Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding

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Formation 2008 (2008) Location Maison de la paix		Headquarters Geneva Director Keith Krause

Founders Thomas J. Biersteker, Keith Krause, Ricardo Bocco, Gilles Carbonnier Fields Peacebuilding, Community policing, Security sector reform

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, 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.

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;

Development, extractive industries and the political economy of violence.

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