Marion Laurence joined the Department of Political Science at Dalhousie University 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.  

Before taking up her current position, Dr. Laurence was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Defence Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada, based at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto. At the Canadian Forces College, she taught in the Joint Command and Staff Programme and the National Security Programme. She previously held research and teaching appointments at the University of Toronto, the University of Ottawa, Toronto Metropolitan University, and the Dallaire Centre of Excellence for Peace and Security within the Canadian Defence Academy. She holds affiliations with the Network for Strategic Analysis, Le Rubicon, and the Research Network on Women, Peace and Security, and she is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Defence at the Canadian Forces College. 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, examines changes in the form and purpose of security force assistance amid heightened geopolitical competition.