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| Negotiating Thainess: Religious and National Identities in Thailand's Southern Conflict M Nilsen | 24 | 2012 |
| Military Temples and Saffron-Robed Soldiers: Legitimacy and the Securing of Buddhism in Southern Thailand M Nilsen Buddhism and Violence, 37-53, 2012 | 17 | 2012 |
| The spirit of a heroine: Ya Mo—spirit reverence, patriotism and Thai Buddhism M Nilsen Modern Asian Studies 45 (6), 1599-1625, 2011 | 15 | 2011 |
| Community-Led Education among Rohingya Refugees and the Politics of Refugee Education in Bangladesh M Nilsen, J Olney, K Maung, L Karim, S Ahmad, N Haque, HR Mubarak Journal of Refugee Studies 36 (4), 712-735, 2023 | 11 | 2023 |
| Perceptions of rights and the politics of humanitarian aid in Myanmar M Nilsen The European Journal of Development Research 32 (2), 338-358, 2020 | 9 | 2020 |
| Can Myanmar’s 2008 Constitution Be Made To Satisfy Ethnic Aspirations? M Nilsen, S Tønnesson PRIO Policy Brief 11, 2012 | 9 | 2012 |
| Political parties and peacebuilding in Myanmar M Nilsen, S Tønnesen PRIO Policy Brief 5, 2013 | 8 | 2013 |
| What Can We Learn from Refugee-Led Education in Kenya? H Aden, Z Bali, C Horst, M Nilsen, G Østby PRIO Policy Brief 14, 2022 | 7 | 2022 |
| Mapping Education Programmes for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh K Dupuy, G Østby, H Gjerløw, MA Haque, S Mahmud, M Nilsen PRIO policy brief, 2019 | 6 | 2019 |
| Buddhist Nationalism Threatens Myanmar's Democratic Transition MP Nilsen East Asia Forum, 2015 | 6 | 2015 |
| “We Are Alive, but Have No Life”: Rohingya Refugees, Deprived of the Prospects for a Future M Nilsen Masks of Authoritarianism: Hegemony, Power and Public Life in Bangladesh …, 2022 | 3 | 2022 |
| Still a Chance for Peace in Myanmar? S Tønnesson, M Nilsen PRIO Policy Brief 2, 2018 | 3 | 2018 |
| Will Myanmar’s Northern Alliance Join the Peace Process?' S Tønnesson, NL Aung, M Nilsen PRIO Policy Brief, 2019 | 2 | 2019 |
| Religious Motivation In Political Struggles M Nilsen, S Hara Journal of Religion and Violence 5 (3), 291-311, 2017 | 2 | 2017 |
| A New Era for Myanmar–Trouble Ahead for Ethnic Minorities M Nilsen, S Tønnesson PRIO Policy Brief 5, 2016 | 2 | 2016 |
| High risk of electoral violence in Myanmar M Nilsen, S Tønnesson Peace Research Institute of Oslo, 2014 | 2 | 2014 |
| An appraisal of Philippines-China security relations under the Duterte administration (2016–2020) M Nilsen, J Amador III, ØH Rolandsen, DMN Baladjay, I Carrozza Peace Research Institute Oslo. https://www. prio. org/publications/12888, 2021 | 1 | 2021 |
| No peace in a ceasefire: Women’s agency for peace in the Kachin conflict M Nilsen Women, Peace and Security in Myanmar, 58-72, 2019 | 1 | 2019 |
| Community-Led Education among Rohingya Refugees and the Politics of Refugee Education in Bangladesh (Jul, fead037, 2023) M Nilsen JOURNAL OF REFUGEE STUDIES 36 (4), 1029-1029, 2023 | | 2023 |
