Cora Alder is a MPhil/PhD candidate in the Department of International Relations at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳. Her research focuses on ways in which ‘secularised’ views of mediators impact international peace efforts and how implicit ‘visions of good peace’ are dialogically negotiated between armed groups and third parties.
Prior to joining ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳, Cora worked as an Associate Political Affairs Officer at the UN Department for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs; as a Program Officer in the Mediation Support Team at the Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich; and as an Academic Attachée at the Embassy of Switzerland in Belgium.
Cora holds a Joint Degree MA in Religion-Economics-Politics from the Universities of Basel, Lucerne and Zurich and a BA in Religious Studies from the University of Zurich.
Research topic
Western Perceptions in Intractable Conflicts: The Impact of Secularism on International Peace Efforts
Academic supervisors
Mark Hoffman
Professor James Walters
Research Cluster affliation
Security and Statecraft Research Cluster
Theory/Area/History Research Cluster