Diana Klein is Project Manager with International Alert’s Peacebuilding Issues Programme, where she leads on Alert’s strategic engagement with multinational companies; outreach to and mobilisation of the domestic private sector in countries where Alert works; and strengthening policy and practice of the international aid community to integrate conflict-sensitivity in economic recovery efforts in countries emerging from conflict. Diana has experience working on these issues in Latin America, as well as experience in dialogue processes in the Middle East. Previously, she managed a regional research, dialogue and advocacy network ‘Economy and Conflict in the South Caucasus’, engaging private sector actors across the conflict divides in the region, promoting dialogue among different sides of the conflicts, and using economic approaches to peace and reconciliation in the region. Before joining Alert, Diana worked as a research assistant with the International Organisation for Migration in Kosovo; as well as an associate facilitator and project coordinator at the Harry S. Truman Peace Research Institute at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, implementing joint Israeli-Palestinian peace education training programmes. She holds an MA in Post-War Recovery and Development Studies from the University of York, UK, a certificate degree in Peace Studies from the European Peace University in Stadtschlaining, Austria and a BA in International Relations and Journalism from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. Diana has edited and co-authored several publications and articles on the subject of conflict transformation, dialogue, economic recovery, and corruption, including ‘From War Economies to Peace Economies in the South Caucasus’ (2005); ‘Corruption and Conflict in the South Caucasus’ (2006) and ‘Conflict-Sensitive Approaches to Value Chain Development in Conflict-Affected Countries’ (2008).