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Dr Claudia Pfeifer Cruz
Researcher
Dr Claudia Pfeifer Cruz
Dr Claudia Pfeifer Cruz is a Researcher in the SIPRI Peace Operations and Conflict Management Programme. Her research focuses on UN peace operations, human rights and protection of civilians, and data and trends on peace operations. She is responsible for developing and maintaining SIPRI’s database on multilateral peace operations.
Prior to joining SIPRI, she was a Visiting Research Fellow at Brown University, in the United States, and a Teaching Assistant at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), in Switzerland. She was also a Research Assistant at World Vision International and completed an internship at the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Subject expertise
International Security, Peace Operations, Political and Criminal Violence, Organized Crime
Regional expertise
Latin America
CONTACT Dr Claudia Pfeifer Cruz
Languages
Portuguese, English, Spanish, German, French
Education
PhD, International Relations/Political Science, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland
MA, International Relations/Political Science, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland
BA, International Relations, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Citizenship
Brazil
SIPRI COMMENTARY
- Multilateral peace operations in 2022: Developments and trends (Topical backgrounder, )
- Multilateral peace operations in 2021: Developments and trends (Topical backgrounder, )
- Multilateral peace operations in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2021 (Topical backgrounder, )
SIPRI AND PARTNER PUBLICATIONS
- SIPRI Map of Multilateral Peace Operations, 2023 (SIPRI, Stockholm: May 2023)
- Women in Multilateral Peace Operations 2023: What is the State of Play? (SIPRI, Stockholm: October 2023)
- Women in Multilateral Peace Operations in 2022: What is the State of Play? (SIPRI, Stockholm: October 2022)
- Women in Multilateral Peace Operations in 2021: What is the State of Play? (SIPRI, Stockholm: November 2021)
External publications
- Hunt, C. T., Bapt, E., Day, A., Edu-Afful, F., Gérard-Baldé, A., Maalim, H., MacClinchy, W., Nata, N., and Pfeifer Cruz, C., UN Peace Operations & Human Rights: A Thematic Study, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), (Feb 2024)