Maral Mirshahi

Maral Mirshahi left PRIO in 2015. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.

Interests and experience

Security, nuclear proliferation and non-proliferation, humanitarian technology, regional powers and hegemony, peacekeeping and peacebuilding in post-conflict societies.

Topic
Humanitarianism

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Peacebuilding

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Technology

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United Nations

Maral Mirshahi is a graduate of the International Relations Master’s program of the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). She wrote her MA thesis at the Centre for Civil-Military Relations at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS), from which she received a full-year scholarship. Maral holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Studies and Political Sciences from the University of Oslo.

In 2011-2012 Maral undertook internships at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Norwegian Embassy in Nepal. She has worked on various projects under the Dimensions of Security Department at PRIO. Currently, Maral is Project Assistant to the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies, Administrative Coordinator to the Research School on Peace and Conflict, and part-time Research Assistant.

Projects

May 2013 – Dec 2013
Critical Humanitarian Technology

Aug 2012 – Oct 2016
Protection of Civilians: From Principle to Practice

Feb 2012 – Feb 2015
Increasing Resilience in Surveillance Societies (IRISS)

Jan 2011 – Dec 2013
Decision Support on Security Investment (DESSI)

Latest publications

Rocco Bellanova et al. (2017)
Exercising Access Rights in Norway

Book chapter in The Unaccountable State of Surveillance. Exercising Access Rights in Europe

Kristin Bergtora Sandvik, Maral Mirshahi & Nicholas Marsh (2014)
Killer robots – hvorfor ønsker man et forbud?

Latest news

Tuesday, 3 Mar 2015
Call for Applications: PhD Course on Qualitative Methods and the Study of Civil War

A course organised by the Research School on Peace and Conflict

Tuesday, 10 Feb 2015
NCHS annual report 2014

Now available online

Wednesday, 29 Oct 2014
Final Call for Applications: PhD Course on Methods in Critical Security Studies

A course organized by the Research School on Peace and Conflict

Monday, 29 Sep 2014
Call for Applications: PhD Course on Methods in Critical Security Studies

A course organised by the Research School on Peace and Conflict

Friday, 15 Aug 2014
Call for Applications: PhD Course on Protection of Civilians

A course organised by the Research School on Peace and Conflict

Tuesday, 17 Jun 2014
Two New PRIO Projects on the Effect of Aid

Funded by AIDEFFECT program of Research Council of Norway

Friday, 16 May 2014
PRIO Researchers Contribute to Debate on Lethal Autonomous Weapons

Issues for the International Community

Tuesday, 12 Mar 2013
Improving rescue operations: eyes on the ground or eye in the sky?

Should drones be used in search and rescue operations, or are the eyes on the ground better suited for this task? On 7 March 2013 a group of diverse experts came together in order to discuss opportunities and challenges of the use of drones for search and rescue operations in Norway.

Thursday, 28 Feb 2013
Drones for Search and Rescue Operations?

Should drones be used in search and rescue operations in Norway, or are ‘eyes on the ground’ better suited for this task? In a joint workshop the Peace Research Institute of Oslo, the Norwegian Board of Technology and the Red Cross Norway assess the opportunities and challenges related to new technologies and methods in search and rescue operations.