Swisspeace

swisspeace "is a practice-oriented peace research institute in the area of conflict analysis and peacebuilding. We research the causes of wars and violent conflicts, develop tools for early recognition of tensions, and formulate conflict mitigation and peacebuilding strategies. swisspeace contributes to information exchange and networking on current issues of peace and security policy through its analyses and reports as well as meetings and conferences.

"swisspeace was founded in 1988 as the Swiss Peace Foundation with the goal of promoting independent peace research in Switzerland. Today swisspeace engages about 30 staff members. Its most important clients are the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), as well as national and international organizations and foundations."

Board
Accessed April 2010:


 * President - Hans-Balz Peter
 * Vice-President - Barbara Haering
 * Martine Brunschwig Graf
 * Erwin Dahinden, Brigadier
 * Hugo Fasel
 * Daniel Goldstein
 * Christoph Graf
 * Thomas Greminger
 * Sandra Hedinger
 * Hans Hurni
 * Josef Lang
 * Ueli Mäder
 * Géraldine Savary
 * Daniel Thürer
 * Frédéric Varone
 * Andreas Wenger
 * Thomas Wipf
 * Wolfgang Wörnhard
 * Salome Zindel-Staehelin
 * Katharina Eggenberger Schmidtpeter

Honorary Board Members
 * Peter Hug, Bern
 * Marie-Therese Larcher, Uitikon
 * Heinrich Ott, Riehen
 * Fritz R. Staehelin, Brugg
 * Marianne Schmid-Thurnherr, Riehen

Scientific Advisory Board
Accessed April 2010:


 * President - Sabine Maasen
 * Hans Hurni
 * Lars-Erik Cederman
 * Barbara Harff
 * Hans-Balz Peter
 * Fred Tanner
 * Klaus-Dieter Wolf

Contact
URL: http://www.swisspeace.ch

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 * International Relations and Security Network
 * Albrecht Schnabel
 * Heinz Krummenacher