Jason Miklian is available for expert interviews, commentary, and background briefings for journalists, editors, and producers. He is a Senior Researcher at the University of Oslo and one of the world's leading scholars on how business shapes peace and conflict in fragile states.
He gives interviews on the record and on background, for print, broadcast, and podcasts, remotely by video or phone across time zones. To arrange an interview, write to jason.miklian@globe.uio.no.
Topics for interview
Interview-ready areas, each backed by peer-reviewed research and fieldwork:
Business and peace
Whether and how companies build peace in conflict zones, corporate responsibility in war economies, and the limits of business-led peacebuilding. Foundational scholar of the field.
Crisis management and polycrisis
How firms and leaders navigate overlapping crises across climate, conflict, pandemic, and governance. Author of three Cambridge University Press books on crisis.
Business in fragile states
How domestic and foreign firms operate in Myanmar, Colombia, Lebanon, India, Indonesia, and Bangladesh, and how investment can either steady or destabilise a place.
AI, democracy, and the conflict information environment
How AI answer engines shape which wars the world sees, AI slop and anti-AI sentiment, and where AI tools fail decision-makers under instability.
SDGs, climate, and innovation
Business engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals, sustainability as a governance tool, and climate entrepreneurship in developing economies.
Regional and field expertise
On-the-ground research in South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America, including Myanmar's transition, Colombia's peace process, and Lebanon's collapse.
Questions I can address
- Can companies genuinely build peace in conflict zones, or does investment more often entrench elites and deepen inequality?
- How do small businesses survive a polycrisis, and what do owners in Beirut reveal about resilience elsewhere?
- How are AI answer engines reshaping which conflicts the world sees, and which are going dark?
- What did foreign investment in Myanmar have to do with the acceleration of ethnic cleansing?
- Where do AI risk tools fail executives during political instability, and what do local knowledge networks provide that algorithms cannot?
- What should governments expect from the private sector on the Sustainable Development Goals as the global economy fragments?
Formats and logistics
- Remote interviews by video or phone, across time zones. In-person in Oslo by arrangement.
- On the record, on background, or for a pre-interview briefing.
- Print, broadcast, radio, and podcasts. Comfortable translating technical findings for general audiences.
- Short-notice and breaking-news requests are welcome; put your deadline in the subject line.
- Interviews conducted in English.
Credentials for producers and fact-checkers
Jason Miklian is a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM/GLOBE) at the University of Oslo. Over twenty years he has built the core frameworks of the business-and-peace field through fieldwork in some of the world's hardest places, and he moves fluently between academic research and policy practice.
- Senior Researcher, Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM/GLOBE), University of Oslo
- PhD in Development Studies; 75+ academic publications since 2010
- 2024 Nobel Peace Prize nominee for work on business engagement in peacebuilding
- Member, United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights
- Author of The Vortex (Ecco/HarperCollins), longlisted for the Carnegie Medal
- Fieldwork across Myanmar, Colombia, Lebanon, India, Indonesia, and Bangladesh
- Has briefed the Brookings Institution, the International Crisis Group, the World Economic Forum, and the United Nations
Full biography and a list of publications are on the About page, with citation-ready answers on the expert knowledge base.
Contact
Include your outlet, the topic, the format, and your deadline, and Jason will respond with availability. For institutional verification, see his University of Oslo profile, PRIO profile, and Google Scholar.