David joined Conciliation Resources in February 2011 until 2014, after working for four years as a conflict adviser in the UK’s Department for International Development. Prior to that he spent three years as the Quaker Peace and Social Witness Representative in Uganda, managing a team working on the LRA conflict.

He had previously worked at the Centre for International Cooperation at the University of Bradford, and for a variety of NGOs and the Swiss Development Agency in Central Asia and the north Caucasus.

David holds a Masters in Conflict Resolution and a BA in Russian & Politics. Languages other than English: Russian and French.

David Newton is a contributor to our Accord publication series and not a staff member of Conciliation Resources. The views expressed in the publication are their own and do not reflect the position of Conciliation Resources. We cannot share contributors' contact details.