Salamah Magnuson Conflict Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist — **Salamah Magnuson**
Conflict Mitigation SME

Ph.D. in Conflict Management from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
Sr. Conflict and Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor for the U.S. Department of State/Bureau of Conflict & Stabilization Operations
Adjunct Professor in the Conflict Management Program at Johns Hopkins University, SAIS
Peace Building Specialist for the Academy for Educational Development
Lead author of USAID Conflict Management and Mitigation Peacebuilding Final Report
Conflict Assessment Lead in Georgia as DAI's Development Specialist, Stability Group

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Countering Hybrid Warfare: Mapping Social Contracts to Reinforce Societal Resiliency in Estonia and Beyond

Cracking the Code on Assessments, Monitoring & Evaluation

On 1-2 OCT 2019, the CENTCOM J3 Counternarcotics (CN) division -- in partnership with NESA -- sponsored a seminar and workshop called “Cracking the Code on Assessments, Monitoring & Evaluation (AM&E)” led by Motive International SMEs Ms. Morgan Keay and Dr. Salamah Magnuson. With participants from across CENTCOM, SOCOM, SOCCENT and from OSD/Counternarcotics, the event cultivated participants’ AM&E skills in the Theory of Change and Types & Targets of Change (T2Delta) methods, then facilitated the application of these methods to the CENTCOM CN portfolio.

Social Contracts on NATO’s Front Line: Motive’s SCAT Helps Reveal Policy Dilemmas and Practical Opportunities

In April and May of 2019, a team of Motive International experts composed of Dr. Salamah Magnuson, Morgan Keay and Kimberly Metcalf conducted an investigation of societal dynamics in Estonia through in-country field research focused on social cohesion and national security. The purpose of this initiative was to apply Motive’s Social Contract Assessment Tool (SCAT), a framework designed to identify and characterize social institutions and the sources of legitimacy that underpin them in transitioning or threatened societies in order to inform policies, plans and activities to mitigate threats and promote stability.

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