Project Members and Clusters

This collaborative project is organised through research clusters.

Climate change and food security

  • Gidske Leknæs Andersen
  • Mohammed Elhaj Mustafa Ali
  • Nils Anfinset
  • Olena Dubovyk
  • Lene Synnøve Halvorsen
  • Magnus Hatlebakk
  • Kari Loe Hjelle
  • Hussein Sulieman

Gender, peace and security

  • Hanaa Ibrahim 
  • Sharifa Bamkar
  • Ragnhild Dybdahl
  • Unni Marie Gulla Heltne
  • Samia Al Nagar
  • Liv Tønnesen

Migration, borderland dynamics and refugees

  • Munzoul Assal
  • Mari Norbakk
  • Elhadi Ibrahim Osman
  • Ann Cathrin Corrales-Øverlid

 

Peace, democracy and the role of youth

  • Tamer Abdelkareem
  • Lovise Aalen
  • Ahmed Elhassab Omer Elhassab

Digitalization and library

  • Anne Katrine Bang
  • Khalifa Omer
  • Marianne Paasche
  • Alexandors Tsakos

Other team members

  • Shaza Abbas
  • Howaida Faisal AbdelElRahman
  • Daniela Elena Costea
  • Åse Johanne Roti Dahl
  • Margrethe Bakstad Søvik

Programme board

  • Atta al-Battahani
  • Anne Christine Johannessen
  • Leif Manger
  • Samia Nihar
  • Gunnar M. Sørbø
  • Torunn Wimpelmann

More details

Read more on the CMI website about our members and what they do.

Last updated: 16.03.2026