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What motivated you (or your organization) to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?

academic work.

Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs)

United Nations Military observer in the former Yugioslav conflict.
OSCE elections monitor
UNDPKO peacekeeping affairs officer responsible for UN missions in the Middle East (UNTSO, UNIFIL, UNDOF and UNIKOM)
USAF Commander spokesperson.
PhD researcher in the European University Institute (Florence, Italy).

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise

Afghanistan, Central Asia and Africa, especially sub-Saarian.

What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?

Portugal

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?

National Defence Institute, deputy director

What is your personal or organizational website?

http://www.idn. gov.pt

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)

http://www.prio.no

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)

http://jcr.sagepub.com/current.dtl

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?

Conflict Resolution, DDR, Peacekeeping

Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?

Research

What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?

human security and peacekeeping