Solveig RichterSolveig Richter is Heisenberg Professor for International Relations and Transnational Politics at the Institute of Political Science, Leipzig University, and implementing a Heisenberg research project on the legitimacy of non-state actors in pst-conflict settings, funded by the German research foundation. Before that, she held positions as a junior professor for International Conflict Management at the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, University of Erfurt and senior researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs/Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik Berlin (SWP), Germany. In her research she focuses on post-conflict peace-processes, on local non-state actors in conflict-areas as well as on external democracy promotion and conflict management. She conducted research mostly in the Western Balkans and in Colombia. She has a deep interest in fostering participatory and decolonial approaches as well as strengthening global and inclusive peace and conflict studies. Richter has published widely in peer-reviewed journals such as International Studies Quarterly, Small Wars and Insurgencies, Journal of European Public Policy (JEPP) and World Development Perspectives. During her professional career, she also worked as lecturer, journalist, and political consultant. From 2020-2023, she served as editor-in-chief of the Zeitschrift fu¨r Friedens- und Konfliktforschung – ZeFKo Studies in Peace and Conflict, the most important journal in the field of peace and conflict studies in the German-speaking area. Read More Read Less