Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding

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Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding
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Formation2008 (2008)
FoundersThomas J. Biersteker, Keith Krause, Ricardo Bocco, Gilles Carbonnier
HeadquartersGeneva
Location
FieldsPeacebuilding, Community policing, Security sector reform
Director
Keith Krause
Head of Research
Oliver Jütersonke
Parent organization
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
AffiliationsSmall Arms Survey, , Geneva Centre for Security Studies
Websitegraduateinstitute.ch/ccdp

The Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding is an interdisciplinary research centre at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies which is housed at the Maison de la paix in Geneva. The Centre is staffed by several prominent researchers such as: director Keith Krause, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, Thomas J. Biersteker, Anna Leander, Jonathan Luke Austin, and Jean-Louis Arcand.

Founding[]

The Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP) was founded in 2008 by Keith Krause, Thomas J. Biersteker, Ricardo Bocco and Gilles Carbonnier, following the merger of HEI and IUED into the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.

Expertise[]

The Centre specifically focuses on research in the following fields:

  • Peacebuilding, Armed violence reduction, reconciliation, and the transformation of conflict;
  • Community Policing, and informal security provision, particularly in urban settings;
  • Security sector reform;
  • Critical security studies;
  • Development, extractive industries and the political economy of violence.

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