Marie Lamensch is the Director of Global Affairs at the Montreal Institute for Global Security. Her research and policy interests include international security and human rights, foreign influence and interference, gendered disinformation, emerging technologies, transnational repression, and digital authoritarianism. She holds a bachelor’s degree in history (Concordia University) and a master’s degree in conflict, security, and development (King’s College London, Department of War Studies).
Marie is the former Coordinator of Program and Outreach at the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University. Marie has also given training courses to diplomats, journalists, and students, and has done several consultancies for NGOs and government agencies. Finally, she regularly gives conferences and media interviews in English and French in Canada and abroad.
Marie writes for Centre for International Governance Innovation. She is affiliated to the Observatoire de géopolitique & Observatoire des conflits multidimensionnels at the Chaire Raoul Dandurand and a member of the Network for Strategic Analysis. She is also the former president of the Canadian International Council’s Montreal Branch.