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Director

Mariano Aguirre
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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  

Senior Advisor

Laura Mitchell
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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  

Senior advisor

Marco Mezzera
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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  

Political analyst

Monica Rafael
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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  

Office manager

Jennie Westlund
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T: +47 22 08 79 32 / +47 46 67 68 13

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Communication advisor

Herdis Sigurgrimsdottir
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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  

Project coordinator

Ida Bakke (on leave)
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Senior Advisor

Camilla Waszink (on leave)
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Communication Advisor

Helene Revhaug (on leave)
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