Knut Dagfinn Asplund

On leave

Background

Cand.polit. degree in social anthropology from the University of Oslo (1998). Has conducted extensive field work in Indonesia.

Responsibilities

Head of the Indonesia Programme at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights since 2002. Has worked on a range of human rights topics with specific relevance for Indonesia. A particular area of concern for the Programme has been human rights education at Indonesian universities. Leads the Programme’s work addressing security sector reform and trainings for military (TNI) personnel in the law of armed conflict.

Special fields

Indonesian culture, society and politics, with special emphasis on: violent conflicts and their solutions; security sector reform; perceptions of human rights in Indonesia; indigenous traditions of knowledge; indigenous peoples and extractive industries; as well as the relation between traditional belief systems and world religions (particularly Islam).

Publications