Guignard, Lison

Lison Guignard pursued a Master’s Degree in International Relations at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Grenoble, which she obtained in September 2013. She already completed a licence in Politics (Science po, France) and a licence in Philosophy (UPMF, Grenoble). 

Lison Guignard has developed a focus on conflict resolution, democracy building and comparative studies. She spent one semester at the University of Helsinki (Finland) as an exchange student where she chose the specialisation about International and regional politics of Africa. She chose the Public service sector in Science Po in order to have some knowledge about legal research. For years, she has been interested in research activities and she committed in this way with her experience with the UNESCO Chair in Hong Kong where she assisted the Center for Lifelong Learning Research and Development in the preparation of the Skills Development Conference for Green Jobs.

During her internship at UNU-CRIS, she conducted research on the inter-organisational relations with regard to Africa under the supervision of Professor Ademola Abass for several months, especially on African regional democratic mechanism. She focussed on the role of International law and the use of force in the regional security mechanism in the African Union, paying close attention the evolution of Human Rights and the adoption of gender norms.