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Carolina Buendia

Doctoral candidate, Global Development Research

  • Institution University of Helsinki
  • Department/faculty Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

I am a doctoral candidate in the Political, Societal and Regional Change programme experienced in qualitative research and implementation of development cooperation projects in Finland and Latin America. My doctoral research focuses on how the focus of women’s empowerment shifts when Finland’s development aid has been increasingly transferred from traditional development cooperation to the private sector through cross-sectoral partnerships with Kenya. My professional work has been focused on using research to inform project design and implementation in development cooperation initiatives for gender-based violence, gender equality, peacebuilding, psychosocial support, and migration. Previously I have conducted research on Women, Peace and Security, and feminism in Colombia, and refugees, agency, and gender-based violence in Norway.

Elisa Klocke

PhD Candidate

  • Institution University of Lapland
  • Department/faculty Social Sciences

PhD candidate in Political Science at University of Lapland (since 2025), specializing in resilience and restorative justice. My research explores how restorative justice can add to resilience research in context of conflict and development policy to address structural inequalities, power dynamics, and sustainable conflict resolution.

Yusuf Kosar

Doctoral Researcher

  • Institution University of Eastern Finland
  • Department/faculty Department of Historical and Geographical Studies

I am a  PhD student in Human Geography, in the department of Geographical and Historical Studies at UEF. I am originally a political scientist and I do my research on Geopolitics and International Relations. However my PhD dissertation is The Finnish Influence on International Peacebuilding, where I will be focusing on two cases of conflicts "Russo-Ukrainian War and Palestinian Crisis" 

Dané Smith

Doctoral Researcher

  • Institution Aalto University
  • Department/faculty WDRG

Research work centers around water diplomacy and transboundary water governance, with a particular focus on understanding and strengthening technical-political tracks from a conflict sensitive and positive peace point of view. This includes looking at risk, decision-making and implementation, trust and trustbuilding and institutional resilience as well as multistakeholder and multitrack engagement.

Ana Tarazona

PhD researcher

  • Institution Tampere University
  • Department/faculty TAPRI

Processes of peacebuilding promoted by local agents Female activism in Colombian peacebuilding process.