Severine Autesserre
Peacebuilding Expert | 'The Trouble with the Congo' Author
Most recently at TED in 2014.
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Séverine Autesserre is a professor of political science at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of two award-winning books on conflict resolution, including the critically acclaimed 'The Trouble with the Congo.
' Autesserre's research focuses on peacekeeping, humanitarian aid, and conflict management. Her TED talk on grassroots approaches to peace has been viewed over 1.
5 million times. Autesserre's keynotes provide audiences with evidence-based strategies for building sustainable peace in the world's most intractable conflicts.
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To solve mass violence, look to locals
Severine Autesserre studies the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is in the middle of the deadliest conflict since World War II; it's been called "the largest ongoing humanitarian crisis in the world.” The conflict seems hopelessly, unsolvably large. But her insight from decades of listening and engaging: The conflicts are often locally based. And instead of focusing on solutions that scale to a national level, leaders and aid groups might be better served solving local crises before they ignite.
1 talk, all in 2014
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