Research Interests
- Critical Security Studies, security theory
- Digital (security) technologies, their societal impacts and emerging regulation
- Resilience and crisis management
- The body and affect
Background
Work Experience
2019– : Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, UiO
Feb 2016– : Senior Researcher, Dimensions of Security Department
May 2016: Guest Researcher, Université de Montreal
Jan 2011 - Jan 2016: Doctoral Researcher, Dimensions of Security Department and Hamburg University
Sep - Oct 2012: Guest Researcher, ETH Zürich
Mar - Jun 2012: Guest Researcher University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2010 - Dec 2010: Research Assistant, Security Programme (PRIO)
Jan 2007 - Dec 2009: Project Management/Project Leader at step21 - Initiative for Tolerance and Responsibility
Oct 2008 - Feb 2009: Assistant Teacher in Criminology at Hamburg University
June - July 2005: Project Management Summer University at the European University Frankfurt/O.
Oct 2004 - Feb 2005: 1st Year Teachings at the European University Frankfurt/O.
Education
Jan 2011 - Jan 2016: PhD International Criminology at Hamburg University
Oct 2006 - Sep 2008: MA International Criminology at Hamburg University
Oct 2005 - Mar 2006: Sociology and Criminology at the University of Essex
Sep 2003 - Sep 2006: BA Cultural Sciences at the European University Frankfurt/O.
Languages
German, English, French, Norwegian (basic)
Blog Posts
On 8 April 2020, less than a month after the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak was a pandemic, Mareile Kaufmann posted a PRIO blog entitled “Corona Apps – Where Are We Headed?” on the use of digital tools in the “war against corona”, asking what the ... Read more »
Posted by Mareile Kaufmann on Thursday, 25 June 2020
Some experiences are like a key: they open a door, though the view might be an unsettling one. One of our students did a masterful degree in an environment as speech-heavy as academia – while having a stutter. His success was mainly of his own making. He prepared himself and ... Read more »
Posted by Mareile Kaufmann on Wednesday, 8 April 2020
When I observe the surveillance and disciplinary measures spreading together with COVID-19, questions arise. It is not just professionals who should have the answers. Everyone asks themselves where this pandemic is headed. That is probably why the road towards monitoring measures is short, and often necessary. After all, a virus ... Read more »
Posted by Mareile Kaufmann on Thursday, 23 February 2017
When we discuss artificial intelligence, the digital technology that makes it happen, and singularity – the idea that both of them will exponentially take over the progression of society – we refer to them in singular. This is not a coincidence. Both, science and fiction have portrayed AI as a ... Read more »
Posted by Mareile Kaufmann on Tuesday, 25 June 2013
For my research on post-22/7 resilience and social media, I am drawing on data sources from the internet. Even though this data is publicly available, there are several ethical issues to be considered. A core controversy of internet-based research is the definition of public and private space: speakers may assume ... Read more »