Research Assistant Jules is a graduate of the Masters in Law and Diplomacy Program at the Fletcher School, Tufts University. He gained invaluable insights into international legal frameworks, peacebuilding, and human rights. He is passionate about peacebuilding, human rights, and human security. Before Fletcher, Jules worked at Northwestern at the Data Analytics Lab and as […]
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Grace Hillerby
- 19 September 2022
Research Assistant Grace earned her BSc in Politics and International Relations and MSc in Conflict Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research focuses on political violence and terrorism, peacebuilding in the Middle East, and statebuilding and self-determination in the post-Soviet space. She has previously worked as an intern for human […]
Theodore Anastopoulo
- 19 September 2022
Research Assistant Theo is a graduate student studying famine and conflict resolution at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, where he has worked as a research aid on projects ranging from climate-induced migration to famine trajectories. He was a formerly a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mozambique, an AmeriCorps Volunteer in his hometown […]
Fund for Peace Names New Leadership Team
- 19 January 2022
The Board of Directors of the Fund for Peace is pleased to announce a new leadership team. Paul Turner has assumed the position of President and Executive Director as of January 10, 2022 and is joined by newly appointed Vice Presidents Patricia Taft Nasri and Nate Haken to lead the organization. As President and Executive […]
Demanding for Justice: Mapping the Nigerian SARS Protests and Quality of Life
- 12 February 2021
BY CHLOE PAN Protests in the October 2020 Nigerian End SARS movement mobilized tens of thousands of people within the country to march on the streets against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), demanding for the federal government to institute change. Their demands have also captured the attention and received support from people around the world, […]
ECOWAS Early Warning Directorate Country Risk & Vulnerability Assessments
- 18 September 2020
“We cannot talk about conflict prevention without recognizing the role of early warning and response. They are intertwined.” This film documents the Country Risk and Vulnerability Assessments (CRVA) conducted across West Africa to measure communities’ resilience to conflict, humanitarian emergencies and other shocks. These CRVAs take a hyper local approach to data collection and assessment, […]
Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights in Ghana
- 26 November 2015
BY J.J. MESSNER AND HANNAH BLYTH With the government of Ghana announcing in 2014 that it would sign onto the VPs initiative as the first African nation to do so, it is now in the stages developing a VPs National Action Plan. Working with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau for Democracy, Rights and Labor, […]
Conflict Bulletin: Abia State – Patterns and Trends, 2012-2015
- 19 August 2015
BY NATE HAKEN AND PATRICIA TAFT* Since 2012, Abia has been the most peaceful state in the Niger Delta overall, as measured by fatalities per capita. In the 2015 gubernatorial elections, Okezie Ikpeazu, of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was elected to replace outgoing Governor Theordore Orji (also PDP) in the second round of voting, […]