Mia Schöb is a PhD candidate in International Relations/Political Science affiliated with the Gender Centre at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. For her doctoral research (2015–2021) and previous research projects, Mia has conducted extensive fieldwork in different Colombian regions. She has previously been a visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, and the Universidad de Antioquia in Medellín. Her thematic research portfolio includes gender and violence, non-state armed groups, peace and statebuilding, Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR), transitional justice, memory and identity construction. At the intersection of academia and policymaking, Mia has worked with different organizations and foundations in Switzerland, Colombia, Spain and Germany, among others on gender-responsive disarmament and arms control, private security governance, and gender roles in armed conflict and organized violence.