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Monalisa Hazarika is a Research Associate at SOAS University of London. She is one of the UN Youth Champions for Disarmament under the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs’ #Youth4Disarmament programme and an emerging voice in conventional arms control and meaningful youth engagement, featuring most recently at a UNGA-ECOSOC Joint Meeting on SALW.
Her areas of expertise and research focus include small arms and light weapons, especially non-industrial weapons and their trends in illicit manufacture and trade, transnational organized crime, and the proliferation of 3D-printed weapons. She has previously worked at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Forum on the Arms Trade, and the British American Security Information Council (BASIC) in varying capacities. She holds a master’s degree in Conflict Management and Development from the Banaras Hindu University and a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from North Eastern Hill University, India.
Monalisa Hazarika is a Research Associate at SOAS University of London. She is one of the UN Youth Champions for Disarmament under the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs’ #Youth4Disarmament programme and an emerging voice in conventional arms control and meaningful youth engagement, featuring most recently at a UNGA-ECOSOC Joint Meeting on SALW.
Her areas of expertise and research focus include small arms and light weapons, especially non-industrial weapons and their trends in illicit manufacture and trade, transnational organized crime, and the proliferation of 3D-printed weapons. She has previously worked at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Forum on the Arms Trade, and the British American Security Information Council (BASIC) in varying capacities. She holds a master’s degree in Conflict Management and Development from the Banaras Hindu University and a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from North Eastern Hill University, India.
Recent Publications:
- “Mapping the Gap: Youth Peace and Security, National Action Plans, and Small Arms and Light Weapons Control,” SCRAP Weapons Project, June 2026
- “Developing New Mechanisms for Disarmament: A Concept for a “COP for Weapons,” TODA Peace Institute, March 2026
- “The Next Frontier of Conflict: Why 3D-Printed Weapons Will Demand Attention in 2026,” Looking Ahead Blog, Forum on the Arms Trade, December 2025
- “Reimagining Nuclear Disarmament: Leveraging a Fourth Special Session on Disarmament and Pact for the Future as an Alternative Framework for Policy Innovation,” British Pugwash, October 2025
- “Youth and the Generation of Global Hibakushas” Asia Pacific Leadership Network, August 2025
- “Futureproofing Our Shared Vision,” United Nations Office For Disarmament Affairs Occasional Paper 44, March 2025
- “Manipur’s ‘Pumpi Guns’: Why We Should Care About Them?” Looking Ahead Blog, Forum on the Arms Trade, 11 December 2024
- “Role of Youth in Advocating Against Weapons of Widespread Destruction,” Freedom From Fear, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, October 2024
- “Unlearning Northeast: Countering Militarised Realities with Peace Education,” The Role of Pedagogy in Shaping the Socio-Political Reality of Society, Cambridge Scholars Publishing [ISBN: 1-0364-0695-4], October 2024
- “How the Flow of Small Arms Helps Fuel Violence in India’s Manipur,” Inkstick Media, 28 February 2024
- “3D Printed Firearms: Prospects for International Action in 2024,” Looking Ahead Blog, Forum on the Arms Trade, 9 January 2024