Nils Duquet
Director, Flemish Peace Institute (website)
twitter: @NDuquet
email: nils [dot] duquet [at] vlaamsparlement [dot] be
phone: +32 25524599 (Belgium)
Director, Flemish Peace Institute (website)
twitter: @NDuquet
email: nils [dot] duquet [at] vlaamsparlement [dot] be
phone: +32 25524599 (Belgium)
global trade data/trends | small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Europe | arms trafficking | strategic trade control
Nils Duquet is the director at the Flemish Peace Institute, an independent research institute dedicated to peace research and hosted by the Flemish Parliament (Belgium).
He has been working at the Flemish Peace Institute since 2006 and has authored more than 50 policy-oriented and academic publications on topics such as illicit firearms trafficking, gun violence, terrorist access to illicit weapons markets, domestic gun policies and arms export controls in Europe.
Nils is the research coordinator of Project INSIGHT. This EU-funded project aims to develop an online knowledge platform on which all information related to gun violence in the European Union is centralised, including previous studies, official government data and an almost real-live online monitor on incidents on gun violence. In previous years, Nils also coordinated projects SAFTE (on terrorist access to illicit gun markets in Europe), DIVERT (on the diversion of firearms and ammunition from the legal into the illegal market in the European Union) and TARGET (on gun violence in Europe). As a research consultant he has also worked on various international projects (including UNIDIR and UNODC) on illicit firearms trafficking.
He holds a Master’s degree in Political Science and in Sociology from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
Recent Publications:
Nils Duquet is the director at the Flemish Peace Institute, an independent research institute dedicated to peace research and hosted by the Flemish Parliament (Belgium).
He has been working at the Flemish Peace Institute since 2006 and has authored more than 50 policy-oriented and academic publications on topics such as illicit firearms trafficking, gun violence, terrorist access to illicit weapons markets, domestic gun policies and arms export controls in Europe.
Nils is the research coordinator of Project INSIGHT. This EU-funded project aims to develop an online knowledge platform on which all information related to gun violence in the European Union is centralised, including previous studies, official government data and an almost real-live online monitor on incidents on gun violence. In previous years, Nils also coordinated projects SAFTE (on terrorist access to illicit gun markets in Europe), DIVERT (on the diversion of firearms and ammunition from the legal into the illegal market in the European Union) and TARGET (on gun violence in Europe). As a research consultant he has also worked on various international projects (including UNIDIR and UNODC) on illicit firearms trafficking.
He holds a Master’s degree in Political Science and in Sociology from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
Recent Publications:
- "Project TARGET: Targeting gun violence & trafficking in Europe," Flemish Peace Institute, December 13, 2021.
- "Project DIVERT: Forgotten weapons? Non-regularised firearms in the European Union," Flemish Peace Institute, April 28, 2021.
- “Cashing in on Guns: Identifying the Nexus between Small Arms, Light Weapons and Terrorist Financing,” The Hague: International Centre for CounterTerrorism - The Hague (ICCT), March 2021.*
- "Illicit Trafficking in Firearms, their Parts, Components and Ammunition to, from and across the European Union," UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 2020.
- “Illicit firearms trafficking in Europe during and after COVID-19”, Flemish Peace Institute, 2 June 2020.
- "Reviewing the EU Common Position on arms exports: whither EU arms transfer controls?," Flemish Peace Institute, December 3, 2019.
- "Armed to Kill: A comprehensive analysis of the guns used in public mass shootings in Europe between 2009 and 2018," October 3, 2019.
- “Q&A:What is the impact of the internet on illicit weapon markets in Europe?” Flemish Peace Institute, June 13, 2019.
- "The 2018 EU SALW Strategy: Towards an Integrated and Comprehensive Approach," No. 62, EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Paper, April 2019.
- "Triggering Terror: Illicit Gun Markets and Firearms Acquisition of Terrorist Networks in Europe," Flemish Peace Institute, April 2017.
- “Firearms acquisition by terrorists in Europe. Research findings and policy recommendations of Project SAFTE”, Flemish Peace Institute, April 2017.
* Indicates publication with additional authors