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Margaux has been the academic coordinator of the executive programme in Development Policies and Practices, Conflict and Fragility Management Program (CFM) - a collaboration between the Institute's executive education and the CCDP since 2021. Since February 2025, she is also a postdoctoral researcher on Prof. Hellmüller's project Yes, I do: a theory on belligerent consent to UN peace missions. Prior to this, Margaux was coordinating activities in the SNSF/Agora project Communicating about Peace: UN peace missions and their mandates, which aimed to make academic research accessible to policymakers, practitioners and the public via diverse platforms, including mobile and web apps and a roving, pop-up exhibition. Margaux joined the CCDP in January 2020 as a Visiting Fellow. She holds a Doctorate from the Humanitarianism and Conflict Response Institute at the University of Manchester. Her thesis examined the role of civil society in ceasefire monitoring mechanisms in civil wars, using a mix of statistical and comparative case study methods. She has been invited to engage with peace practitioners about this topic on various occasions.