Christian Webersik

Professor

Institutt for global utvikling og samfunnsplanlegging

E-post: christian.webersik@uia.no
Telefon: +47 38141853
Mobiltelefon: +4799431988

Kontor H2031 (Universitetsveien 25, 4630 Kristiansand, Norway)

Forskningsgrupper

Ansvarsområde

I am full professor at the University of Agder and member of the Centre for Integrated Emergency Management (CIEM). My research interests are crisis management, climate change and security, natural hazards, migration and technology.

Forskning

My current research focuses on peace and security studies with a focus on crisis management the security implications of climate change. Moreover, I am interested in the role of technology, largely mobile communication, in disasters. For example, crisis mapping in conflict-affected countries can help to better understand where humanitarian assistance is needed most. Or, social media can be used to better prepare the local population for any kind of disaster. Another area of interest is disaster diplomacy, where disasters can lead to cooperation between hostile states.

Krisehåndtering
Fred og konflikt
Katastrofediplomati
Klima
migrasjon

Faglige interesser

Crisis Management

Research Methods in Social Sciences

E-teaching

Undervisning

ME-413 Research methods in development and planning studies
UT-504 Cross-cutting issues in development and crisis management
ME-521 Field course and master thesis seminar
UT-404 Current development issues: poverty, inequality and power

Kort biografi

Current

2017 – date Deputy Director, Centre for Integrated Emergency Management (CIEM), Norway

2016 – date Professor, Department of Global Development and Planning, University of Agder/ Norway

Previous

2018 – 2019 Guest Scientist, Disaster Research Unit (DRU), Freie Universität Berlin/ Germany

2009 – 2016 Associate Professor, Department of Global Development and Planning, University of Agder/ Norway

2015 Fellow at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy, University of Hamburg/ Germany

2014 – 2015 Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley/ USA facilitated by the Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study.

2011 Visiting Scholar at Columbia University in the City of New York hosted by the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA).

2007 – 2009 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science United Nations University (JSPS-UNU) Postdoctoral Fellow at United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies in Yokohama, Japan. During my tenure, my Japanese host was the Department for Value and Decision Science at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (TITech).

2005 – 2007 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Earth Institute at Columbia University in the City of New York. I was hosted by the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), a research unit specialising in data mapping and management.

2004 – 2005 Assistant Professor of political science at the University of Asmara, College of Social Sciences, Department of Political Science, Asmara, Eritrea.

