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Mara Roberts

Crowdsourcing vs Experts: Assessing Technological Approaches to Conflict Monitoring

June 17, 2011 – 9:38 am

Not too long ago, I met up with a friend of mine who used to be an analyst for the State Department.  One of the hot topics of our dialogue included the subject of peacebuilding efforts in Africa.  During the conversation, he recounted a story about a project he was involved with where he was ...More

The Next Generation Conflict Monitoring System: People and Technology

June 1, 2011 – 1:53 pm

Reports were trickling in from our friend and coworker living in Kenya that the situation was rapidly deteriorating. After what appeared to be a stolen presidential election on December 27, 2007, the resulting violence seemed to be drawn along tribal lines. The 100 year-old mission compound where Esau and his family lived seemed to always ...More