Maria Christina Vibe is an independent researcher on peace and conflict. She has been working on transitional justice (Syria and comparative cases, Colombia); gender and conflict; women, peace and security agenda (Turkey, Middle East); the Kurdish conflict and peace process in Turkey/M.E.; civil society in conflict resolution (Colombia, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Fiji, Yemen, Turkey, Mexico, El Salvador). She has been involved in projects with the Center for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria (CSSDS), The Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Center (NOREF), the Istanbul Policy Center (IPC), and the Graduate Institute, Geneva.