Stig Jarle Hansen (born 1971 in Horten) is a Norwegian political scientist and historian.
[1] Hansen is a specialist in jihadist and Islamist groups in Africa, and provided commentary on the topic for BBC, Al Jazeera, CNN and the Dutch state channel Kanal 4 (CCTV4).
He has spoken on the Yemeni civil war and Yemen in general on Dutch broadcasting.
Hansen published Al Shabaab in Somalia (Oxford University Press, New York) in 2013.
He has served as a witness in Norwegian, British and German trials with regard to jihadist extremists.