Abouzeid, Ahmed Abdulrahem Othman; Granmo, Ole-Christoffer; Goodwin, Morten & Webersik, Christian (2024). Towards misinformation mitigation on social media: novel user activity representation for modeling societal acceptance. Journal of Computational Social Science (JCSS). ISSN 2432-2717. doi: 10.1007/s42001-024-00256-9.
Thalheimer, Lisa; Gaupp, Franziska & Webersik, Christian (2023). Systemic risk and compound vulnerability impact pathways of food insecurity in Somalia. Climate Risk Management. ISSN 2212-0963. 42. doi: 10.1016/j.crm.2023.100570. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
Abouzeid, Ahmed Abdulrahem Othman; Granmo, Ole-Christoffer; Webersik, Christian & Goodwin, Morten (2022). Socially Fair Mitigation of Misinformation on Social Networks via Constraint Stochastic Optimization. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. ISSN 2159-5399. s. 11801–11809. doi: 10.1609/aaai.v36i11.21436. Vis sammendrag
Recent social networks' misinformation mitigation approaches tend to investigate how to reduce misinformation by considering a whole-network statistical scale. However, unbalanced misinformation exposures among individuals urge to study fair allocation of mitigation resources. Moreover, the network has random dynamics which change over time. Therefore, we introduce a stochastic and non-stationary knapsack problem, and we apply its resolution to mitigate misinformation in social network campaigns. We further propose a generic misinformation mitigation algorithm that is robust to different social networks' misinformation statistics, allowing a promising impact in real-world scenarios. A novel loss function ensures fair mitigation among users. We achieve fairness by intelligently allocating a mitigation incentivization budget to the knapsack, and optimizing the loss function. To this end, a team of Learning Automata (LA) drives the budget allocation. Each LA is associated with a user and learns to minimize its exposure to misinformation by performing a non-stationary and stochastic walk over its state space. Our results show how our LA-based method is robust and outperforms similar misinformation mitigation methods in how the mitigation is fairly influencing the network users.
Abouzeid, Ahmed Abdulrahem Othman; Granmo, Ole-Christoffer; Goodwin, Morten & Webersik, Christian (2022). Label-Critic Tsetlin Machine: A Novel Self-supervised Learning Scheme for Interpretable Clustering. I Shafik, Rishad (Red.), 2022 International Symposium on the Tsetlin Machine (ISTM 2022). IEEE conference proceedings. ISSN 978-1-6654-7116-9. s. 41–48. doi: 10.1109/ISTM54910.2022.00016. Vis sammendrag
Unlike typical machine learning algorithms such as Artificial Neural Networks, the Tsetlin Machine (TM) is based on propositional logic instead of arithmetic operations, promoting it as a novel machine learning paradigm with interpretable learning outcomes. To this end, this paper proposes a self-supervised learning scheme inspired by the self-correction and interpretability provided by a standard TM. The proposed architecture uses a twin of Label-Critic Tsetlin Automata (TAs). The Label-TA learns the individual samples’ correct labels guided by a self-corrected TM logical clause. At the same time, the Critic-TA validates the learning and approves the Label-TA reward. Our empirical results on synthetic and real data show promising capabilities for self-supervised learning and interpretable clustering. Furthermore, the Label-Critic TM architecture demonstrates how propositional logic-based learning provides self-correction with the absence of the ground truths in data.
Abouzeid, Ahmed Abdulrahem Othman; Granmo, Ole-Christoffer; Webersik, Christian & Goodwin, Morten (2021). Learning Automata-based Misinformation Mitigation via Hawkes Processes. Information Systems Frontiers. ISSN 1387-3326. 23, s. 1169–1188. doi: 10.1007/s10796-020-10102-8. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag
Mitigating misinformation on social media is an unresolved challenge, particularly because of the complexity of information dissemination. To this end, Multivariate Hawkes Processes (MHP) have become a fundamental tool because they model social network dynamics, which facilitates execution and evaluation of mitigation policies. In this paper, we propose a novel light-weight intervention-based misinformation mitigation framework using decentralized Learning Automata (LA) to control the MHP. Each automaton is associated with a single user and learns to what degree that user should be involved in the mitigation strategy by interacting with a corresponding MHP, and performing a joint random walk over the state space. We use three Twitter datasets to evaluate our approach, one of them being a new COVID-19 dataset provided in this paper. Our approach shows fast convergence and increased valid information exposure. These results persisted independently of network structure, including networks with central nodes, where the latter could be the root of misinformation. Further, the LA obtained these results in a decentralized manner, facilitating distributed deployment in real-life scenarios.
