@maria-clausen.bsky.social
Senior Researcher, PhD - @diis.
Conflict, security, and peace in Yemen and Iraq.
Conflict, security, and peace in Yemen and Iraq.
Solar power has transformed Yemen’s energy landscape — but it’s also creating new kinds of waste.
My latest DIIS Policy Brief examines how the rapid solar rollout risks burdening local communities with toxic waste from broken panels and batteries.
www.diis.dk/en/research/...
My latest DIIS Policy Brief examines how the rapid solar rollout risks burdening local communities with toxic waste from broken panels and batteries.
www.diis.dk/en/research/...
The slow violence of waste in Yemen
Addressing long-term consequences of solar transition.
www.diis.dk
November 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Solar power has transformed Yemen’s energy landscape — but it’s also creating new kinds of waste.
My latest DIIS Policy Brief examines how the rapid solar rollout risks burdening local communities with toxic waste from broken panels and batteries.
www.diis.dk/en/research/...
My latest DIIS Policy Brief examines how the rapid solar rollout risks burdening local communities with toxic waste from broken panels and batteries.
www.diis.dk/en/research/...
New article in Middle East Critique (open access)!
I explore how Western security assistance in Iraq enables what I call vicarious impunity - outsourcing responsibility for violence to local partners while sustaining influence from a distance.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1943...
I explore how Western security assistance in Iraq enables what I call vicarious impunity - outsourcing responsibility for violence to local partners while sustaining influence from a distance.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1943...
Vicarious Impunity: Othering in Security Force Assistance in Iraq
This article introduces the concept of ‘vicarious impunity’ to describe how Western interveners, particularly through Security Force Assistance (SFA), distance themselves from the consequences of v...
doi.org
September 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
New article in Middle East Critique (open access)!
I explore how Western security assistance in Iraq enables what I call vicarious impunity - outsourcing responsibility for violence to local partners while sustaining influence from a distance.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1943...
I explore how Western security assistance in Iraq enables what I call vicarious impunity - outsourcing responsibility for violence to local partners while sustaining influence from a distance.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1943...
As Israel launches unprecedented strikes inside Iran and the war in Gaza deepens, Denmark is set to take over the EU presidency.
Join us Wed. at #DIIS to discuss whether and how the EU can influence events in its southern neighborhood
Sign up: www.diis.dk/en/event/the...
#EU #Gaza #Iran #Israel
Join us Wed. at #DIIS to discuss whether and how the EU can influence events in its southern neighborhood
Sign up: www.diis.dk/en/event/the...
#EU #Gaza #Iran #Israel
The EU and its Southern neighbourhood in a new global order
This seminar examines whether the EU can transform its ambitions into coherent strategy, and what this means for future engagement with its neighbours to the south
www.diis.dk
June 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
New article in Big Data & Society w/ Adam Fejerskov and Sarah Seddig
We introduce the concept of datafied localization to describe how efforts to use big data in humanitarian aid can end up reinforcing the global hierarchies localisation was meant to challenge.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We introduce the concept of datafied localization to describe how efforts to use big data in humanitarian aid can end up reinforcing the global hierarchies localisation was meant to challenge.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Datafied localization: Reproducing unequal power hierarchies in humanitarianism - Maria-Louise Clausen, Adam Moe Fejerskov, Sarah Seddig, 2025
The integration of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and algorithms into development aid and relief efforts has brought datafication processes to the f...
journals.sagepub.com
April 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
New article in Big Data & Society w/ Adam Fejerskov and Sarah Seddig
We introduce the concept of datafied localization to describe how efforts to use big data in humanitarian aid can end up reinforcing the global hierarchies localisation was meant to challenge.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We introduce the concept of datafied localization to describe how efforts to use big data in humanitarian aid can end up reinforcing the global hierarchies localisation was meant to challenge.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
A plea to listen to Yemen's forgotten voices (pro-tip - it's the Yemenis...) by @afrahnasser.bsky.social
dawnmena.org/listening-to...
dawnmena.org/listening-to...
Listening to Yemen’s Forgotten Voices
As a Yemeni journalist, I have found myself grappling not only with the challenges of reporting on the country, but also with the glaring inconsistencies in how the world perceives Yemen.
dawnmena.org
February 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
A plea to listen to Yemen's forgotten voices (pro-tip - it's the Yemenis...) by @afrahnasser.bsky.social
dawnmena.org/listening-to...
dawnmena.org/listening-to...