Other Projects
Rule 39: Briefers at the UN Security Council
Louise Olsson, Ina Lyftingsmo Kristiansen, and I examine how briefers in the United Nations Security Council can be used to understand diplomatic practices and informal power. We created a new dataset capturing nearly 5,500 briefer-appearances between 2000 and 2023.
Our working paper is titled "Diplomatic Practices and Informal Power at the UN Security Council: Introducing the Rule 39 Dataset” (Obermeier, Olsson, & Kristiansen).
Our second working paper is titled “Civil Society and Women’s Representation at the UN Security Council Under Rule 39” (Obermeier & Olsson).
Photo: The UN Security Council meeting on WPS in October 2023. Photo: Anna Marie Obermeier
Photo: NORHED II: Decolonizing Epistemologies team at Makerere University,
November 2025. Missing from the photo is Andrea Felde. Photo credit: MISR
NORHED II: Decolonizing Epistemologies: the Disciplines and the University in relation to the Society & the World
In addition to my PhD research, I am affiliated with the NORHED II project at the University of Bergen. The project is co-led by Dr. Lise Rakner and Dr. Lyn Ossome and is a collaboration between teams at the the University of Bergen’s Department of Government and Makerere University in Uganda.
Finished Projects
Women Ambassadors on the UN Security Council
Together with Nora Stai, Torunn Tryggestad, and Kaja Sparre Bakke, we investigated the impact women ambassadors have on the working methods and culture of the United Nations Security Council. Our book chapter can be found here.
Stai, Nora, Torunn Tryggestad, Anna Marie Obermeier, and Kaja Sparre Bakke (2025). Women Ambassadors in the UN Security Council: Are They Shaping the Practice of Diplomacy? In Elise Stephenson and Kushi Singh Rathore [Eds.], Gender and Diplomacy: Critical Junctures, Innovations and Future Research Directions. Palgrave Macmillan. Available at: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-83064-8