Dr. Olivier Bangerter, a graduate in theology of both Lausanne (Masters) and Geneva (PhD) universities, recently joined the Small Arms Survey research project in Geneva as a senior researcher. He had previously worked for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) since 2001, and was the ICRC’s Advisor for Dialogue with Armed Groups from 2008 to 2011. In this capacity he met members and former members of some sixty armed groups around the world.