Lisa-Marie Selvik, Ph.D.
Contact
D-10785 Berlin
Lisa-Marie Selvik is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the project “The International Diffusion of Democratic Backsliding”, led by Dr. Alexander Schmotz. She is a political scientist interested in information controls, rights advocacy, and civil society and political elite interactions. In her dissertation, Selvik focused on the politics of liberal rights in young multi-party democracies in Africa. Currently, she is studying processes of democratic regression and diffusion mechanisms.
CV
2024-
Postdoctoral researcher, Global Governance Unit, WZB
2023-2024
Researcher. NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen, Norway
2017-2022
Ph.D. Candidate, University Lecturer, and Researcher. Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, Norway
2016-2017
Research Assistant. Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway
Education
2022
Ph.D. in Political Science. Department of Comparative Politics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Bergen, Norway
2016
Master in Political Science. Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway
Selected Publications
Skaar, Rudling, Selvik, Wiebelhaus-Brahm & García-Godos. (2024). ‚The implementation of truth commission recommendations: Exploring the ‘beyond words’ database for Latin America’. Conflict Management and Peace Science, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/07388942241229283
Selvik & Dupuy. (2023). ‘Government repression and citizen support for democratic rights in Africa’. Democratization. https://doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2023.2173738
Oduro, Selvik & Dupuy. (2023). ‘Ghana: A Stagnated Democratic Trajectory’. In: Arriola, Rakner & van de Walle (Eds.). Democratic Backsliding in Africa? Autocratization, Resilience, and Contention. Pp. 112-136. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780192867322.
Selvik. (2022). ’The Politics of Liberal Rights in Africa: Regulating and legislating freedom of association, expression, and information’. Doctorate thesis, University of Bergen. Available at Bergen Open Research Archive (BORA), https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3013275
Selvik. (2022). ‘Haiti's Truth and Justice Commission: Forgotten Recommendations, Living Demands’. In: Skaar, Wiebelhaus-Brahm and García-Godos (Eds.). Latin American Experiences with Truth Commissions. Vol. II, pp. 409-450. Cambrigde: Intersentia. ISBN: 9781839701795.
Selvik. (2021). ‘A Platform or Partner: Engaging the Media in Advocacy’. Global Policy. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12980
Garbe, Selvik & Lemaire. (2021). ‘How African countries respond to fake news and hate speech’. Information, Communication & Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2021.1994623
Completed Research Projects