Mathilde Wieland Thorsen Email & Phone Number

MSc graduate in Global Studies and International Development from Roskilde University. In addition to my studies at RUC, I hold a minor in “Globalisation and Inequality” from Maastricht University. Throughout my academic career, I have critically explored the field of development to complement and provide nuance to sometimes simple analyses. For my master’s dissertation, I analysed how a rising global, authoritarian wave severely restricts civil society actors working on highly sensitive issues, yet also how, through deliberate negotiation and re-strategising, some of them manage to carefully carve out a space for their activities. I have fieldwork experience from Nairobi, Kenya, and one year of practical work experience for an INGO in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.