Nampijja, Dianah; Øyhus, Arne Olav; Webersik, Christian & Muyinda, Paul Birevu (2020). Access to Learning Through Mobiles: A Socio-Technical Tale of Mobile Learning Actor-Network Among Smallholder Farmers. I Ndayizigamiye, Patrick (Red.), Perspectives on ICT4D and Socio-Economic Growth Opportunities in Developing Countries. IGI Global. ISSN 9781799829836. doi: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2983-6.ch010.
Mukisa, Philemon; Tumusiime, Mwesigye David; Webersik, Christian; Liwenga, Emma & Tabuti, John Robert Stephen (2020). Dissenting voices in a consenting village: lessons from implementation of free, prior and informed consent at a REDD+ pilot in Tanzania. International forestry review. ISSN 1465-5489. 22(1), s. 120–131. doi: 10.1505/146554820828671508.
Kelman, Ilan; Sydnes, Are K.; Duda, Patrizia Isabelle; Nikitina, Elena & Webersik, Christian (2020). Norway-Russia disaster diplomacy for Svalbard. Safety Science. ISSN 0925-7535. 130. doi: 10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104896. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
Thalheimer, Lisa & Webersik, Christian (2020). Climate Change, Conflicts and Migration. I Krieger, Tim; Panke, Diana & Pregernig, Michael (Red.), Environmental Conflicts, Migration and Governance. Bristol University Press. ISSN 978-1-5292-0216-8. s. 59–82.
Henökl, Thomas & Webersik, Christian (2019). European and Chinese development cooperation in the context of ASEAN: Comparing the cases of Myanmar and Sri Lanka. I Marchi, Ludovica (Red.), The European Union and Myanmar: Interactions via ASEAN. Routledge. ISSN 978-1138599178. s. 81–100. doi: 10.4324/9780429485886-6.
Abouzeid, Ahmed Abdulrahem Othman; Granmo, Ole-Christoffer; Webersik, Christian & Goodwin, Morten (2019). Causality-based Social Media Analysis for Normal Users Credibility Assessment in a Political Crisis. Proceedings of the [xx]th Conference of Open Innovations Association FRUCT. ISSN 2305-7254. doi: 10.23919/FRUCT48121.2019.8981500. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
Kelman, Ilan; Orlowska, Justyna; Upadhyay, Himani; Stojanov, Robert; Webersik, Christian & Simonelli, Andrea C. [Vis alle 8 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2019). Does climate change influence people’s migration decisions in Maldives? Climatic Change. ISSN 0165-0009. 153(1-2), s. 285–299. doi: 10.1007/s10584-019-02376-y.
Kelman, Ilan; Upadhyay, Himani; Simonelli, Andrea C.; Arnall, Alex; Mohan, Divya & Lingaraj, GJ [Vis alle 8 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2017). Here and now: perceptions of Indian Ocean islanders on the climate change and migration nexus. Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography. ISSN 0435-3684. 99(3), s. 284–303. doi: 10.1080/04353684.2017.1353888.
Henökl, Thomas & Webersik, Christian (2016). Power Politics or Transnational Public Administration? Comparing European and Chinese Cooperation with Sri Lanka and Myanmar. Asia-Pacific Journal of EU Studies. ISSN 1598-8902. 14(1), s. 1–24.
Jørstad, Hanne & Webersik, Christian (2016). Vulnerability to climate change and adaptation strategies of local communities in Malawi: Experiences of women fish processing groups in the Lake Chilwa Basin. Earth System Dynamics (ESD). ISSN 2190-4979. 7(4), s. 977–989. doi: 10.5194/esd-7-977-2016. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
Jørstad, Hanne & Webersik, Christian (2015). Living with Climate Change: Adapting to Environmental Change in Malawi. Earth System Science Data. ISSN 1866-3591. 6.
Webersik, Christian & Crawford, Alec (2015). Commerce in the Chaos: Bananas, Charcoal, Fisheries and Conflict in Somalia. I Young, Helen & Goldman, Lisa (Red.), Livelihoods, Natural Resources, and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding. Routledge. ISSN 9781849712330. s. 365–391.
Webersik, Christian; Gonzalez, Jose J; Dugdale, Julie Anne; Munkvold, Bjørn Erik & Granmo, Ole-Christoffer (2015). Towards an integrated approach to emergency management: interdisciplinary challenges for research and practice. Culture Unbound. Journal of Current Cultural Research. ISSN 2000-1525. 7(3), s. 524–540. doi: 10.3384/cu.2000.1525.1572525. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag
