Nicholas Marsh
Research Fellow, Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers (NISAT), PRIO (website)
twitter: @NisatPrio
email: nic [at] prio [dot] no
phone: 4722 54 77 72 (Norway)
Research Fellow, Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers (NISAT), PRIO (website)
twitter: @NisatPrio
email: nic [at] prio [dot] no
phone: 4722 54 77 72 (Norway)
small arms and light weapons (SALW) | global trade data/trends | arms trafficking
Nicholas Marsh is a Research Fellow at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) where he runs a unique database project that tracks and visualizes the international trade in small arms and light weapons (see NISAT) . He has been the Chair of a European research network on small arms, and is a Consultant to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime and to the Small Arms Survey; and is a founder member of the Small Arms Data Observatory (SADO). At PRIO he has written tens of articles, chapters and reports on the acquisition and use of weapons by non-state groups, the global licit and illicit trade in small arms and light weapons, lethal autonomous weapons, and national and international laws and regulations governing arms transfers.
Nicholas Marsh is a Research Fellow at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) where he runs a unique database project that tracks and visualizes the international trade in small arms and light weapons (see NISAT) . He has been the Chair of a European research network on small arms, and is a Consultant to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime and to the Small Arms Survey; and is a founder member of the Small Arms Data Observatory (SADO). At PRIO he has written tens of articles, chapters and reports on the acquisition and use of weapons by non-state groups, the global licit and illicit trade in small arms and light weapons, lethal autonomous weapons, and national and international laws and regulations governing arms transfers.
Recent Publications*:
- "The Availability Puzzle: Considering the Relationship between Arms and Violence Taking Place within States," History of Global Arms Transfer, No. 6, July 2018.
- "ATT Monitor 2017," Control Arms, Sept 11, 2017.*
- "Illicit Small Arms Prices: Introducing Two New Datasets," SADO and NISAT-PRIO, January 17.
* Indicates co-author or contributor.