Dr. Ingrid Vik is an historian of religion with more than 20 years of experience in international affairs and security politics in several contexts and through a variety of platforms; as a researcher at the University of Oslo, a diplomat at the Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs, as a senior partner in consultancy and as a director and head of departments in Norwegian organizations. Academically she is specialized in the nexus of religion and politics/conflicts with a specific focus on societal trust, security, and democratic developments. Currently she is engaged in projects relating to soft security, non-military threats to democracy and internationally agreed norms and rights and memory diplomacy/warfare in the European context.rnGeographically, she has had a focus on the Nordic context, Eastern Europe/ Southeast Europe, Western Africa/ Sahel, and the Middle East. She has written articles and books on anti-liberal states and actors in international affairs (2013, 2019), on religion and diplomacy (2019), on trust and cleavages in Norwegian politics (2022, 2015), and on security and politics in the Western Balkans.
