Marie Gabenisch (M.)

Marie Gabenisch is a PhD Candidate in Criminology at Maastricht University. She conducts an ethnographic study into perceptions of the roles, relationships, and (self-)images of victims, perpetrators, and facilitators of human trafficking in and via the Netherlands. Her research is part of COMCRIM, a public-private, interdisciplinary consortium focused on developing a better understanding of crimes that undermine democracy and the rule of law. She is a member of the Resilience, Security & Civil Unrest (ReSCU) Lab, based at the VU Amsterdam.

Marie holds Master’s degrees in International Relations from Sciences Po Bordeaux, Empirical Social and Political Research from the University of Stuttgart (2017-2022), and Counter-Terrorism and Homeland Security from Reichman University (2022-2023). She developed her taste for societally impactful research during her internships at the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) and the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT).