My main research interests lie on the intersection between technological developments, security practices, and societal change. In 2023 I work on different projects on emerging security technologies. These include RegulAir (a large, multi-annual research project on the integration of drones in the civilian airspace, that I lead), TRANSCEND (a Horizon Europe project dealing with societal impacts of EU security research, where I am WP leader), and Europe’s New Security Architecture Post-Ukraine War, a project that I lead.
Bruno Oliveira Martins
Senior Researcher
Email: brumar@prio.org
Interests and experience
I am a senior researcher at PRIO, where I am co-leader of the Security & Technology Research Group and a member of the PRIO Migration Centre.
Professional background:
- 2017-19: Postdoctoral Fellow, Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM), Malmö University
- 2017: Guest researcher, ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo
- 2013-2016: Postdoc / Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
- 2013-14: External Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Southern Denmark
- 2010-14: Researcher, University of Minho, Project Strategic P ar tn er ships in EU's F o re i g n P oli c y
- 2011: Visiting Fellow, European University Institute, Florence
- 2010: Visiting Fellow, Egmont Institute, Brussels
- 2008: Political Analyst, Delegation of the European Commission in Israel.
- 2008: EuroMeSCo Exchange Researcher, Ben-Gurion University, Israel. Research Project Undocumented Migrants, Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Israel
- 2006-08: Researcher, Institute for Strategic and international Studies (IEEI), Lisbon
Edu c a t ion
- 2014: PhD in Political Science, University of Minho, Portugal.
- 2008: MA in European Studies, University of Minho, Portugal
- 2003: L i ce n c iatura (5 year graduation) in Law, Portuguese Catholic University.
Languages
- Fluent: Portuguese (mother tongue), English, Spanish
- Intermediate: Norwegian, Italian
- Basic: Danish, French
Projects
All projects
Feb 2023 – Sep 2025
TRANSCEND: Transdisciplinary methods for societal impact assessment and impact creation for security research technologies
TRANSCEND: Transdisciplinary methods for societal impact assessment and impact creation for security research technologies
Nov 2021 –
Regulation of Drone Autonomy: Implications for the European Airspace
Regulation of Drone Autonomy: Implications for the European Airspace
Jan 2021 – Dec 2024
RegulAIR: The integration of drones in the Norwegian and European Airspaces
RegulAIR: The integration of drones in the Norwegian and European Airspaces
Jun 2019 –
Peace, Security and Global Digital Politics: ePOLITICS Initiative
Peace, Security and Global Digital Politics: ePOLITICS Initiative
Oct 2023 – Oct 2023
PRIO’s AI Days 2023
PRIO’s AI Days 2023
Jan 2023 – Apr 2024
The Humanitarian Disarmament Roundtable
The Humanitarian Disarmament Roundtable
Jul 2021 – Jun 2022
Fact-Finding Study Preparing a “Drone Strategy 2.0”
Fact-Finding Study Preparing a “Drone Strategy 2.0”
Feb 2021 – Oct 2021
Disruptive Security Technologies: Challenges to Norway’s Total Defence Concept
Disruptive Security Technologies: Challenges to Norway’s Total Defence Concept
Oct 2020 – Jun 2021
Critical Perspectives on Digital Peacebuilding
Critical Perspectives on Digital Peacebuilding
Aug 2020 – Apr 2021
Study of different metropolitan approaches in countering the threats posed by unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)
Study of different metropolitan approaches in countering the threats posed by unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)
Latest publications
All publications
Chantal Lavallée & Bruno Oliveira Martins (2023)
Reframing Civil–Military Relations in the EU: Insights From the Drone Strategy 2.0
Reframing Civil–Military Relations in the EU: Insights From the Drone Strategy 2.0
Journal article in JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies
Andreas Hirblinger et al. (2023)
