Abdifatah Ismael Tahir
Abdifatah Ismael Tahir is a research adviser at the Observatory of Conflict and Violence Prevention in Somaliland. He is also doing doctoral studies in Geography at the University of Sussex. His current research interests lie in the intersection between land governance, security, and justice in urban spaces.
Andrew Mack
Andrew Mack is Director of the Human Security Research Group at the School for International Studies at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver and Fellow at the One Earth Future Foundation in Denver, Colorado. He was formerly Director of Strategic Planning in the Executive Office of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and Head of the International Relations Department at the Australian National University.
Nezar Patria
Nezar Patria is currently managing editor at VIVA.co.id. He was previously an editor for Tempo magazine, a leading Indonesian weekly, and a part-time analyst for International Crisis Group, South East Asia Office, where he produced a number of reports on Aceh. Nezar is also an editor for Prisma, an Indonesian academic journal, and a board member of the Press Council of Indonesia.
Bassel F. Salloukh
Bassel F. Salloukh is Associate Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor of Political Science at the Lebanese American University. He is author, co-author, and co-editor of a number of books, chapters, and journal articles on Arab politics, Lebanon, Syria, Hezbollah, and Middle East geopolitics.
Ana Glenda Tager
Ana Glenda Tager is Latin American Regional Director at Interpeace. She previously worked as a Programme Officer for WSP International (Interpeace’s predecessor), developing a number of programmes on citizenship security issues in Latin America. She has also held the position of Professor of Political Sociology at Rafael Landívar University, Guatemala.
Isabel Aguilar Umaña
Isabel Aguilar Umaña is Regional Director of the Central America Youth Programme at Interpeace. A specialist in youth-related violence, prevention, rehabilitation and reinsertion programs, she designs public policy proposals, works with youth networks, and carries out advocacy on behalf of vulnerable and at-risk youths.
Bernardo Arévalo de León
Bernardo Arévalo de León is Senior Peacebuilding Adviser at Interpeace’s International Peacebuilding Advisory Team, previously serving as Deputy Director General for Research and Development. Before working for Interpeace, Bernardo served in Guatemala’s foreign service for over 12 years, including as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and as Ambassador to Spain.
Véronique Dudouet
Dr. Véronique Dudouet is Programme Director at the Berghof Foundation in Berlin, where she coordinates participatory action research, training and policy advice activities on “resistance and liberation movements in transition”. She holds an MA and PhD in Conflict Resolution from Bradford University, UK, as well as an MPhil in International Relations and Security and a BA in Political Science from the Institute d’Etudes Politiques, Toulouse, France.
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Joanna Wheeler
Joanna Wheeler is a research fellow at the Institute of Development Studies. Her interest in citizenship and violence builds on over 10 years of action research in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. Her current research is on: local power and violence in Cape Town, the relationship between citizens and informal governance in an urban context; and the role of participatory visual methodologies in citizen action.