Next to his academic work, Dr Quincy R. Cloet offers his services as a research consultant, analyst or associate in the broad areas of international politics, modern history and higher education. By means of his doctoral thesis, Dr Cloet has acquired a research specialisation on the subject of instruments of international organisation, including but not limited to inquiry and related fact-finding mechanisms. His work in sectors related to higher education and policy analysis in multiple European countries have given him a solid understanding of the continent’s knowledge and policy infrastructure and have allowed him to develop a network of contacts and partnership opportunities.
Currently, he supports the Financial Crime Unit of PwC Polska in the position of Analyst focusing on policies and procedures related to anti-money laundering, sanctions, transaction monitoring and client due diligence.
In previous years, he has provided analytical services that focused primarily on fact-finding, monitoring and inquiry, particularly how these mechanisms are deployed in relation to decision-making processes and criminal adjudication at both the domestic and international level. So far, much of his consulting work has focused on the United Nations, EU, OSCE and the IHFFC but he also works on the activities of NGOs.
Between February 2019 and August 2020, he closely cooperated with the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (based in Warsaw) on the issue of the documentation of HR violations in the breakaway territories of East Ukraine (labelled as “Donetsk People’s Republic” and “Luhansk People’s Republic”). His project work as an external consultant was part of a wider project titled “Actions aimed at ensuring respect for human rights in the zone of armed conflict and along the demarcation line in the Donbass”. In 2021, he co-authored a report titled A difficult road to justice. The role of Ukrainian civil society in documenting the conflict in Eastern Ukraine.
Dr Cloet has produced several other research outputs on related subjects such as Ukraine and the International Criminal Court, the general situation regarding international justice, the recent Russian ‘passportisation’ process in Donbas, and political formats such as the Normandy contact group as well as the Minsk protocol meetings. He has also provided input for a research study on the role and small impact of small states in promoting peace and security in Europe.
In the last years, he gained additional training and knowledge on international humanitarian law, human rights law as well as scope and role of international courts and tribunals in The Hague.