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Mariano Aguirre: E: maSPAMFILTER@peacebuilding.no
T: +47 22 08 79 35 / +47 414 031 84
The director of NOREF since January 2009, Mariano Aguirre is a political analyst on international politics, peace and security, with particular expertise in the areas of the Middle East, U.S. foreign policy and emerging powers. He has written, co-authored and edited several books published in the UK, the U.S., Spain, Portugal and Italy... more
Laura Mitchell: E: laura.mitchellSPAMFILTER@peacebuilding.no
T: +47 22 08 86 41 / +47 412 33 985
Laura Mitchell is a senior adviser at NOREF. Prior to joining NOREF in 2011, Laura worked internationally in both research and international development for almost two decades in the Middle East (Palestine and Syria) and former Soviet Central Asia (Tajikistan), and also in Haiti and the Balkans (Bulgaria, Albania and Serbia). Much of h... more
Marco Mezzera: E: marco.mezzeraSPAMFILTER@peacebuilding.no
T: T: +47 22 08 86 75 / +47 483 17 011
Prior to joining NOREF, Marco Mezzera worked for four years as a research fellow/associate with the Netherlands Institute of International Relations “Clingendael”, where he focused on the political economy of democratisation and governance in post-conflict and fragile contexts. Previously, as a research associate, he spent five years i... more
Monica Rafael: E: monica.rafaelSPAMFILTER@peacebuilding.no
T: T: +47 22 08 79 33 / +47 48 31 07 40
Mónica Rafael Simões is an expert in peacebuilding, foreign policy and development aid, with solid academic and professional experience in political analysis. She worked as an adviser to the Portuguese secretary of state for foreign affairs and cooperation and did research at the Peace Studies Group/Centre for Social Studies, Universit... more
Florence Mandelik: E: fmSPAMFILTER@peacebuilding.no
T: T:+47 22 08 79 31 / +47 94 47 76 97
Prior to joining NOREF, Florence Mandelik was a research associate at a Norwegian evaluation and monitoring company. There she participated in several research projects related to democratic governance, aid effectiveness in post-conflict situations, humanitarian assistance, capacity building and the United Nations system, focusing on I... more
Jennie Westlund: E: jwSPAMFILTER@peacebuilding.no
T: +47 22 08 79 32 / +47 46 67 68 13
Jennie Westlund is the office manager at NOREF. Prior to joining NOREF, she worked for the Nordic Council of Ministers at the Nordic Gender Institute in Oslo for four years, where she managed several research projects on topics such as gender and climate change, prostitution and trafficking, and the political and economic power relatio... more
Herdis Sigurgrimsdottir: E: hsSPAMFILTER@peacebuilding.no
T: +47 22 08 79 34 / +47 986 90 908
Herdis Sigurgrimsdottir developed an interest for conflict studies while writing on foreign affairs for TV, radio and print media in her native Iceland. She was seconded by the Icelandic Foreign Ministry to Baghdad in 2007 and to Kabul in 2008, and has since held independent consultancies in Afghanistan. She has an MSc in Compara... more
Ida Bakke (on leave): E: ida.bakkeSPAMFILTER@peacebuilding.no
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Camilla Waszink (on leave): E: camilla.waszinkSPAMFILTER@peacebuilding.no
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Helene Revhaug (on leave): E: helene.revhaugSPAMFILTER@peacebuilding.no
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