Email: nic@prio.org
Secondary:
Languages spoken:
English, learning Norwegian
Work experience:
2014 - 2015
Consultant to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, worked on aglobal report on firearms trafficking.
2004 - 2008Chair, European research Network COST Action A25 'European Small Arms and the Perpetuation of Violence'
2001 - presentResearch Fellow, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo
2001 - presentConsultant to the Small Arms Survey (work on the global trade in small arms and light weapons)
1995 - 2001Several positions, including work for the UK Defence Forum.
Education:
Dr.Philos, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo - 2020
MA International Conflict Analysis - University of Kent at Canterbury - 1994-1995
BSc Economics - International Relations and Area Studies (East Asia) - University of Wales, Aberystwyth - 1991-1994
Journal article in Journal of Peace Research
Journal article in Security Dialogue
Issue Paper
PRIO Policy Brief
PRIO Policy Brief
PRIO Paper
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Journal article in EconPol Forum
MidEast Policy Brief
PRIO Policy Brief
In September 2023, the PRIO NORM team was in Manila, The Philippines, to conduct fieldwork interviews and meetings with local stakeholders.
The NORM project ('Shaping the Digital World Order: Norms and Agency along the Digital Silk Road in Southeast Asia') was officially launched with a kick-off meeting on 4 May.
The most relevant PRIO researchers to comment on aspects relevant to the Russia-Ukraine War are listed here.
PRIO seeks to recruit a Research Assistant in a 50% position, to work for 10 months on the DISARM project within the CVP department.
The DISARM project seeks is to identify the impact of disarmament processes on conflict recurrence and pinpoint the conditions under which disarmament can be the most effective.
The NORM project aims at finding out how China’s Digital Silk Road shapes the digital world order and its norms, and the agency that recipient developing countries exercise in response.
PRIO has now joined the European Network of non-proliferation and disarmament think tanks, established by the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium.
Nicholas Marsh has successfully defended his dissertation for the degree dr.
Upon invitation from the Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS), Middle East Centre researchers Júlia Palik, Bruno Oliviera Martins, and Nic Marsh participated in a closed seminar on the future strategic changes and challenges in the Middle East.
December 5-7, PRIO hosted a workshop titled ‘Security Force Assistance in Fragile States’.
PRIO researcher Nic Marsh was interviewed about laws concerning the Norwegian export of weapons parts which are likely used by Israel in Gaza, in an article for the state broadcaster, NRK.
PRIO researcher Nic Marsh was interviewed about how Norwegian arms export regulations apply to trade with Israel in an article that appeared in the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz.
PRIO researcher Nic Marsh was interviewed about how weapons being sold on the black market end up in the hands of insurgents, for the podcast The Red Line.
PRIO researcher Nic Marsh was interviewed about Norwegian weapons parts being used in Israeli weapons, for FriFagbevegelse, the Norwegian online news portal for the trade magazines of the LO unions.
PRIO Researchers Ilaria Carrozza and Nicholas Marsh’s 2022 study titled ‘Great Power Competition and China’s Security Assistance to Africa: Arms, Training, and Influence’ was mentioned in an article about China’s military support to Zimbabwe, in an article by the South China Morning Post.
The PRIO Paper ‘Dual-Use AI Technology in China, the US and the EU: Strategic Implications for the Balance of Power,’ by Ilaria Carrozza, Nic Marsh and Greg Reichberg, was referenced in an article on AI and the clash between great powers, by the Italian site, Proiezionidi Borsa.
PRIO Researchers Ilaria Carrozza and Nicholas Marsh’s 2022 study *Great Power Competition and China’s Security Assistance to Africa: Arms, Training, and Influence *was mentioned in an article about China’s military support to China, in The Eurasian Times.
PRIO Researcher Nicholas Marsh’s interview about the high number of firearms in circulation in the US not equating to it to having the highest number of murders with weapons, was covered by the news site, Science Norway.
PRIO Researcher Nicholas Marsh’s 2017 article titled “Brothers Came Back with Weapons. The Effects of Arms Proliferation from Libya”, was quoted in an article on the boomerang effect of NATO’s 2011 attack on Libya, on the news site South World. Nic was interviewed about the high number of firearms in circulation in the US not equating to it to having the highest number of murders with weapons, by the news site, Forskning.no.
PRIO Researcher Nicholas Marsh was interviewed on cluster bombs by the Spanish news outlet, Newtral.
PRIO Researchers Nicholas Marsh and Ilaria Carrozzas’ study on Great Power Competition and China’s Security Assistance to Africa: Arms, Training, and Influence was mentioned in an article in the Musalman Times.
PRIO started listing media appearances on profiles in 2023. Earlier media appearances may not be listed.
