Bosnian newsoutlet, the Detektor, has interviewed Prof. Inger Skjelsbæk, leader of the EuroWARCHILD project, on her work in and on Bosnia and Herzegovina in the past three decades. War-time rape as long-term consequences, including pregnancy and the birth of children. This aspect is the focus of her work as part of EuroWARCHILD today.

Inger Skjelsbæk, leader of the EuroWARCHILD project, delivered a keynote lecture at the Women, Peace and Security Summer School in Sarajevo. In her lecture, she spoke to an engaged group of students and young professionals from the Balkans and other European countries about gender, war, and children born of war.

Inger Skjelsbæk, leader of the EuroWARCHILD project, was invited to join a book talk by author Alen Muhic who recently published his autobiographical book “Ja sam Alen” (I am Alen). For the book talk in Mostar Cultural Center, Inger was invited to join a conversation about war and its aftermath based on her own work in Bosnia and her recently published book “Sarajevos Roser” (Sarajevo Roses).

The EuroWARCHILD team organised its first academic and policy workshop, held on April 10-11, 2025, in Oslo, which brought together an esteemed group of scholars, researchers, and policy experts to engage in vital discussions about the experiences and needs of children born of war in Europe.

On 5 December 2024, the Bosnian “Forgotten Children of War Association” received the University of Oslo Human Rights Award, kicking off the Oslo Peace Days. The prize winners Ajna Jusic, Alen Muhic and Lejla Damon shared powerful stories about their upbringing as war children in Bosnia.

Foto: Yngve Vogt/UiO og Jarli&Jordan/UiO

On 19 June 2024, EuroWARCHILD’s Inger Skjelsbæk and Lina Stotz were invited to present at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna at a Breakfast Seminar on children born of war.

Image: Ghada Hazim/OSCE

The Ingrid Aune Memorial Foundation commemorates the legacy of politician Ingrid Aune, who passed away in 2019 at the age of 33. Annually, the foundation presents an award to individuals who have made notable journalistic or academic contributions on peace initiatives, gender equality, and the rights of women in conflict zones.

This year, the prize has been awarded to Inger Skjelsbæk for her research on sexual violence related to conflict. (Photo: Transit magasin)

​On June 1st, the Centre for Gender Research and the PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and Security hosted the launch of the EuroWARCHILD project. The launch brought together scholars and practitioners, as well as European war-children, to discuss what it means to be a child born of war.

The Centre for Gender Research (STK) is pleased to announce that the EuroWARCHILD project was kicked off on January 20 2022, when the project participants were finally able to meet in person in Oslo. The project is funded through a Consolidator Grant of the European Research Council (ERC) from 2021-2026.

Professor Inger Skjelsbæk has been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) for a project that seeks to understand the needs and rights of children born of war.