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Members of the ACE Practitioners’ Network

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Members of the Practitioner’s Network
140 found.

Helena Catt
2009-2014 international election consultant and BRIDGE facillitator, based in UK 2004-2009 Chief Executive of the New Zealand Electoral Commission 1990-2004 Academic in Department of Political Studies, University of Auckland - researching and teach [...]
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Nationality
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Thematic Areas
of Expertise
None
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
None

Olivia Bauer

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Nationality
United States of America

Thematic Areas
of Expertise
None

Carter Center Intern 2

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Richard Chambers
Over thirteen years of experience in law, democratisation and elections. He was Team Leader of the EU Democracy and Election Support Mission to the Afghanistan Presidential Elections 2004 and has also observed numerous elections for the EU and OSCE/O [...]
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Nationality
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Civil Society and Elections
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Dispute Resolution
Electoral Management
Electoral Observation
Participation
Electoral Systems
Legal Framework
Parties and Candidates
Voter Registration

Michael William Joseph Clegg
Educated as lawyer in UK. Emigrated to Canada. After work in industry and Bennett Jones law firm, appointed Parliamentary Counsel to Alberta Legislature and legal adviser elections. Legislative Counsel to Canadian Parliament - parliamentary law and [...]
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Nationality
Canada

Languages
English
French
Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Electoral Dispute Resolution
Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution
Electoral Observation
Legal Framework
Vote Counting
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Africa
Americas
Asia
Middle East
Pacific

Francisco Cobos Flores
Involved since 1989 in the electoral field, mainly in the areas of technical assistance and observation. Participated with a variety of intergovernmental organisations and govenmental bodies in assignments in over 50 countries ranging from explorator [...]
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Nationality
Spain

Languages
English
Spanish
French
Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Civil Society and Elections
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Dispute Resolution
Electoral Management
Electoral Observation
Electoral Systems
Legal Framework
Vote Counting
Voter Registration
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Middle East
Pacific

Vincent da Cruz

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Languages
English
French
Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Management
Voting Operations
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Africa
Asia
Middle East

Almami Cyllah

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Languages
English
French
Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Civic and Voter Education
Civil Society and Elections
Direct Democracy
Electoral Management
Electoral Observation
Voter Education
Voter Education

Staffan Darnolf
Staffan Darnolf currently works as IFES’ Country Director in Pakistan. Darnolf previously worked as IFES’ chief of party in Nepal and spent two years in Afghanistan working as a senor advisor to the Interim Afghan Electoral Commission and as an i [...]
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Nationality
Sweden

Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Boundary Delimitation
Voter Education
Civil Society and Elections
Elections and Technology
Elections Security
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Dispute Resolution
Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution
Electoral Management
Electoral Observation
Participation
Electoral Systems
Legal Framework
Media and Elections
Minority and Refugee Voting
Voting from Abroad
Parties and Candidates
Vote Counting
Voter Registration
Voter Turnout
Voting Operations

Sumona DasGupta

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Vincent De Herdt
Vincent De Herdt has a degree in law. Having started his career as a researcher, he became a university law professor and now works as an international consultant on democracy and the rule of law. Since 1992, he has provided legal and electoral exper [...]
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Nationality
Belgium

Languages
English
French
Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Civil Society and Elections
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Dispute Resolution
Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution
Electoral Management
Electoral Observation
Electoral Systems
Gender and Elections
Legal Framework
Parties and Candidates
Vote Counting
Voter Registration
Voting Operations
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Algeria
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the
Cote d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Ghana
Kenya
Liberia
Madagascar
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Senegal
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Togo
Tunisia
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Haiti
Cambodia
Indonesia
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Anne-Marie DeLorey

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Nationality
Canada

Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Civil Society and Elections
Electoral Dispute Resolution
Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution
Electoral Observation
Gender and Elections
Legal Framework
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Africa
Americas
Europe

David George Ian Mathieson
David Mathieson is an experienced IT Director, Consultant & Project Manager, with more than 40 years’ experience in all aspects of information technology, at all levels and in a wide spectrum of industries and public bodies. He has a proven track [...]
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Nationality
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Languages
English
French
Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Boundary Delimitation
Elections and Technology
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Management
Electoral Observation
Electoral Systems
Vote Counting
Voter Registration
Voting Operations
Other
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Africa

Daniel Michael Murphy

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Nationality
United States of America

Languages
English
French
Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Voter Education
Civil Society and Elections
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Dispute Resolution
Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution
Electoral Management
Electoral Observation
Participation
Electoral Systems
Gender and Elections
Media and Elections
Parties and Candidates
Vote Counting
Voter Registration
Voting Operations
Youth Participation
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Americas
Asia
Europe
Middle East

