Additional positions:
Senior Researcher
Email: margab@prio.org
Twitter: @MariaGJumbert
EU border security policies in the Mediterranean: competing narratives on migration, humanitarian needs and border control
Security and humanitarian surveillance technologies: legal framework, political and ethical challenges
Humanitarian crises and their internationalization: new tools of communication, changing forms of media coverage, agenda-setting, international mobilization and shaping of crisis narratives, and the emerging or challenging norms of international responsibilities in internal crises (R2P, Protection of civilians, etc.)
Rising powers' involvement in humanitarianism and peacekeeping: the case of Brazil
Conflict dynamics in Sudan and East Africa
Co-Director, Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies (NCHS) (Director from 2016-2020)
August 2016-present: Research Director, Dimensions of Security department, PRIO
Jan. 2011-present: Senior Researcher, PRIO
2016-2018: Member of PRIO Board (staff representative)
2009-2011: Lecturer, Master of Conflict Analysis and Peacebuilding, Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Sciences Po, Lille
2007 and 2009: Guest researcher at Cedej, Khartoum
2005 and 2007: Guest researcher at NUPI, Oslo
2008: Visiting Scholar at SIPA, Columbia University, New York
University lecturing:
2009-2011, Sciences Po Lille: Courses on International Relations, Conflict Analysis and Peacebuilding and Mediatization of Conflicts
2008-2011, SciencesPo Paris: Courses on World Politics, International Relations and International Management of Armed Conflicts
2004-2009: Correspondent for Morgenbladet (Norwegian weekly)
2004: Journalist, Al Ahram Weekly, International desk, Cairo
2005-2006: Assistant to the permanent delegate, Norwegian Delegation to UNESCO, Paris
Education:
Fluent: Norwegian, French, English
Intermediate: Arabic, German
Journal Article in European Security
Popular Article in Border Criminologies blog
Report - External Series
Report - External Series
Report - External Series
PRIO Policy Brief
Book Chapter in Citizen Humanitarianism at European Borders
Book Chapter in Citizen Humanitarianism at European Borders
Popular Article in ISS blog on Global Development and Social Justice
Report - Other
Report finds ‘Do no digital harm’ has emerged as an important humanitarian imperative, following contributions from PRIO project.
Minister Dhieu Mathok Diing Wol from South Sudan visited PRIO today. He is in Oslo for the UN High Level Seminar on Gender and Inclusive Mediation Strategies, organized by PRIO this week.
Arendalsuka concluded on Friday and PRIO Director Henrik Urdal sums up PRIO's contributions.
PRIO participated at this year's Arendalsuka with three events, and with our researchers on several debate panels.
Successful MIGNEX consortium meeting in Istanbul, with inspiring discussion as the project members continue to build new knowledge on migration, development and policy.
A collaborative project in which PRIO participates has been awarded a large grant from the European Union's Horizon Europe programme.
On Tuesday, 8 March, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi visited PRIO to participate in a panel discussion. The topic of discussion was how we best respond to global displacement.
The Red Lines and Grey Zones project has been officially launched with a kick-off meeting on the 1st of March. Please find an introduction to the project presented by Kristoffer Lidén above.
The new book Citizen Humanitarianism at European Borders, edited by Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert and Elisa Pascucci explores the emerging trend of citizen-led forms of aid at the borders of Europe, in a time of escalating conflict between states and NGOs engaged in migrant search and rescue operations across the Mediterranean.
Debate around possible offshore asylum processing by European countries has resurfaced recently, in the wake of Denmark's newly passed legislation, allowing for the relocation of asylum seekers to third countries while their applications are being processed. The European Union appears to often look to Australia as a country that has successfully managed to seal its – maritime – borders and control migration, notably through the establishment of offshore asylum processing and detention centres. The recent legislative adoption by Denmark raises concerns and expectations that other countries might follow suit.