Natalia Mirovitskaya has been with the Duke Center for International Development (DCID) for over twenty years. Her professional focus is on political economy of development and peacebuilding. Following the completion of her Ph.D. from the Russian Academy of Sciences (Economics), Mirovitskaya has led and participated in numerous projects on the design, implementation and effectiveness of international resource regimes, environmental security, sustainable development and conflict prevention. Mirovitskaya’ s experience has displayed an interdisciplinary approach linking theoretical advances with practical policy advice. Her recent research has been focused on conflict sensitivity of development strategies. She has co- authored Development Strategies and Inter-Group Violence (Palgrave 2016), and co-edited Economic Development Strategies and the Evolution of Violence in Latin America (2012), Development Strategies, Identities, and Conflict in Asia (2013), and The Economic Roots of Conflict and Cooperation in Africa (2013). Mirovitskaya’s most recent project is on Development for the New Arctic: Visions, Strategies, Challenges at the Subnational and Local Level. She is also co-editor of the Palgrave Macmillan series “Politics, Economics and Inclusive Development.” At Duke, Dr. Mirovitskaya teaches classes in Policy Analysis of Development, Research Methods, International Energy Systems, and Conflict-Sensitive Development. She has directed masters’ projects for fellows from over sixty countries, worked in executive education programs for senior government officials and provided consultancies on issues relating to conflict prevention, security and sustainable development.