Degrees and Honours
BA, MA, PhD Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge
Profile
Marissa Quie is an expert in Migration, Peace and Conflict Studies. She is Fellow & Director of Studies HSPS at Lucy Cavendish and College Lecturer in Politics. She was previously a Research Fellow at Queens' College Cambridge and Samuel Reichmann Fellow at Gonville and Caius College Cambridge.
Research Interests
Dr Quie’s main research interests focus on the problem of peace and on the connections between peace, gender and security and regional solutions to the problem of peace. Her research engages with the motifs of participation and protection that characterise debates about women and marginalised groups. She has done extensive consultancy work for the United Nations and for the Government of Afghanistan. She has acted as an Advisor to the Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Programme which was initiated in 2010. She has been a Mentor to Afghan students at both Cambridge and Oxford. She is currently engaged in research project analysing the appeal of Islamic State for British women.
Publications (selected)
Quie, M. “Peace-Building and Democracy Promotion in Afghanistan: The Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Program and Reconciliation with the Taliban,” in: Do All Good Things Go Together? Conflicting Objectives in Democracy Promotion, Democratization, (2012)
Quie, M. “Postmodernist Theories and the Question of Time” in Baert, P. (ed) Time in Contemporary Intellectual Thought (2000)
Quie, M. “Social Justice and Social Disruption: The Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Program: A Responsible End to War?” Humanity and Society (Forthcoming, 2016)
Quie, M. “The Istanbul Process: Prospects for Regional Connectivity in the Heart of Asia,” Asia Europe Journal (2014)
Quie, M. “Afghanistan as the Heart of Asia: The Istanbul Process and the Future of Regional Cooperation,” International Relations and Diplomacy (2013)
Quie, M. Lessons from 1989: The Soviet Experience in Afghanistan Europe - Asia Commemorative Journal (2010)
Quie, M. “Democracy Promotion and Peace-Building in Afghanistan: The Question of Reconciliation with the Taliban” (Standing Group on International Relations: September 2010)
