Parallel session
Aid, peace, and fragile states

David Carment | Helena Pérez Niño | Jussi Ojala | Q&A

Rachel Gisselquist | Chair

Rachel M. Gisselquist, a political scientist, is a Research Fellow with UNU-WIDER. She works on the comparative politics of the developing world, and has published in particular on ethnic politics and group-based inequality, state fragility, governance, and democratization in sub-Saharan Africa. Before moving to Helsinki, she spent three years at Harvard University as Research Director, Index of African Governance, followed by stints at the London School of Economics and with the World Bank.

David Carment | Presenter | Presentation

David Carment is a Professor of International Affairs at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University and Fellow of the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI). He is also a NATO Fellow and listed in Who’s Who in International Affairs. Professor Carment has been the recipient of a Carleton Graduate Student’s teaching excellence award, SSHRC fellowships and research awards, Carleton University’s research achievement award, and a Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award.

Helena Pérez Niño | Presenter | Presentation

Helena Pérez Niño is a Lecturer in Political Economy in the Department of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Her research focuses on the political economy of development in Southern Africa, and on the articulation of agricultural producers and workers with global production networks. She has published on migrant labour, natural resources and foreign aid in Southern Africa.

Jussi Ojala | Presenter | Presentation

Jussi Ojala is Executive Representative at Finn Church Aid, Finland’s largest development cooperation NGO. He has lived in fragile and conflict affected states in Africa, worked extensively on peace mediation and fragility for the UN and EU and consulted the International Dialogue for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding during the Ebola response in West-Africa. His current task relates to private sector development and investments in states of fragility.