This article presents an interdisciplinary vision for large-scale integrated emergency management that has been inspired by the transition from platform centric to inte-grated operations in the oil and gas fields, which uses remote emergency control centres collaborating virtually with local responders. The article discusses some of the most salient research challenges for integrated emergency management, including the role of mobile technology, human-centred sensing, citizen participation and social media, and the socio-cultural determinants of disaster management. The purpose of this article is to frame an integrated emergency management approach that adopts a multi-disciplinary approach, including human computer interaction, information systems, computer science, development studies and organization science employing different methodologies.Most importantly, we need to better understand the socio-cultural determinants of how people prepare to, respond and perceive disasters, in order to evaluate whether and what kind of information and communication technology (ICT) support is appropriate. There is need for more research as to why in some regions local people ignore official orders to evacuate, and rather follow the advice of local leaders, elders or religious leaders. In other instances, disasters are seen as acts of God thus shaping disaster preparedness and response.
Esteban, Miguel; Webersik, Christian; Leary, David & Thompson-Pomeroy, Dexter (2014). Nanotechnology may provide innovative solutions to climate change. I Berlatsky, Noah (Red.), Nanotechnology. Greenhaven Press. ISSN 0737769629.
Henökl, Thomas & Webersik, Christian (2014). The Impact of Institutional Change on Foreign Policy-Making: The Case of the EU Horn of Africa Strategy. European Foreign Affairs Review. ISSN 1384-6299. 19(4), s. 519–537.
Webersik, Christian (2014). Bargaining for the spoils of war: Somalia’s failing path from war to peace. African Security. ISSN 1939-2206. 7(4), s. 277–302. doi: 10.1080/19392206.2014.977173.
Webersik, Christian (2013). Climate Change, Water and Health: Current Impacts and Future Challenges for Human Security. I Grover, Velma I. (Red.), Impact of Climate Change on Water and Health. CRC Press. ISSN 978-1-4665-7749-7. s. 54–74. doi: 10.1201/b14323-6.
Webersik, Christian & Klose, Christian (2013). Disasters and Human Security: Natural Hazards and Political Instability in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. I Redclift, Michael & Grasso, Marco (Red.), Handbook on climate change and human security. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISSN 9780857939111. doi: 10.4337/9780857939111.00017.
Webersik, Christian & Bergius, Michael (2013). Spotlight: The Biofuels Transition. I Dabelko, Geoffrey D.; Herzer, Lauren; Null, Schyler; Parker, Meaghan & Sticklor, Russel (Red.), Backdraft: The Conflict Potential of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. s. 34–36.
Webersik, Christian (2012). Securitizing Climate Change: The United Nations Security Council Debate. I Gallagher, Deborah Rigling (Red.), Environmental Leadership: A Reference Handbook. Sage Publications. ISSN 9781412981507. s. 549–556. doi: 10.4135/9781452218601.n58.
Webersik, Christian & Crawford, Alec (2012). Commerce in the Chaos: Bananas, Charcoal, Fisheries, and Conflict in Somalia. Environmental Law Reporter (ELR). ISSN 0046-2284. 42(6).
Webersik, Christian (2012). Sicherheitsbedenken : Klimaschutz und Klimaanpassung. Wissenschaft und Frieden. ISSN 0947-3971. 30(3). Vis sammendrag
Der menschliche Anteil am Klimawandel ist unumstritten, und erste Anzeichen des Klimawandels lassen sich bereits beobachten. Dazu gehören der Anstieg des Meeresspiegels, der Anstieg der globalen Durchschnittstemperatur und die Zunahme von extremen Wetterereignissen wie Hitzewellen, Überflutungen oder Wirbelstürmen. Solche klimabedingten Katastrophen erhöhen die ohnehin schon vorhandenen Stressfaktoren wie Armut und schlechte Gesundheitsversorgung. Gerade in den Entwicklungsländern drohen durch den Klimawandel verstärkt Lebensmittel- und Wasserknappheit, große Umsiedlungen und extreme Armut. Selbst bewaffnete Konflikte in Folge des Klimawandels sind nicht mehr auszuschließen.
Webersik, Christian (2012). Climate-induced migration and conflict: what are the links? I Hastrup, Kirsten & Olwig, Karen (Red.), Climate Change and Human Mobility: Global Challenges to the Social Sciences. Cambridge University Press. ISSN 978-1-107-02821-0. s. 147–168. doi: 10.1017/cbo9781139235815.010.

