Themes

HIV/AIDS project in Ghana

The HIV/AIDS project in Ghana was initially funded by a Catholic aid agency to reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infe... read more

Inter-relationships

The project failed to grasp the inter-relationships necessary to run a successful micro-credit scheme, which spilled over to other aspects of the p... read more

Perspectives

In workshops I’ve run, participants identified several ways of seeing the Ghana project and discussed how these perspectives shed light on what is... read more

Boundaries

When explored more deeply, poor assessments of boundary issues were a major contributor to the problems the project encountered. Entrenched values... read more

Ken Matthysen

Organisation: International Peace Information Service (IPIS)
Website: IPIS profile

Ken Matthysen is a researcher at the International Peace Information Service (IPIS) in Antwerp, Belgium. He works on the arms trade, security and the exploitation of natural resources in Central Africa. Matthysen studied political and social sciences at the university of Antwerp and completed the Master’s programme in Conflict and Development at Ghent University.