Lisa-Marie Måseidvåg Selvik

Lisa-Marie Selvik is a PhD Candidate at the Department of Comparative Politics. Her research interests cover civil society advocacy and democratic rights, and she is part of the research project ‘Breaking BAD: Understanding the Backlash Against Democracy in Africa‘. 

Lisa-Marie's PhD project analyses how civil society actors attempt to advance democratic rights in African democracies, by focusing on the policy-issue of ‘citizen’s right to information’. 

Lisa-Marie holds a Master’s degree in Political science and a Bachelor’s degree in International relations from the University of Oslo. As a research assistant at CMI (2016-2017), Selvik conducted a study on the Truth and Justice commission in Haiti (1994-1996) through the LawTransform project ‘Beyond Words: Implementing Latin American Truth Commission Recommendations‘, and worked on anti-corruption and fraud through the U4 Anti-Corruption Unit.

Publications: 

Amanfo, Regina Oforiwa and Lisa-Marie Selvik. (2020). “Best Practices in Access to Information Implementation: Where does Ghana go from here?” Volume 17, Number 3. Ghana Center for Democratic Development, Accra. Available at: https://www.cddgh.org/best-practices-in-access-to-information-implementation-where-does-ghana-go-from-here/

Selvik, Lisa-Marie. (forthcoming). “The Truth and Justice Commission in Haiti – forgotten recommendations, but living demands”. In: Implementing Truth Commission Recommendations: The Latin American Experience, Vol. II. Eds.: Skaar, Elin, García-Godos, Jemima, and Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm. Intersentia, Netherlands. 

Selvik, Lisa-Marie. (2016). “Constitution-making in Tunisia – an analysis of contentious constitutional issues in the process of drafting the 2014-constitution”, University of Oslo: Reprosentralen. [MA-oppgave, veileder: Inga Brandell] Available at: http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-55270