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Marie Breen-Smyth (DPhil, University of Ulster) is a distinguished scholar of political violence, conflict and international relations. She has had a long career as both a scholar and a practitioner working on the conflicts in Northern Ireland, the Middle East, and Southern and West Africa.  She was active in peace-building in the Northern Irish peace process, established the Institute for Conflict Research in Northern Ireland, and led the first comprehensive research into the effects of the Troubles.  Her research covers a diverse array of areas including human security, victim politics and the impact of armed conflict, the role of children in conflict in the United States and Northern Ireland, transitional justice, and post-conflict reconstruction. She is a founder editor of the journal Critical Studies on Terrorism, and author of many books and articles.   She has also made two films with Northern Visions about the impact of political violence: And Then There Was Silence (2000, 62 min)) and Injured (2011, 59 min).

Lt. General (Ret.) Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau (PhD, University of Keele) is Minister of the Interior for the Federal Republic of Nigeria.  He started cadet training at the Nigerian Defense Academy (NDA) in December,1974 and was commissioned into the Nigerian Army Infantry in June,1977. He held several staff, instructional, and command appointments, including Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Nigeria's highest army position. He held this position for four years until his retirement from the military in September 2010.

María Belén Garrido is an Ecuadorian/German academic. Her educational background includes a PhD from the Catholic University of Eichstätt/Ingolstadt in Germany, a master's degree in Peace Studies and a degree in Sociology with a specialization in Social Sciences applied to International Relations.  Currently, she serves as the Director of the Regional Institute on the Study and Practice of Strategic Nonviolent Action in the Americas, a principal researcher at the Peace and Conflict Laboratory at FLACSO Ecuador, and a member of the Catholic Institute for Nonviolence. Previously, she worked for several years as a researcher and lecturer at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador and as a lecturer at UNIVA in Mexico.  Her area of expertise and publications predominantly focus on peace and conflict with a particular emphasis on civil resistance movements in the context of armed conflict and in hybrid democracies. She is a passionate advocate of peace education. She has facilitated training programs in various areas such as nonviolent communication, mediation, conflict resolution, and civil resistance actions.  Her book, Presidential Ruptures: The Actions of the Public Force in Response to Nonviolent Movements in Ecuador in 1997, 2000, and 2005, analyses the key factors that led to minimal repression during the presidential breakdowns of Abdalá Bucaram (1997), Jamil Mahuad (2000), and Lucio Gutiérrez (2005). In 2023, this work was awarded the Isabel Tobar Guarderas Prize for the best work in Social Sciences, presented by the Municipality of Quito.

Cecilia U. Idika-Kalu (PhD, University of Massachusetts Lowell) is a Lecturer in Human Security and International Development at the Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security and Global Governance. Her research focuses on development, security and human rights in comparative global contexts. She studies the dimensions of women's agency in violent extremism in Africa and is published in the Development Review.

As a scholar and practitioner, she has engaged in research and policy consultations with the United Nations Development Program in Africa (UNDP), the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston as a Civic Action Policy Fellow and the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF). Prior to working at the University of Massachusetts Boston, Cecilia worked as a management consultant offering capacity building in Africa. She is a SHRM-SCP professional with her focus on leadership and governance.

Jay Jinseop Jang (PhD, UMass Boston) has held leadership positions in the nonprofit, government, and business sectors for the past 30 years.  He is the Managing Director and Founder of Education Divide Reform, a nonprofit organization committed to helping communities and societies bridge gaps in educational opportunities caused by economic inequality and barriers of language and culture. Since 2014, he has designed and implemented academic programs to help underperforming immigrant students in Greater Boston's public high schools so as to enhance their social integration and prospects for equal opportunity in the U.S. Dr. Jang's research interests include international security and peace, national security, and human security.  As a scholar-practitioner, he aims to apply his research to the development of a new human-centric policy framework for the national security of strong states.  To this end, in 2016, he piloted “Power of Hope: Global Entrepreneurship Education for North Korean Refugee Students,” a human-centric national security project oriented towards inter-Korean peace. He is currently working to develop educational and research projects related to global citizenship education and human-centric security in East Asia.  These projects include “My Village & Global Dream,” a program for the educational development of rural communities, and programs for students from Japan, China, and Korea that promote intercultural compatibility, human development, and international peace. Dr. Jang is a founding member of the U.S. TaeKwonDo Education Foundation, a member of the Boston-based Korean American Citizenship League's Board of Directors, and chairman of the Korean American Business Association in Greater Boston

Dr. Yves-Renée Jennings holds a Ph.D. from the George Mason University School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (S-CAR). She is a conflict resolution professional and scholar-practitioner with deep understanding of societal and structural issues that often contribute to social conflicts. She is interested in human development and empowerment within the context of transformation of social and structural barriers that hinder groups from fully realizing their potential. Dr. Jennings can conceptualize, design, implement, and evaluate collaborative process and social transformation projects and programs focusing on conflict resolution and peace-building, as well as leadership, group and community empowerment and development within a multi-cultural context. Dr. Jennings taught at the Department of Rights and International Studies at University of Azuay in Cuenca, Ecuador, at FLASCO (Facultad Latinamericana de Ciencias Sociales Sede Ecuador--Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences Headquarters Ecuador) in Quito, at the School of International Service at the International Peace and Conflict Resolution Program at American University in Washington DC. She also taught at S-CAR at the George Mason University.