Digital Peacebuilding: A Framework for Critical–Reflexive Engagement
Digital Peacebuilding: A Framework for Critical–Reflexive Engagement
Journal article in International Studies Perspectives
Bruno Oliveira Martins, Nora Kristine Stai & Raluca Csernatoni (2023)
Disruptive Technology and the Total Defence Concept: Insights from Norway
Disruptive Technology and the Total Defence Concept: Insights from Norway
PRIO Paper
Raluca Csernatoni & Bruno Oliveira Martins (2023)
Disruptive Technologies for Security and Defence: Temporality, Performativity and Imagination
Disruptive Technologies for Security and Defence: Temporality, Performativity and Imagination
Journal article in Geopolitics
Bruno Oliveira Martins (2023)
Security knowledges: circulation, control, and responsible research and innovation in EU border management
Security knowledges: circulation, control, and responsible research and innovation in EU border management
Journal article in Science as Culture
Bruno Oliveira Martins & Daniel Pinéu (2023)
Segurança e Geoestratégia
Segurança e Geoestratégia
Book chapter in O Essencial da Política Portuguesa
Bruno Oliveira Martins, Pinar Tank & Beste İşleyen (2023)
Turkish Drones as a Foreign Policy Tool: A Technology-Mediated Search for Autonomy
Turkish Drones as a Foreign Policy Tool: A Technology-Mediated Search for Autonomy
MidEast Policy Brief
Bruno Oliveira Martins (2022)
Norges sårbarhet for droner var velkjent. Russlands krig har gjort sårbarheten farligere og synligere.
Norges sårbarhet for droner var velkjent. Russlands krig har gjort sårbarheten farligere og synligere.
Popular article in Aftenposten
Bruno Oliveira Martins (2022)
Drones over Norway: A Security and Regulatory Analysis
Drones over Norway: A Security and Regulatory Analysis
Popular article in PRIO Blogs
Bruno Oliveira Martins (2013)
Disclosed: EU Vulnerability: Taking US Mass Surveillance Seriously After Snowden Affair – Analysis
Disclosed: EU Vulnerability: Taking US Mass Surveillance Seriously After Snowden Affair – Analysis
IPRIS Viewpoints
Latest news
All news
Monday, 22 Aug 2022
PRIO Contributions to Arendalsuka 2022
PRIO Contributions to Arendalsuka 2022
Arendalsuka concluded on Friday and PRIO Director Henrik Urdal sums up PRIO's contributions.
Friday, 19 Aug 2022
PRIO at Arendalsuka 2022
PRIO at Arendalsuka 2022
PRIO participated at this year's Arendalsuka with three events, and with our researchers on several debate panels.
Wednesday, 20 Apr 2022
New Horizon Europe Project at PRIO on Security Research
New Horizon Europe Project at PRIO on Security Research
A collaborative project in which PRIO participates has been awarded a large grant from the European Union's Horizon Europe programme.
Wednesday, 16 Feb 2022
PRIO Researchers Join New UN Network on Protection of Vulnerable Targets
PRIO Researchers Join New UN Network on Protection of Vulnerable Targets
We are proud to announce that PRIO researchers Bruno Oliveira Martins and Ilaria Carrozza are joining a new UN network as expert members.
Tuesday, 19 Oct 2021
Bruno Oliveira Martins Speaks at UN Office of Counter-Terrorism Expert Group Meeting
Bruno Oliveira Martins Speaks at UN Office of Counter-Terrorism Expert Group Meeting
On 6 October, Senior Researcher Bruno Oliveira Martins presented PRIO research at the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) Expert Group Meeting on Vulnerable Targets and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).
Tuesday, 28 Sep 2021
RegulAIR Project Team Makes an Address at INTERPOL Drone Incursion Exercise
RegulAIR Project Team Makes an Address at INTERPOL Drone Incursion Exercise
On 28-30 September 2021, the RegulAIR project team attended the first-ever international drone incursion exercise at a fully operational airport.
Tuesday, 14 Sep 2021
New Project: Preparing the EU’s Drone Strategy 2.0
New Project: Preparing the EU’s Drone Strategy 2.0
PRIO has received funding from the European Commission to contribute to a fact-finding study preparing a Drone Strategy 2.
