We are happy to announce that ISDC has become a member of the Anticipation Hub – a platform to facilitate knowledge exchange, learning, guidance, and advocacy around anticipatory action. Anticipatory action is an important tool in the toolbox of humanitarian response. Through our work, we generate evidence around what works, and we look forward to […]
Tatiana Orozco Garcia, from ISDC’s Peacebuilding Research Program, has successfully defended her PhD thesis! Titled “Decision Making in Fragile Settings”, the three essays make a contribution to the economic literature on development and conflict. Tatiana’s thesis addresses important research gaps and provides valuable insights into gender inequality in decision-making, discrimination in peacebuilding, and the moral […]
While the myriad of consequences of climate change are much-studied and discussed, little is known about how they interact with the specific experiences of refugees. To better understand the overlapping dynamics between climate change and displacement, ISDC has begun working on a new project with UNHCR Jordan. The goal is to develop a climate change […]
The July ISDC Newsletter features several new calls for papers, a recap of our travel this month, and some behind-the-scenes insights into how we foster a collaborative, flexible work environment. Find our July Newsletter. Subscribe to get future editions directly in your inbox. The monthly newsletter is the best way to stay up-to-date with our […]
This Monday, ISDC staff did something we don’t often get the chance to do: Gather as a big group in person! While we foster a flexible work environment and use a variety of tools that allow remote cooperation day-to-day, we recognise the unique opportunities for collaboration and teambuilding that exist only when being together in […]
Peacebuilding Researcher Paulina Rebolledo traveled to Guatemala this June as part of our flagship PeaceFIELD project to participate in two workshops on site. The purpose of these workshops was to empower United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) recipients, implementing partners, and community leaders. The first workshop, held in Guatemala City, focused on capacity building with PBF […]
Melodie Al Daccache has joined our Welfare Research Program, where she will be working alongside Ghassan Baliki, Ayşegül Kayaoğlu, Mariami Marsagishvili, and Dorothee Weiffen. Her research focuses on food security, nutrition, women’s health, livelihoods, and gender equity in developing contexts, especially in crisis-affected settings. Melodie is also a PhD candidate at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, holds […]
ISDC’s Peacebuilding Research Program welcomes a new member: Theodora Benesch is our newest Junior Researcher! Theodora holds a Master’s Degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from Uppsala University in Sweden and a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Goethe University. Her research interests relate to peacekeeping, peacebuilding, and gender as well as nonviolent movements, negotiations, and […]
Lame Ungwang from our Peacebuilding Program was scheduled to defend her PhD dissertation this April, and we’re delighted to announce she was successful! Everyone at ISDC could not be more proud of Lame. Lame’s dissertation is titled Essays in Behavioral Economics: Experimental Evidence on Explicit and Implicit Incentives and uses evidence from Uganda and Botswana […]
ISDC’s Damir Esenaliev moderated a presentation of former Kyrgyz Prime Minister Djoomart Otorbaev’s new book, ‘Central Asia’s Economic Rebirth in the Shadow of the New Great Game’ in Berlin on the 23rd of March, 2023. The book is a deep dive into Central Asia’s post-Soviet economic and political transformation and the challenges it faces as […]
Tilman Brück has been appointed Professor of Food Security, State Fragility and Climate Change at the Natural Resources Institute of the University of Greenwich. Tilman’s appointment at the NRI strengthens ISDC’s international networks and opens new collaborations for the analysis of how weak institutions, shocks and climate change shape lives and livelihoods around the world.
Dr Damir Esenaliev joined ISDC as a Senior Researcher in January 2019. He brings topical expertise on peace-building, social cohesion, human development, labor markets, inequality, and rural development, and regional expertise in Central Asian and transition economies. Damir also has extensive experience designing and conducting panel data collection and impact evaluations. He will continue his […]
