Geir Flikke

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Geir Flikke (born 1963) is a professor at the University of Oslo.

He graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.philol. degree in 1993, and took the dr.art. degree in 2006 with the dissertation The Failure of a Movement: The Rise and Decline of Democratic Russia 1989-1992. From 2002 to 2006 he worked as a researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, in 2006 he was promoted to Assisting Director. From 2013, Geir Flikke is Associated Professor at the University of Oslo, specializing in Russian studies, and since 2019, professor.

Flikke has led the Research Council of Norway (RCN) sponsored project New Political Groups and the Russian State (NEPORUS) (2014–2017), and was in 2020 awarded a new RCN project National Values and Political Reforms in Post-Maidan Ukraine (https://www.hf.uio.no/om/aktuelt/aktuelle-saker/2020/10-2-millioner-til-ukraina-prosjekt.html).

Flikke has been active in Norwegian politics as well. From 1999 to 2000 he worked as a political advisor for the Conservative Party parliamentary group, and in the period from 2011 to 2019, he is a member of the Sjur Lindebrække Committee for human rights (Conservative party). In 2017, he was a key-note speaker at the Norwegian Atlantic Committee's seminar series on security politics.

Flikke was nominated as a stand-in member to the Nobel Committee for the committee member Kristin Clemet (Conservative Party) in December 2020. He will serve in this capacity from 2021 to 2023 (https://www.nrk.no/urix/hoyre-vil-ha-kristin-clemet-inn-i-nobelkomiteen-1.15256821). In December 2023, the Storting renewed this nomination for another 3 years, starting from January 2024 (https://www.stortinget.no/no/Saker-og-publikasjoner/Publikasjoner/Innstillinger/Stortinget/2023-2024/inns-202324-125s/?all=true).

For professional homepage at the University of Oslo, see: https://www.hf.uio.no/ilos/english/people/aca/geirfli/index.html.

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