Christine Schenk has obtained an MSc in Geography and Geoinformatics from Humboldt University Berlin. In the last five years, she has worked as advisor and project manager for a range of aid agencies and NGOs, including GTZ, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), World Bank, Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation Timor-Leste (CAVR). Her fields of expertise range from post-conflict reconstruction, food security, regional development and conflict-sensitive project planning to dealing with the past in South and South East Asia. Country experience: Haiti, Ecuador, Peru, Honduras, Sri Lanka, East Timor and Indonesia/Aceh. She has joined swisspeace in August 2007 and is coordinator of IP swisspeace for the Thematic Node 1: "Institutions, Livelihoods and Conflicts" and Work Package 1: "Governance and Conflict" of the NCCR.