Professor Tilman Brück is the Founder and Director of the International Security and Development Center (ISDC). He is also Professor for Economic Development and Food Security at Humboldt-University of Berlin, as well as Team Leader of Development Economics and Food Security at IGZ near Berlin. Prof Brück is also the Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN) and the Principal Investigator of the Life in Kyrgyzstan Study (LiK Study). His research interests focus on the economics of household behavior and well-being in areas affected by violent conflict, fragility and humanitarian emergencies, including the measurement of violence and conflict in household surveys and the impact evaluation of programs in conflict-affected areas.