Vesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic

Dr. Vesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic is Senior Research Fellow at LSE IDEAS, and an Associate Fellow of the LSEE Research on South Eastern Europe at the Hellenic Observatory, both at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She is Co-director of UN Business and Human Security Initiative at LSE, a research and implementation programme which investigates private sector’s contribution to peace and development in the context of Agenda 2030. She specialises in the political economy of development and conflict, with a particular interest in the business, peace and development nexus, and the role of international aid in transitioning from armed conflict. Her geographic focus and field work is South East Europe and she has also studied from a comparative perspective Afghanistan, Syria and Colombia. Dr Bojicic-Dzelilovic has published in a range of academic journals including Review of International Political Economy, Journal of International Relations and Development, International Feminist Journal of Politics, co-edited six academic book volumes and advised World Bank, European Union, UNDP and national governments. Her latest publication (co-authored) “Assessing Peace and Social Impacts through Local Human Security Business Partnerships” is forthcoming in Business Horizons Journal. She holds PhD in Economics and MA in Development Economics.