Maral Mirshahi left PRIO in 2015. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.
Email: marmir@prio.no
Work phone: 22547717
Security, nuclear proliferation and non-proliferation, humanitarian technology, regional powers and hegemony, peacekeeping and peacebuilding in post-conflict societies.
News
Tuesday, 3 Mar 2015
The Research School on Peace and Conflict invites applications for the course Qualitative Methods and the Study of Civil War, 27-30 April 2015. The course is lectured by Professor Jeffrey T. Checkel (Simon Fraser University) and guest lecturer Kristian Berg Harpviken (PRIO).
The course is about the application of qualitative methods to the study of civil war.
News
Tuesday, 10 Feb 2015
The NCHS Annual Report for 2014 is now available! You can read the report online or download it here.
The report gives an overview of the projects, events, blogs and publications of the Centre for 2014. Further information about NCHS researchers and affiliates is available here.
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.
Book Chapter in The Unaccountable State of Surveillance. Exercising Access Rights in Europe
Popular Article in NRK Ytring
Popular Article in Bullentin of Atomic Scientists
The Research School on Peace and Conflict invites applications for the course Qualitative Methods and the Study of Civil War, 27-30 April 2015. The course is lectured by Professor Jeffrey T. Checkel (Simon Fraser University) and guest lecturer Kristian Berg Harpviken (PRIO).
The course is about the application of qualitative methods to the study of civil war.
The NCHS Annual Report for 2014 is now available! You can read the report online or download it here.
The report gives an overview of the projects, events, blogs and publications of the Centre for 2014. Further information about NCHS researchers and affiliates is available here.
The Research School on Peace and Conflict invites applications for the course 'Methods in Critical Security Studies' on 8-12 December. This course provides an introduction and overview to a range of research methods in critical security studies. Its aim is to provide tools and methods to students of critical security studies in support of clear research design and rigorous scholarly methods. Lectures and discussions will emphasize reapplication of classical scientific research questions for the field of critical security studies: sufficient proof, critical position, and coherency of argument, reshaped and reapplied to these four principles.
The Research School on Peace and Conflict invites applications for the course Research Methods in Critical Security Studies 8-12 December 2014.
The Research School on Peace and Conflict invites applications for the course 'Humanitarian Action and the Protection of Civilians' 28-30 October. The course is based on the research project Protection of Civilians: from principle to practice, organised in collaboration between CMI, NUPI and PRIO within the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies. It will be lectured by project members and coincide with a project workshop.
The Research Council of Norway (RCN) funds two PRIO projects on the effects of aid: “Conflict of Interest? ‘Business For Peace’ as Development Aid in Volatile Environments” and “Aid in Crisis? Rights-Based Approaches and Humanitarian Outcomes”.
This week, UN experts have gathered in Geneva to discuss emerging technologies, namely the promises and perils of lethal autonomous weapons. Contributing to this debate, PRIO's Kristin Bergtora Sandvik, Nicholas Marsh and Maral Mirshahi discuss the challenges of a future prohibition of lethal autonomous weapons systems, in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and NRK Ytring. Nicholas Marsh and Kristin Bergtora Sandvik have also contributed to the debate in their recent article published by the Belgian security and defense think-tank, Security and Defense Agenda.
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. The workshop was hosted by the Peace Research Institute Oslo and the Norwegian Board of Technology.
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.