Dr Pamina Firchow is an Associate Professor in the Conflict Resolution and Coexistence program at Brandeis University’s Heller School. Her research focuses on political violence, transitional justice, reconciliation, and peacebuilding, with a special interest in the ‘local turn’ in peacebuilding and international support for communities affected by mass violence. Previously, she worked on a global campaign against illicit small arms. Contact: Pamina.Firchow@gmail.com. More at paminafirchow.org.

Fernanda Cabezas is a PhD student in political science at the Maxwell School, SU. She holds a Bachelor’s in political science and economics from the Catholic University of Chile and a Master’s in peacebuilding from the Heller School. Her research focuses on conflict and violence in Latin America, with experience at the Chilean Ministry of Environment, INTE, J-PAL Latin America, and EPI. She has evaluated programs on environmental degradation, city-port conflicts, and organized crime, with fieldwork in Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia and South Sudan.