Diana Dajer (MPP Class of 2014) presented a paper summarising her current DPhil research to the VII Congreso Internacional en Gobierno, Administración y Políticas Públicas (Conference on Public Policy, Government and Public Administration) which took place in Madrid last October. The paper, entitled Peacebuilding from the ground up: participatory budgeting as a transitional justice mechanism in Colombia, was awarded the prize in the 'Government' category. The event is one of the biggest conference of the kind in Ibero-America. They meet under the umbrella of the Group on Public Policy, Public Administration and Government (GIGAPP).