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Webersik, Christian (2023). Trust in Times of Crises – Lessons learned from Norway.
Webersik, Christian (2022). Climate Change and Energy Security.
Webersik, Christian (2021). Podiumsdiskussion Lessons Learned CoVid.
Abouzeid, Ahmed Abdulrahem Othman; Granmo, Ole-Christoffer; Webersik, Christian & Goodwin, Morten (2019). Distributed Learning Automata-based Intelligence for Propagation-based Fake News Detection on Social Media During Crisis . I Franco, Zeno; Gonzalez, Jose J & Jose, Canos (Red.), Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, Valencia, May 19-22 2019. ISCRAM. ISSN 978-84-09-10498-7. s. 1403–1404.
Webersik, Christian (2019). Disaster diplomacy in the Arctic and the High North: Reflections from Svalbard.
Webersik, Christian (2019). Climate change, energy, and maritime safety.
Webersik, Christian (2019). Disaster diplomacy in the Arctic .
Thalheimer, Lisa & Webersik, Christian (2019). Population dynamics in the era of climate change - What are the links of the current drought, conflict and displacement in Somalia?
Kelman, Ilan; Webersik, Christian; Duda, Patrizia; Auestad, Ann Christin; Sydnes, Are K. & Fjærtoft, Daniel [Vis alle 8 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2019). Does Special Territorial Status Affect Disaster Diplomacy? A Case Study of Svalbard.
Webersik, Christian (2018). The effects of global warming on maritime security.
Webersik, Christian & Thalheimer, Lisa (2018). Re-assessing climate conflicts and migration in East Africa.
Webersik, Christian (2018). The security implications of climate change: challenges for maritime security.
Webersik, Christian & Thalheimer, Lisa (2018). Reinterpreting the role of extreme weather in conflict and humanitarian crisis.
Webersik, Christian (2018). Forskerportrett: Krisehåndtering https://www.uia.no/forskning. [Internett]. Kristiansand.
Webersik, Christian (2018). Dette forsker jeg på: Vi må lære av nazi-erfaringene. [Avis]. Fædrelandsvennen.
Webersik, Christian (2017). Global challenges – Climate change and Migration.
Mukisa, Philemon; Webersik, Christian; Tumusiime, David; Liwenga, Emma & RS Tabuti, John (2017). Dissent within consent: Lessons from a REDD+ pilot project in Tanzania.
Webersik, Christian (2017). Lokalbefolkningen må bli bedre forberedt på flom. [Avis]. Fædrelandsvennen.
Webersik, Christian & Rød, Jan Ketil (2017). Addressing the gap between local disaster perceptions and measured disaster risk: Evidence from climate change-affected atoll island communities.
Webersik, Christian (2017). Climate Change, Security, and Energy.
Webersik, Christian (2017). Contextualising Climate Change, Migration, and Security: Perceptions of Syrian, Somali and Pakistani migrants.
Webersik, Christian (2017). Contextualising Climate Change, Security and Migration: A study of Syrian, Somali and Pakistani refugees.
Hawkins, Henrietta & Webersik, Christian (2016). Ser frem mot en bærekraftig fremtid. [Avis]. Unikum, Kristiansand.
Webersik, Christian (2016). Contextualising Climate Change, Security and Migration: A study of Syrian, Somali and Pakistani refugees in the EU .
Webersik, Christian (2016). Understanding Climate Change, Security and Migration: A study of Syrian, Somali and Pakistani refugees in the EU.
Webersik, Christian (2016). Can technology help to build disaster resilience in developing countries?
Webersik, Christian & Rød, Jan Ketil (2016). The geography of risk perceptions: Bridging the gap between local disaster perceptions and measured disaster vulnerability.
Webersik, Christian (2015). Understanding risk perceptions: What can technology do?
Webersik, Christian; Rød, Jan Ketil; Kelman, Ilan & Upadhyay, Himani (2015). “We like it here": Explaining the gap between local perceptions and science of climate change impacts.
Webersik, Christian & Rød, Jan Ketil (2015). The Geography of Risk Perception.
Webersik, Christian (2015). Contextualising climate change migration and conflict.
Webersik, Christian & Porto de Albuquerque, João (2015). Crisis Management in Less Developed Countries: Climate change and beyond.
Nampijja, Dianah & Webersik, Christian (2015). Contextualising mobile learning for climate change adaptation: Ensuring food security in Uganda.
Webersik, Christian (2015). Reassessing the conflict potential of climate-induced migration.
Webersik, Christian (2015). Perceptions and understandings of climate change and migration: Evidence from small islands.
Henökl, Thomas & Webersik, Christian (2015). Comparing means and ends of international development cooperation: the case of the EU’s and China’s engagement in Sri Lanka.
Henökl, Thomas & Webersik, Christian (2015). The European Union and China in a sustainable development goals framework: Comparing means and ends of regional development policies in Asia.
Webersik, Christian (2014). Cultures of Disasters.
Webersik, Christian (2014). Towards an integrated approach to emergency management: interdisciplinary challenges for research and practice.
Webersik, Christian (2014). “200 million climate refugees by 2050?” Let us go out and ask the people affected by climate change.
Webersik, Christian (2014). The Short-, Median, and Long-run Impacts of Climate Change on Human Security.
Webersik, Christian (2014). Placing climate change and migration into context.
