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Kjølv Egeland

Senior Research Scientist at the Norwegian research institute NORSAR

Kjølv Egeland is a senior research scientist at the Norwegian research institute NORSAR. Prior to joining NORSAR, Kjølv was a postdoctoral fellow in security studies at the Centre for International Studies at Sciences Po in Paris. Kjølv’s research interests centre on multilateral diplomacy, arms control, and the intersection of international politics and law. He holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of Oxford and an MPhil in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Oslo.

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Policy brief

Widening the ceasefire toolkit: The promise of geophysical monitoring in Ukraine and beyond

Any monitoring mission deployed to observe an end to the hostilities in Ukraine is likely to incorporate a range of remote-sensing technologies to support its verification activities. Drawing on insights from the Norwegian research institute NORSAR’s real-time monitoring of the 2022 Ukraine conflict, this policy brief by Ben D.E. Dando, Kjølv Egeland, and Sebastian Schutte, finds that scientific advances and a growing availability of relevant data have made ‘seismo-acoustic’ analysis a cost-effective means of complementing, backing up, and in some cases replacing other ceasefire monitoring technologies.

17 October 2025 | Kjølv Egeland, Ben Dando and Sebastian Schutte
OSCERussia-West relations
Commentary

Kill the NPT Collapse Thesis

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is often alleged to be at risk of “crumbling” or “damaged beyond repair”. Kjølv Egeland, Fellow at the Norwegian Academy of International Law, argues that this fear-mongering is unfounded. The NPT is one of the most widely supported international agreements that exist today. The challenge facing its supporters is not damage-limitation or “protecting what we’ve got” but extending the disarmament norm.

20 July 2018 | Kjølv Egeland
Global Security
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