Sverre Lodgaard is a Norwegian political scientist who has held several senior positions within government and non-governmental organizations, including the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). Lodgaard specializes in peace, foreign and security policy, but has also worked on developing country issues.[1] He has since the 2000s written extensively on nuclear arms control and disarmament issues and on Middle East affairs.
He graduated from the University of Oslo in 1971; magister degree in political science and supportive degrees in sociology and economics (1971).[2] He conducted research for some years at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and as a fellow at the University of Oslo. From 1980 to 1986 he was director of European Security and Disarmament Studies at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), and from 1986 to 1992 returned to PRIO as its director. Lodgaard served as director of United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) from 1992 to 1996 and of NUPI from 1997 to 2007. In 2007 he stepped down as director and was succeeded by Jan Egeland, but continued there as senior research fellow. By virtue of his expertise, he has participated in a number of topical TV and radio programs.
