- E-postLisa.Selvik@uib.no
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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 thesis is titled "The Politics of Liberal Rights in Africa. Regulating and legislating freedom of association, expression, and information". The project in particular 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:
Selvik, Lisa-Marie M. (2022). Haiti's Truth and Justice Commission. Forgotten Recommendations, Living Demands. In Elin Skaar, Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm and Jemima Garcìa-Godos (Eds.). Latin American Experiences with Truth Commission Recommendations: Beyond Words Vol. II. (1st ed., pp. 409-450). Cambrigde: Intersentia.
Selvik, Lisa-Marie. (2021). 'A Platform or Partner: Engaging the Media in Advocacy.' Global Policy, Volume12, Issue S5. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12980.
Garbe, Lisa, Lisa-Marie Selvik and Pauline Lemaire. (2021). 'How African countries respond to fake news and hate speech.' Information, Communication & Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2021.1994623.
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/
In press:
Selvik, Lisa-Marie. (in press). 'The Unknown Pioneer. The Haitian truth commission (1995-1996) addressing sexual violence against women.' The Journal of International Organizations Studies.
- (2021). How African countries respond to fake news and hate speech. Information, Communication & Society. 1-19.
- (2021). A Platform or Partner: Engaging the Media in Advocacy. Global Policy. 70-83.
- (2021). Religious/conservative movements and fake news.
- (2021). Autocratization dynamics in Africa.
- (2019). Breakfast for Democracy: Military coups of today .
- (2018). Breakfast for Democracy: The growing age gap between rulers and ruled in Africa.
- (2018). Breakfast for Democracy: Plunging into a new civil War? Political crisis in Burundi.
- (2018). Breakfast for Democracy: Fight Rages Over Land Reform in South Africa: What will happen?
- (2021). How African Countries Respond to Fake News and Hate Speech.
- (2021). A Platform or Partner: Engaging the media in advocacy in hybrid regimes.
- (2020). “Whose demand?” The perception of actors in advocacy for the right to information in Ghana.
- (2020). What explains the difference in government responses to demands of increased access to information?
- (2019). Who, When and How? Under what Circumstances Do African States Adopt ‘Right to Access Information’ laws?
- (2018). The Backlash Against Associational Rights in Africa.
- (2018). Civil Society Actors Responding to the Democratic Backlash: Mapping activists’ actions against government clampdown in Tanzania.
- (2021). How to ensure digital access to information in Africa. A collection of essays exploring the interplay between digital technologies, politics, and society across Africa.
- (2020). How to ensure digital access to information in Africa. Democracy in Africa.
- (2020). Best Practices in Access to Information Implementation: Where does Ghana go from here? CDD-Ghana Briefing Papers.
- (2019). Taking Stock of Citizen’s Right to Access Information in Africa. Saktuelt.
- (2019). Defending human rights in the digital age. DemocraticBacklash.com.
- (2022). The Politics of Liberal Rights in Africa: Regulating and legislating freedom of association, expression, and information.
- (2022). Haiti's Truth and Justice Commission: Forgotten Recommendations, Living Demands. 409-449. I:
- (2022). Latin American Experiences with Truth Commission Recommendations. Beyond Words Vol. II. Intersentia.