The co-grantees are happy to mark the official launch of this project on September 1st, 2017. During this first phase, the grantees will embark upon hiring their research teams and setting up the organizational infrastructure for ongoing project management.

The anticipated project teams include 3 post-doctoral researchers and 1 doctoral researcher in Switzerland, alongside 2 senior and 2 junior researchers in Ghana and Laos each. The overall project coordination will be managed by the Center on Conflict, Development, and Peacebuilding at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.