Nadege Domjie

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MARTIN HAROLD HERNANDEZ DONAYRE

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Rebecca Duncan

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Carl Dundas
Carl W. Dundas, LL.B, LL.M.,Lond. Barrister-at-Law, Gray's Inn. Formerly employed by IFES-USAID as Chief of Party, Africa. Formerly Director of Elections, Jamaica, and Special Adviser, Commonwealth Secretariat, dealing with electoral matters. Consult [...]
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Nationality
Jamaica

Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Boundary Delimitation
Voter Education
Electoral Dispute Resolution
Electoral Management
Electoral Observation
Legal Framework
Voter Registration
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Africa

Andrew Ellis
Andrew Ellis is a senior consultant on elections, constitutions and democracy building based in Falmouth, Cornwall, UK. Until early 2014 he was Director for Asia and the Pacific for International IDEA, a global intergovernmental organisation whose m [...]
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Nationality
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Boundary Delimitation
Voter Education
Civil Society and Elections
Direct Democracy
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Dispute Resolution
Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution
Electoral Management
Electoral Observation
Participation
Electoral Systems
Gender and Elections
Legal Framework
Media and Elections
Minority and Refugee Voting
Voting from Abroad
Parties and Candidates
Vote Counting
Voter Registration
Voter Turnout
Voting Operations
Youth Participation
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Middle East
Pacific

Peter Erben
Peter Erben is a Senior Electoral Advisor, who specialises in the management of electoral projects in emerging democracies and is continuously engaged in key positions in major electoral processes. In 2005 Mr. Erben was the Chief Electoral Officer of [...]
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Nationality
Denmark

Languages
English
Danish
German
Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Integrity
Electoral Management
Electoral Observation
Electoral Standards
Electoral Systems
Legal Framework
Out of Country Voting
Voting from Abroad
Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution

Astrid Evrensel
Political / Electoral Affairs Officer working for UN Office to the African Union. Experience in Afghanistan, Nepal, Indonesia, Yemen, Kosovo and in over 15 African countries. Worked for UNDP, EU, IOM, OSCE, NGOs and the private sector. Publications i [...]
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Nationality
Austria

Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Voter Education
Civil Society and Elections
Elections and Technology
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Management
Electoral Observation
Gender and Elections
Voter Registration
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Africa
Asia
Middle East

Zage Filipovski
What I bring to the team is over 15 years’ Elections Assistance experience bringing innovation in the work of different state institutions and civil society organizations in several countries where we managed to introduce new vision in the field of [...]
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Nationality
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of

Languages
English
Russian
Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Voter Education
Civil Society and Elections
Direct Democracy
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Management
Electoral Observation
Participation
Gender and Elections
Parties and Candidates
Voter Registration
Voting Operations
Youth Participation
Other
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Ethiopia
Kenya
Zambia
Europe
Albania
Armenia
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Georgia
Kosovo
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of
Montenegro
Romania
Serbia
Slovenia
Sweden
Ukraine

Jeff Fischer
Jeff Fischer has held three election directorships in internationally supervised elections where electoral security was one of his responsibilities. In 1996, he was appointed by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to serve [...]
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Nationality
United States of America

Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Boundary Delimitation
Direct Democracy
Elections and Technology
Elections Security
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Dispute Resolution
Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution
Electoral Management
Legal Framework
Media and Elections
Minority and Refugee Voting
Voting from Abroad
Youth Participation
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Middle East
Pacific

Meaghan Fitzgerald

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Mauricio FORERO
The ACE Electoral Knowledge Network is the world’s largest online community and repository of electoral knowledge. It provides comprehensive information and specialised advice on any aspect of electoral processes. The foremost aim of ACE, is to fos [...]
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Nationality
Colombia

Languages
English
Spanish
French
Portuguese
Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Boundary Delimitation
Voter Education
Civil Society and Elections
Direct Democracy
Elections and Technology
Elections Security
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Dispute Resolution
Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution
Electoral Management
Electoral Observation
Participation
Electoral Systems
Gender and Elections
Legal Framework
Media and Elections
Minority and Refugee Voting
Voting from Abroad
Parties and Candidates
Vote Counting
Voter Registration
Voter Turnout
Voting Operations
Youth Participation
Other
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Africa
Djibouti
Mali
Americas
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Haiti
Europe
Switzerland
Pacific
American Samoa
New Caledonia

Stuart Fraser

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FREDY MARTIN GIRALDO RIVERA
Experto en gestión y outsourcing electoral. Como mas de 15 años de experiencia en los campos de supervisión, fiscalización, observación y ejecución de procesos electorales. He laborado en tanto en instituciones estatales ligadas al campo elect [...]
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Nationality
Peru

Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Voter Education
Civil Society and Elections
Direct Democracy
Elections and Technology
Elections Security
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution
Electoral Management
Electoral Observation
Electoral Systems
Legal Framework
Vote Counting
Voting Operations
Youth Participation
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Americas

Alain Gauthier
24 years exp. as Electoral Operations Specialist. Assignments in Canada, Iraq, Haiti, Guyana, Guinea-Bissau... Main fields of activities : Elections and Technology, Security, assistance, integrity ; elections management ; elections cost control ; [...]
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Nationality
Canada

Languages
English
French
Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Civil Society and Elections
Elections and Technology
Elections Security
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution
Electoral Management
Participation
Gender and Elections
Vote Counting
Voter Registration
Voter Turnout
Other
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Africa
Guinea-Bissau
Americas
Canada
Guyana
Haiti
Middle East

Ghada Donahue
An international development professional with more than 12 years of experience supporting USAID funded programs in Iraq, Sudan, Afghanistan, Washington DC and Tunisia. Worked in management programs that strengthened democratic institutions in transi [...]
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Nationality
United States of America

Languages
English
Arabic
Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Voter Education
Civil Society and Elections
Elections and Technology
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Management
Electoral Observation
Electoral Systems
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Africa
Middle East

Gerald McDonough

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Ben Goldsmith
I have been involved in assisting democratic processes in post conflict countries and transitional democracies since 1997 and have worked in the UK, Bosnia, Kosovo, Georgia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt.
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Nationality
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Elections and Technology
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Management
Electoral Systems
Legal Framework
Voting from Abroad
Vote Counting
Voter Registration
Voting Operations
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Asia
Europe
Middle East

Yvonne Goudie
I have over 15 years extensive experience expertise in the management of learning and capacity development programs – particularly civic and democracy education and electoral education. My educator roles have intersected with my electoral and democ [...]
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Nationality
Australia

Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Voter Education
Civil Society and Elections
Gender and Elections
Youth Participation
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Asia
Middle East
Pacific

Ron Gould
Ron Gould CM retired from Elections Canada after 20 years service. Since 1984, when he was a member of the OAS and Canadian monitoring missions in El Salvador, he has participated in more than 100 election assistance missions in over 60 countries. [...]
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Nationality
Canada

Languages
English
French
Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Boundary Delimitation
Voter Education
Civil Society and Elections
Direct Democracy
Elections and Technology
Elections Security
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Dispute Resolution
Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution
Electoral Management
Electoral Observation
Participation
Electoral Systems
Gender and Elections
Legal Framework
Media and Elections
Minority and Refugee Voting
Voting from Abroad
Parties and Candidates
Vote Counting
Voter Registration
Voter Turnout
Voting Operations
Youth Participation

Paul Guerin

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Nationality
Ireland

Languages
English
French
Portuguese
Cambodian
Indonesian
Thai
Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Boundary Delimitation
Voter Education
Civil Society and Elections
Direct Democracy
Elections and Technology
Elections Security
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Dispute Resolution
Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution
Electoral Management
Electoral Observation
Participation
Electoral Systems
Gender and Elections
Legal Framework
Media and Elections
Minority and Refugee Voting
Voting from Abroad
Parties and Candidates
Vote Counting
Voter Registration
Voter Turnout
Voting Operations
Youth Participation
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Cambodia
Indonesia

Luie Tito Guia
I am a lawyer by profession who specializes in election law. I manage my own law office. As an election lawyer I have represented candidates in election contests before election tribunals and courts in the Philippines. I have also counseled and provi [...]
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Nationality
Philippines

Languages
English
Tagalog
Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Voter Education
Civil Society and Elections
Elections and Technology
Electoral Dispute Resolution
Electoral Management
Legal Framework
Media and Elections
Voter Registration
Voting Operations
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Indonesia
Philippines
Thailand

Beverly Hagerdon Thakur

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Languages
English
French

Lisa Handley
Dr. Handley has been involved in electoral assistance in more than a dozen countries, serving as a consultant on issues of democratic governance – including voting rights, electoral system design, electoral boundary delimitation and electoral dispu [...]
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Nationality
United States of America

Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Boundary Delimitation
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Dispute Resolution
Electoral Systems
Minority and Refugee Voting
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Africa
Botswana
Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the
Liberia
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Sudan
Zimbabwe
Americas
Haiti
Jamaica
Mexico
United States of America
Asia
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Europe
Georgia
Germany
Kosovo
Middle East
Lebanon
Yemen
Australia
Fiji

