås (2010), Mapping and assessment of national, bilateral and multilateral actors’ support to work against sexual based violence in the Great Lakes region in Africa. Norad Report 12/2010 Discussion

Bull, Benedicte and Morten Bøås (eds) (2010), «Den onde, den gode og den dumme.» Arr Idéhistorisk tidsskrift, 1

Bull, Benedicte and Morten Bøås (eds) (2010), International Development. Sage Library of International Relations

Bøås, M. (2009), "Terminology associated with political violence and asymmetric warfare", in Domestic Terrorism in Africa: Defining, Addressing and Understanding its Impact on Human Security, Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

Bøås, M. (2009), "Making plans for Liberia – a trusteeship approach or good governance?" Third World Quarterly, 2009, 30 (7): 1329-1341

Bøås, M. (2009), Funérailles pour un ami: des luttes de citoyennete dans la guerre civile liberienne. Politique Africaine, no. 112

Bjørkhaug, I., M. Bøås, A. Hatløy and K.M. Jennings (2007), Returning to uncertainty? Adressing vulnerabilities in Northern Uganda. UNDP

Bøås, Morten (2007), Vest-Afrika – politisk ustabilitet og ressursrikdom. Internasjonal Politikk, 3

Bøås, Morten and Kevin C. Dunn (eds) (2007) African Guerrillas: Raging Against the Machine, Boulder: Lynne Rienner

Bøås, M. and A. Hatløy (2006), After the ‘Storm’. Economic activities among returning youths. The case of Voinjama. Fafo-report 523

Bøås, M. and A. Huser (2006), Child labour and cocoa production in West Africa. The case of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. Fafo-report 522

Bøås, M. and A. Hatløy (2006), Living in a material world. Children and youth in alluvial diamond mining in Kono District, Sierra Leone. Fafo-report 515

Bøås, M. and M.H. Marchand and T.M. Shaw (eds) (2005), The Political Economy of Regions and Regionalisms, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

Bøås, M. and A. Hatløy (2005), The Northern Uganda IDP Study Volume I, Kampala: UNDP

Bøås, M. and A. Hatløy (2005), Alcohol and Drug Consumption in Post War Sierra Leone – an Exploration. Fafo-report 496

Bøås, M. and K.M. Jennings (2005), 'Insecurity and development: the rhetoric of the failed state', European Journal of Development Research, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 385-395

Bøås, M. (2005), "The Liberian Civil War: New War/Old War?" Global Society, Vol. 19, No. 1:73-88

Bull, B. M. Bøås and D. McNeill (2004), «Private Sector Influence in the Multilateral System: A Changing Structure of World Governance?» Global Governance, Vol. 10, No. 4

Bøås, M. and D. McNeill, eds. (2004), Global Institutions and Development: Framing the World? London: Routledge

Bøås, M. (2004) 'Uganda in the regional war zone: meta-narratives, pasts and presents', Journal of Contemporary African Studies, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 283-303

Bøås, M. (2004) 'Vest-Afrika - regionale og nasjonale konflikter: Liberia, Sierra Leone og Elfenbenskysten', Internasjonal Politikk, vol. 62, no. 4, pp. 579-601

Bøås, M. (2003), "Borgerkrigen i Liberia: En neopatrimonial stat i krise i det vestafrikanske statssystemet." Internasjonal Politikk, vol. 61, no. 4

Bøås, M. (2003), "Weak states, strong regimes: towards a 'real' political economy of African regionalization". In: J.A. Grant and F. Söderbaum, eds, The New Regionalism in Africa. Aldershot: Ashgate

Hentz, J.J. and M. Bøås, eds. (2003), New and Critical Security and Regionalism: Beyond the Nation State. Aldershot: Ashgate

Bull, B. and M. Bøås, "Multilateral development banks as regionalising actors: the Asian Development Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank." New Political Economy, vol. 8, no. 2

Bøås, M. and D. McNeill (2003), Multilateral Institutions: A Critical Introduction. London: Pluto Press

Bøås, M. (2002), "Handelsmannen". In: I.B. Neumann, ed., Global Politikk: Krig, Diplomati, Handel og Nyhetsformidling i Praksis. Oslo: Cappelen 2002

Bøås, M. and K. Dokken (2002), Internasjonal Politikk og Utenrikspolitikk i Afrika Sør for Sahara. Oslo. Universitetsforlaget

Bøås, M. (2002), "Politisk Økonomi i Afrika - Mellom Formell og Uformell Struktur." Internasjonal Politikk, vol. 60, no. 2

Bøås, M. (2001), "Libera and Sierra Leone - Dead Ringers? The Logic of Neopatrimonial Rule." Third World Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 5

Bøås, M. (2000), "Borgerkrigen i Sierra Leone." Internasjonal Politikk, vol. 58, no. 4

Bøås, M. (2000), "Security Communities - Whose Security?" Cooperation and Conflict, vol. 35, no. 3

Braathen, E., M. Bøås and G. Sæther [eds.] (2000), Ethnicity Kills? The Politics of War, Peace and Ethnicity in Sub-Saharan Africa. London: Macmillan

Bøås, M. (1997), "Liberia the Hellbound Heart? Regime Breakdown and the Deconstruction of Society". Alternatives, vol. 22, no. 3