Thursday, 20 May 2021
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: From Sheikh Jarrah to Gaza
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: From Sheikh Jarrah to Gaza
In a series of brief blog posts, researchers of the PRIO Middle East Centre offer their reflections on the unfolding Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
Monday, 3 May 2021
Call for Applications: Three New PhD Positions at PRIO
Call for Applications: Three New PhD Positions at PRIO
PRIO invites applications for three Doctoral Researcher positions.
Tuesday, 2 Mar 2021
Border Security ‘Problems’ and ‘Solutions’: What’s the relationship?
Border Security ‘Problems’ and ‘Solutions’: What’s the relationship?
In a new article recently published in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Bruno Oliveira Martins and Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert analyze the dynamics surrounding the adoption of technologies for EU border control.
Latest events
All events
Thursday, 26 Oct 2023 10:00–11:30 UTC+02
Competing Perspectives on Global AI Governance
Competing Perspectives on Global AI Governance
Tuesday, 31 Jan 2023 08:30–09:30 UTC+01
Turkish Drones as a Foreign Policy Tool
Turkish Drones as a Foreign Policy Tool
Friday, 25 Nov 2022 08:30–10:00 UTC+01
Breakfast seminar: Drones over Norway: Opportunities, Threats, and Vulnerabilities
Breakfast seminar: Drones over Norway: Opportunities, Threats, and Vulnerabilities
24–25 Nov 2022
Drones in Civilian Airspaces: Security, Regulation, and Imagination
Drones in Civilian Airspaces: Security, Regulation, and Imagination
Monday, 26 Sep 2022 13:00–15:00 UTC+02
Biometric Borders, Body Politics and Digital Governance
Biometric Borders, Body Politics and Digital Governance
Monday, 15 Aug 2022 19:00–20:00 UTC+02
Forces for Good and Bad: Emerging Technologies and the Future of Humankind
Forces for Good and Bad: Emerging Technologies and the Future of Humankind
Tuesday, 7 Jun 2022 09:00–17:00 UTC+02
European Governance of Emerging Technologies: Concepts, Challenges and Practices
European Governance of Emerging Technologies: Concepts, Challenges and Practices
Wednesday, 9 Jun 2021 09:30–11:00 UTC+02
Drones, Robotics, and New Military Technologies: Debating the Norwegian Position
Drones, Robotics, and New Military Technologies: Debating the Norwegian Position
Tuesday, 8 Jun 2021 14:30–16:00 UTC+01
Drones, inteligência artificial e as novas tecnologias militares: contributos para uma posição portuguesa
Drones, inteligência artificial e as novas tecnologias militares: contributos para uma posição portuguesa
Wednesday, 27 Jan 2021 15:15–16:15 UTC+01
Tech-Based States of Emergency: Public Responses and Societal implications
Tech-Based States of Emergency: Public Responses and Societal implications
In the media
March 2024
PRIO researcher Bruno Oliveira Martins was interviewed about military conscription in Portugal in the context of changes in European armies following the war in Ukraine, for the Portuguese newspaper, Jornal de Notícias.
September 2023
PRIO Researcher Bruno Oliveira Martins was interviewed about the use of drones in the war in Ukraine, for the Portuguese newspaper, Expresso.
September 2023
PRIO Researcher Bruno Oliveira Martins was interviewed about the dangers of drones for airports and aviation security, for the UK newspaper, The Telegraph.
June 2023
PRIO Researcher Bruno Oliveira Martins was interviewed on drone use in the war in Ukraine, in an article by the Norwegian newspaper, VG.
March 2023
PRIO Researcher Bruno Oliveira Martins was mentioned in a Cape Verdean newspaper, A Semana, commenting on the possibility of using robots in the battlefields of the future, which was pulled from his earlier interview with the Portuguese computer magazine, Exame Informática.
PRIO started listing media appearances on profiles in 2023. Earlier media appearances may not be listed.
Work positions
2017–
Senior ResearcherPeace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