Rihanto Jusuf Hardjopawiro
I am the Head of the General Secretary of Elections of Suriname. During the elections of 2010 I co-monitored elections workinggroups and I also co-supported the Election Commission of Legislation at identifying and making recommendations regarding am [...]
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Nationality
Suriname

Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Elections Security
Electoral Management
Voter Registration

Jim Heilman
I have worked in election administration for 21 years. I was Director of Elections in a county in Virginia for 14 years. I have been a free-lance international election consultant for 10 years, primarily providing technical assistance in training, [...]
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Nationality
United States of America

Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Boundary Delimitation
Civic and Voter Education
Civil Society and Elections
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Dispute Resolution
Electoral Integrity
Electoral Management
Electoral Observation
Electoral Standards
Electoral Systems
Electoral Training
Out of Country Voting
Vote Counting
Voter Registration
Voter Turnout
Voting Operations
Voter Education
Voter Education
Voting from Abroad
Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Nigeria
Sudan
Afghanistan
Indonesia
Nepal
Pakistan
Philippines
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands

Jessica Huber

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Janet Lord

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Jena Karim
Jena Karim has worked in international assistance and democratic development for 12 years, with field experience in Afghanistan. She has an academic background in comparative politics and Islam, with an emphasis on the uses of Islamic rhetoric by pol [...]
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Nationality
United States of America

Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Voter Education
Civil Society and Elections
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Observation
Participation
Electoral Systems
Gender and Elections
Minority and Refugee Voting
Youth Participation
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Africa
Asia
Middle East

Johanna Wilkie
Johanna Wilkie serves as a member of the Elections and Political Transitions (EPT) Team in USAID's Center of Excellence on Democracy, Human Rights and Governance. She manages the Elections and Political Processes Fund, a resource that USAID field mis [...]
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Nationality
United States of America

Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Civil Society and Elections
Elections and Technology
Electoral Assistance
Gender and Elections
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Africa

Constance Kaplan
A Senior Electoral Advisor and Administrator with more than 30 years of Democracy and Governance experience in post-conflict environments including Afghanistan, Iraq, Nigeria, Indonesia, South Africa, China, Albania, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kosovo, Zambi [...]
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Nationality
United States of America

Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Voter Education
Elections and Technology
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution
Electoral Management
Electoral Observation
Participation
Electoral Systems
Gender and Elections
Legal Framework
Media and Elections
Voting from Abroad
Vote Counting
Voter Registration
Voting Operations
Youth Participation
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Africa
Nigeria
South Africa
Zambia
Americas
Canada
United States of America
Asia
Afghanistan
Azerbaijan
China
Indonesia
Europe
Albania
Kosovo
Moldova, Republic of
Turkey
Middle East
Iraq

Louise Khabure

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Jean-Pierre Kingsley

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Nationality
Canada

Languages
English
French
Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Boundary Delimitation
Voter Education
Civil Society and Elections
Direct Democracy
Elections and Technology
Elections Security
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Dispute Resolution
Electoral Integrity and Dispute Resolution
Electoral Management
Electoral Observation
Participation
Electoral Systems
Gender and Elections
Legal Framework
Media and Elections
Minority and Refugee Voting
Voting from Abroad
Parties and Candidates
Vote Counting
Voter Registration
Voter Turnout
Voting Operations
Youth Participation
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Africa
Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the
Cote d'Ivoire
Americas
Canada
Dominican Republic
Guatemala
Jamaica
Mexico
Panama
United States of America
Europe
Bulgaria
France
Hungary
Latvia
Portugal
Romania
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Middle East
Iraq

Grant Kippen

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Nationality
Canada

Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Dispute Resolution
Participation
Parties and Candidates
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Africa
Algeria
Kenya
Sudan
Americas
Canada
Asia
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Cambodia
Kyrgyzstan
Nepal
Pakistan
Europe
Georgia
Kosovo
Moldova, Republic of
Ukraine
Middle East
Egypt
Pacific
Timor-Leste

Kimberly Kippen

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Kiril Kolev
Kiril Kolev is an Assistant Professor of Politics and International Relations at Hendrix College. He holds a PhD in Comparative Politics from Duke University. His research focuses on electoral institutions, election quality, ethno-cultural polarizati [...]
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Nationality
Bulgaria

Thematic Areas
of Expertise
Boundary Delimitation
Voter Education
Civil Society and Elections
Direct Democracy
Electoral Assistance
Electoral Observation
Electoral Systems
Gender and Elections
Legal Framework
Regions/Countries
of Expertise
Africa
Americas
Europe
Middle East

Pascaline Krone

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Languages
English
Spanish
French