Marion Laurence

Marion Laurence joined the Department of Political Science at Dalhousie in 2024. Her research interests include international relations theory, global security governance, and learning and change in international organizations. Her work centres on norm and practice change in global governance, with a primary focus on normative and ethical dilemmas in multilateral peace and stability operations. Her book, Intrusive Impartiality: Learning, Contestation, and Practice Change in United Nations Peace Operations, will be published by Oxford University Press in November 2024. She holds affiliations with the Network for Strategic Analysis, Le Rubicon, and the Research Network on Women, Peace and Security. Dr. Laurence’s work has been supported by grants and fellowships from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the International Studies Association, Global Affairs Canada, the Department of National Defence, and the Ontario government. She holds a PhD in political science from the University of Toronto. Her latest project, currently in development, will examine changes in the form and purpose of security force assistance amid heightened geopolitical competition.

Expertise

• Global security governance
• Peacekeeping and peacebuilding
• Protection of civilians

Selected Publications

Dunton, Caroline, Marion Laurence and Gino Vlavonou. “Pragmatic Peacekeeping in a Multipolar Era: Liberal Norms, Practices, and the Future of UN Peace Operations.” Journal of Intervention & Statebuilding. Forthcoming.

Alejandro, Audrey, Marion Laurence, and Lucile Maertens. “Discourse Analysis.” In Introduction to International Organization Research Methods, eds. Fanny Badache, Emilie Dairon, Leah R. Kimber, and Lucile Maertens. Michigan University Press. Forthcoming.

Glas, Aarie and Marion Laurence. “Changing Norms in Practice: Non-Interference in the UN and ASEAN.” Journal of Global Security Studies, vol 7, no. 2 (2022).

Bernstein, Steven and Marion Laurence. “Practices and Norms: Relationships, Disjunctures, and Change.” In Conceptualizing International Practices, eds. Christian Bueger, Alena Drieschova, and Ted Hopf, 77-99. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Laurence, Marion. “An ‘Impartial’ Force? Normative Ambiguity and Practice Change in UN Peace Operations.” International Peacekeeping, vol. 26, no. 3. (2019): 256-280.