Director of Projects at HERITΛGE (The Heritage Management Organization), Dr Maja Kominko holds a Doctorate in Archaeology from the University of Oxford. A Historian with a decade of academic experience at universities in the UK, Turkey, USA and Sweden, she has a strong record of publications and extensive experience in leading heritage projects in the Middle East, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe, especially in the areas of war. Before joining the Heritage Management Organization she was the Director of Endangered Culture Programmes at Arcadia Fund in London, and the Scientific Director of ALIPH Foundation in Geneva.