Verpoorten is affiliated with the following groups : LICOS , EUDN , NEPS , Annuaire des Grands Lacs , and Journal of Peace Science . Verpoorten began her work on Rwanda in 2002 by collecting household data in Gikongoro and Gitarama . Part of this early work was published in a paper concerning the estimation of the death toll in Gikingoro during the Rwandan genocide . She had published on many topics pertaining to Rwanda , including its coffee sector , the impact of the Rwandan armed conflict on education and post-War recovery . Verpoorten wrote her dissertation , “ Conflict and Survival : an Analysis of Shocks , Coping Strategies and Economic Mobility in Rwanda ” from 1990-2002 . It studied post war Rwanda . It also studied how war affects education . She has also written about fisheries in Benin . She also studied food safety standards in Benin . Benin was banned to export to the EU due to breaking food safety laws . She studied how this impacted the EU market
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Marijke Verpoorten