Henökl, Thomas & Webersik, Christian (2013). Linking Relief Rehabilitation and DevelopmentApproaches to a Joint Humanitarian-Development Framework in the EU's post-Lisbon institutional setting.
Webersik, Christian (2013). UN Security Council charcoal ban poses serious environmental, humanitarian risks for Somalia. [Internett]. United Nations, New York.
Webersik, Christian (2013). Making technology-supported emergency preparedness and response work in developing countries.
Webersik, Christian (2013). Making Information and Communication Technology Relevant for Disaster Preparedness and Management.
Webersik, Christian (2013). Verden mislyktes i Somalia: Hva det internasjonale samfunnet kan gjøre. Fædrelandsvennen. ISSN 0805-3790. s. 39–39.
Webersik, Christian (2013). Assessing the security implications of climate change migration.
Webersik, Christian (2013). Leapfrogging disaster preparedness and management in developing countries by using mobile technology.
Webersik, Christian & Comes, Tina (2013). Decision Support in Emergency Management: Confronting Complexity and Uncertainty.
Henökl, Thomas & Webersik, Christian (2013). Linking disaster relief and development: Approaches to a Joint Humanitarian-Development Framework in the EU's post-Lisbon institutional setting.
Webersik, Christian & Goodwin, Morten (2013). Technology-supported emergency preparedness and response.
Henökl, Thomas & Webersik, Christian (2013). The EU Strategic Framework for the Horn of Africa: Approaches to a Joint Humanitarian-Development Framework in the EU's post Lisbon institutional setting.
Webersik, Christian (2013). Putting Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management into Context.
Jørstad, Hanne; Webersik, Christian & Bjørke, Sven Åke (2013). The Drying of Lake Chilwa: Climate Change Adaptation and its Limitations in Malawi.
Webersik, Christian (2013). The security implications of responding and adapting to climate change.
Webersik, Christian (2013). Making disaster less disastrous: What is and isn’t known about lessening the long-term impacts of natural disasters on human security.
Webersik, Christian (2012). Let the Evidence Speak: Climate Change as "Threat Multiplier".
Webersik, Christian (2012). Climate wars or climate peace? Reassessing the implications of climate change for human security.
Webersik, Christian (2012). Konflikte um Klimawandel und klimapolitische Strategien.
Webersik, Christian; Jørstad, Hanne & Bjørke, Sven Åke (2012). Climate Conflict and the Canary in the Coal Mine: Climate Change, Population Growth, Poverty and Peace in Malawi.
Webersik, Christian; Jørstad, Hanne & Bjørke, Sven Åke (2012). Moving Beyond Climate Conflict: Climate Change Adaptation and its Limitations in Malawi.
Webersik, Christian (2012). Limiting Conflict in Climate Change Responses.
Webersik, Christian; Gonzalez, Jose J; Munkvold, Bjørn Erik; Dugdale, Julie; Granmo, Ole-Christoffer & Li, Frank Yong (2012). The Role of ICT in Crisis Preparedness, Response and Recovery.
Bjørke, Sven Åke; Webersik, Christian & Jørstad, Hanne (2012). Climate conflict and the canary in the coal mine: Adapting to climate change in Malawi,
Webersik, Christian (2011). The economic impact of future increase in tropical cyclones in Japan.
Webersik, Christian (2011). Climate Change and (Human) Security.
Webersik, Christian (2011). Tror Mubarak ender opp i eksil. [Internett]. Sørnett, Kristiansand.
Webersik, Christian & Klose, Christian (2011). Natural hazards and political instability in Haiti and the Dominican Republic: Potential for Conflict or Cooperation?
Webersik, Christian (2011). Security Implications of Climate Change.
Thalheimer, Lisa; Ficko, Andrej; De Pinho, LC; Hashimshony-Yaffe, Nurit; Paschalidou, Anastasia & Savic, Dragisa [Vis alle 12 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2019). Food Security in Drylands Under a Changing Climate. COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology).
Eriksen, Stein Sundstøl; Webersik, Christian; Hansen, Stig Jarle & Egal, Adam (2018). Somalia: A Political Economy Analysis. Norsk utenrikspolitisk institutt. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag
Somalia has been without a central authority for more than a quarter century. An entire generation is growing up without experiencing stability and security, basic human rights, and economic prosperity. There is no functioning central government with authority over the entire country, extreme weather impacts the country unmitigated, and social challenges such as corruption are rampant. This bears several risks, such as support for radical Islamist groups, such as Al-Shabaab, posing a threat to domestic and international security, or a brain drain with large number of people fleeing the instability and conflict in Somalia. Informal governance actors, formal local authorities, and the private sector have filled the gaps in providing security, education, and health services. Yet, powerful formal and informal, national as well as international actors have vested interests in a weak state or governance failure, with conflict and instability becoming self-perpetuating. This political economy analysis sheds light on the actors, their interests, and power relationships, thus providing a better understanding of these arrangements and their relation with the wider state-building efforts.

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