Trude Stapnes

Doctoral Researcher

Email: trusta@prio.org
Mobile phone: +47 48 15 28 90

Research Interests

My current research focuses on the role of artists and artistic expressions after the 2021 military coup in Myanmar. I am interested in how artists are responding to the coup and how the coup has affected their artistic practice. Currently I am exploring the ways in which artists are engaging in a form of everyday resistance through their work.

Background

I am a Doctoral Researcher at PRIO and the Department of Psychology, University of Oslo. My PhD is part of the project Inspirational creative practice: The work of artists after war and violent conflict (INSPIRE) at PRIO. Please visit the INSPIRE website to learn more about the project.

I hold a master’s degree in cultural and community psychology from the University of Oslo. In my MA thesis I explored why people protest in contexts known for violent suppression and imprisonment of protesters, specifically focusing on student activists in Myanmar protesting against the enactment of a new education law in 2015. My MA thesis was part of the PRIO project Societal Transformation in Conflict Contexts (TRANSFORM).

I have previously worked as a Research Assistant for the PRIO Centre on Culture and Violent Conflict and on various research projects at PRIO including: Societal Transformation in Conflict Contexts, Social Media in Armed Conflict: The Case of Myanmar and Active Citizenship in Culturally and Religiously Diverse Societies.

PRIO Projects

Ongoing:

Inspirational Creative Practice: The Work of Artists after War and Violent Conflict (INSPIRE)

Finished:

Events

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 18:30-20:45 – Film Screening: Women at the Frontline - 'As I Want'
Wed, 01 Dec 2021 12:00-13:00 – INSPIRE Seminar Series: Protest Aesthetics in Motion
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 12:00-13:00 – INSPIRE Seminar Series: Guy Elhanan
Wed, 13 Oct 2021 12:00-13:00 – INSPIRE seminar series: On Fearless Love: Tradition, Service, and Social Change
Thu, 30 Sep 2021 14:00-16:00 – Fighting for Social Justice
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:00-13:00 – INSPIRE seminar series: Mother, Singer, Survivor of Liberia’s Civil War and Refugee as Community Builder
Wed, 09 October 2019 – Political Agency and Moral Action in Times of War

PRIO started tracking events online in 2007. This listing is not complete. Past events may be mentioned in our news archive.

Publications

The following publications are specific to the PRIO CCC Centre. A more complete list is available at www.prio.org.

All Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Article

Stapnes, Trude (2023) Prefiguring a democratic state: student activism and the National Education Law in Myanmar, Compare: a Journal of Comparative and International Education. DOI: 10.1080/03057925.2023.2195047.

Stapnes, Trude & Cindy Horst (2022) Responsibility to Protest: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Motives for Protest Participation in Myanmar, Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology 28(1): 101–110.