Carlo Koos is a Professor of Political Science at the Department of Government and leading the WarEffects project. His research interest is at the intersection of comparative politics, peace and conflict, and development. 

Summer Lindsey is Assistant Professor in Political Science at Rutgers University. Her research focuses on the enduring implications of armed conflicts on women's security and gender attitudes. Summer combines experimental research with quantitative and qualitative observational methods. 

Noah Celander is a research assistant with the WarEffects project at the University of Bergen.

Education: MSSc in Peace and Conflict Studies from Uppsala University, BA in Global Studies from University of Gothenburg and City University of Hong Kong.

Research interests: Peace and Conflict Studies, Violence against Civilians, Gender, LGBTQIA+ issues, CRSV, Gender, Rights of people on the move, and Genocide studies. 

Daniil Chernov is a research assistant with the WarEffects project at the University of Bergen.

Education: MSc in Political Science from Higher School of Economics, BA in International Relations from Higher School of Economics.

Research interests: Peace and Conflict Studies, Violence against Civilians, Gender, War Studies, External Support in Civil Conflicts, Political Psychology, Terrorism, Rebel Governance.

Anwesha Dutta is a Senior Researcher at the Chr. Michelsen Institute. She is trained as a political ecologist and uses ethnographic methods to study ecology approaches to forestry, wildlife conservation, resource extraction and governance. She conducted extensive fieldwork in the India-Bhutan borderlines of Assam.

Dylan Forrester is a postdoctoral researcher in the WarEffects project. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Davis. His research focuses on social cohesion after civil war, with an emphasis on Latin America. He is also interested in the relationship between sports and conflict/peacebuilding. Prior to starting his Ph.D., he completed a B.A. in political science at the University of California, San Diego, and an M.A. in conflict resolution at Georgetown University. After graduating from Georgetown, he worked at a non-profit organization in Bogotá, Colombia that supports initiatives to strengthen civil society and repair interpersonal connections damaged by war. He subsequently worked as a program associate at Inclusive Security in Washington, D.C., a non-governmental organization that lobbied to include women in peacebuilding efforts.