Lodve A. Svare

Lodve A. Svare is a Research Fellow at the Department of Social Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. His work focuses on peace research, particularly analyzing the Sri Lankan conflict and peace processes through the lenses of critical realism, discourse ethics, and post-war justice.

• Research Themes: Peacebuilding, post-conflict reconciliation, ethical dimensions of peace processes, and critical realist ontology.
• Geographic Focus: Sri Lanka (post-2009 conflict dynamics, Tamil Tigers, Government negotiations).
• Methodological Interests: Content analysis, normative frameworks, and discourse-ethical perspectives.

His publications span from 2005 to 2015, with a critical focus on international intervention, local governance, and the moral contradictions inherent in diplomatic peace-making. He is affiliated with the War and Peace Dynamics research group at UiT.