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Managing Exits from Armed Conflict

What drives people into and out of armed groups?

When armed conflict breaks out, little escapes its trap. The devastating impact from loss of life, infrastructure, human capital and governance can take decades to overcome.

To better prevent conflict onset and to interrupt conflict cycles, UNIDIR’s Managing Exits from Armed Conflict Project generates a unique evidence base on journeys into and out of armed groups that helps practitioners prevent armed group recruitment and supports exits after conflict involvement.

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What we work on

Children and armed conflict

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Rigorous impact evaluation and assessments of reintegration progress

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Designing effective reintegration programming

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Preventing armed conflict

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Peacebuilding

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Participatory research with young people

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Data Dashboards for Managing Exits from Armed Conflict

The project’s data dashboards visualize a unique evidence base on journeys into and out of armed groups that helps practitioners design interventions to prevent recruitment and support exits after conflict involvement.

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Publications

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Persistent Insecurity Challenges Impacting Defection Pathways out of Armed and Criminal Groups in Colombia

27 April 2026

Events

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News

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In the media

Beyond “Christian genocide”: The real roots of criminal violence in Nigeria (The New Humanitarian, Switzerland)

17 March 2026
Commentary

Climate security sidelined at COP30

12 January 2026

People

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Siobhan O’Neil

Siobhan O’Neil

Head of Project
Managing Exits from Armed Conflict
Jente Althuis

Jente Althuis

Researcher and Data Scientist
Managing Exits from Armed Conflict
Francesca Batault

Francesca Batault

Associate Researcher
Managing Exits from Armed Conflict
Amos Benjamin

Amos Benjamin

Assistant Research Consultant
Managing Exits from Armed Conflict
Kato Van Broeckhoven

Kato Van Broeckhoven

Deputy Head of Project
Managing Exits from Armed Conflict
Jessica Caus

Jessica Caus

Project Coordinator
Managing Exits from Armed Conflict
Moritz Hoene

Moritz Hoene

Research Assistant
Managing Exits from Armed Conflict
Mohammed Rabby Shakur

Mohammed Rabby Shakur

Associate Researcher
Managing Exits from Armed Conflict
Sofia Rivas

Sofia Rivas

Associate Researcher
Managing Exits from Armed Conflict

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