Diana Chigas

Advisor to the Board
Board of Trustees

Remote office

Diana Chigas is Co-Director of Besa Global’s flagship program, the Corruption, Justice and Legitimacy Program. She is also Professor of the Practice of International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at the Fletcher School at Tufts University. She has been a pioneer in the development of systems thinking-based approaches to corruption and conflict analysis and programming and in addressing social norms driving corrupt practices. Diana leads CJL’s work to understand and address the intersectional dimensions of social norms as they relate to corruption as well as CJL’s work on addressing corruption in conflict-affected environments. She has worked with governmental and non-governmental organizations in East Africa, Nigeria and Southern Africa to support systemic corruption analysis and addressing gaps in effectiveness of anti-corruption strategies. She also has developed and co-taught, with Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church, U4’s course on corruption in fragile and conflict-affected states. Diana has over 30 years of experience as a facilitator and consultant in peace negotiations and dialogue processes and as an advisor and evaluator for effectiveness of peacebuilding and social change programming the Balkans, Caucasus, East Africa, South Africa, El Salvador, and Cyprus, as well as with international organizations such as the OSCE and the United Nations. Diana received her JD from Harvard Law School and MALD from the Fletcher School at Tufts University.