Alyson Bailes, scientific advisor to the research project ”Demilitarisation in an increasingly militarised world”, passed away 29 April 2016. Alyson Bailes was not simply a diplomat and an ambassador; she was a true intellectual and a vivid thinker. Alyson Bailes accepted eagerly to join the advisory scientific board of the project in spite of her life-threatening illness. Her intellectual curiosity, vast knowledge, firm support and immense generosity were a most valuable contribution to the setting up and early steps of our research and until the very end of Alyson’s life. All of us in the project shall miss Alyson Bailes modesty and frankness and we regret deeply that she cannot join us in future discussions and rounds of email communications.
Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark, Head of Research