Security, nuclear proliferation and non-proliferation, humanitarian technology, regional powers and hegemony, peacekeeping and peacebuilding in post-conflict societies.
Maral Mirshahi left PRIO in 2015. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.
Maral Mirshahi
Interests and experience
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.
Latest publications
Exercising Access Rights in Norway
Book chapter in The Unaccountable State of Surveillance. Exercising Access Rights in Europe
Killer robots – hvorfor ønsker man et forbud?
Popular article in NRK Ytring
The Struggle to Ban Killer Robots
Popular article in Bullentin of Atomic Scientists
Latest news
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
NCHS annual report 2014
Now available online
Final Call for Applications: PhD Course on Methods in Critical Security Studies
A course organized by the Research School on Peace and Conflict
Call for Applications: PhD Course on Methods in Critical Security Studies
A course organised by the Research School on Peace and Conflict
Call for Applications: PhD Course on Protection of Civilians
A course organised by the Research School on Peace and Conflict
Two New PRIO Projects on the Effect of Aid
Funded by AIDEFFECT program of Research Council of Norway
PRIO Researchers Contribute to Debate on Lethal Autonomous Weapons
Issues for the International Community
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.
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.
Latest events
All of Maral Mirshahi events
The Greatest Threat to World Peace
The Hidden Role of Nuclear Weapons in Today’s Security Environment
After Ebola?
Humanitarian Innovation
PhD Course on Methods in Critical Security Studies
Reframing Urban Violence in Latin-America
PhD Course: Humanitarian Action and the Protection of Civilians
The International Politics of Human Rights and the Responsibility to Protect
Beyond the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza: What now for Israel and Palestine?
Ebola: A Humanitarian Crisis or a Crisis of Humanitarian Governance?