Current research
From Mandate to Practice: the Contextual Interpretation of the Protection of Civilians in Chad (MINURCAT)
The project addresses how protection as mandated by the UNSC through its resolutions is translated into protecting women and children in refugee camps in Chad in the context of the MINURCAT operation. More
Civilian Expertise and the Success of Peace Operations
The study will ask what type of civilian expertise is considered most important for UN peace operations, what the content of that civilian expertise is, whether it conforms or not to existing research on peace operations, and whether there are diverging views on these issues both among key UN member states and within the UN bureaucracy. More