In 2009, Dr. Jennings co-founded Partners for Sustainable Peace (PSP), a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization that she co-founded in Virginia and served as Chief Executive Officer until 2014. In the past, she held a wide range of conflict resolution and peacebuilding positions, and conducted mediation training and facilitation sessions for Northern Virginia Mediation Services, the U.S. Institute of Peace Haiti program, the Fairfax Country Public Schools system, the George Mason University International Student Office, and the Arlington City. Dr. Jennings has also traveled to Liberia, Dominican Republic, and Haiti for various professional activities and research related to conflict resolution, peacebuilding, and social transformation. She worked for the World Bank for over twenty years and held positions in personnel management, administration, budget and resource management, risk management, internal controls, and internal auditing collaborating with World Bank offices in Washington DC and around the world. For instance, she worked with the World Bank offices in Argentina, Peru, Honduras, Venezuela and many African countries, such as Chad, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Ghana, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Rwanda, Senegal, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Togo. She worked in the private sector in Haiti, for over ten years, where she served as office manager overseeing many staff.

Darren Kew (PhD, Tufts University) is Dean of the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego. He studies the relationship between conflict resolution methods and democratic development in Africa (especially Nigeria), focusing in particular on the role of civil society groups. His other research interests include civil society, conflict prevention, and transnational civil society development; international security and crisis intervention in Africa; culture, religion, and conflict resolution; international negotiation; and nation-building. He has worked with the Council on Foreign Relations' Center for Preventive Action to provide analysis and blueprints for preventing conflicts in numerous areas around the world, including Nigeria, Central Africa, and Kosovo. He has also been a consultant on democracy and peace initiatives to the United Nations, USAID, the US State Department, and to a number of NGOs, including the Carter Center. Darren is author of numerous works on Nigerian politics and conflict resolution, including the book, Democracy, Conflict Resolution, and Civil Society in Nigeria (Syracuse University Press).  

Samantha Lakin (PhD, Clark University) is a research specialist focused on issues of transitional justice, genocide and atrocity prevention, and human security in post-conflict and post-atrocity settings. She is currently a Curriculum Analyst with the Office of Policy, Planning, and Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs the U.S. State Department. Dr. Lakin was a Lecturer of Conflict Resolution in the Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance at UMass Boston. 

Dr. Lakin’s dissertation, “Kwibuka: Divergent Memories and Quests for Justice in Post-Genocide Rwanda” was awarded Honorable Mention for the Lynne Reiner Publisher’s Award for Best Dissertation by the Human Rights Section of the International Studies Association (ISA). Lakin’s research has been supported by Fellowships at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, Fulbright Scholarships in Rwanda (2017-2018) and in Switzerland (2011-2012), and grants from the African Studies Association, among others. She was a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Research and Dialogue for Peace (IRDP), a premiere think tank in Kigali, Rwanda, and a Transitional Justice Research Fellow at the Netherlands Institute of War, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies (NIOD) in Amsterdam.

Dr. Lakin has led research and policy teams in Rwanda, DRC, Ghana, Uganda, and in the Middle East, with organizations including the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard’s Kennedy School, the Kigali Genocide Memorial, Search for Common Ground, Inclusive Security, Refugee Law Project, and the American University of Iraq, Sulimani. Dr. Lakin was also a Senior Consultant in National Security with Guidehouse Federal, supporting U.S. government clients. Professor Lakin frequently publishes articles and op-eds on global social justice issues. She serves on the Board of Trustees of Survivors Fund, a UK-based NGO that supports genocide survivors living in Rwanda and has taught courses for incarcerated students through the Emerson Prison Initiative.

David Matz (JD, Harvard University) is the founder and former director of the UMass Boston Graduate Programs in Conflict Resolution and a principal with The Mediation Group in Brookline, MA. He has been active in the conflict resolution field for over 30 years as a mediator, trainer, and teacher.  His work has focused on mediation and negotiation techniques and their relationship to the workings of organizations and courts.  In the United States, David has been a leader in the development and use of assessment tools for court and community mediators, judges, and engineers.  In Israel, he was central in developing policies and practices for the Israeli Ministry of Justice and Supreme Court in integrating mediation into the judicial system.  He has also studied approaches to the peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians, worked extensively with Arab and Jewish groups in the U.S. and abroad, and is currently working with courts and law schools in China and Nigeria.

Cécile Mouly is a research professor at FLACSO Ecuador where she coordinates the Department of International Studies and Communication and the peace and conflict lab, and teaches postgraduate courses in peace and conflict studies and academic research. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge for research on civil-society-led peace initiatives in Nicaragua and Guatemala. Her expertise covers civil society’s role in peacebuilding, peace processes, transitional justice, civil resistance, reintegration of former combatants, and conflict analysis. She has authored chapters and handbooks on these topics. She is a member of the organizing committees of the regional institute on the study and practice of strategic nonviolent action in the Americas and the summer program “Conflict Transformation Across Borders”. She combines academic work with extensive field experience, including UN work at headquarters and in Burundi, coordination of Carter Center projects in Ecuador and Nepal, consultancies for UN, OAS and IADB, peace trainings for UNESCO and the UN, and participation in the Ecuador team of the Colombian truth commission (2019–2022).

As a researcher, educator, and nonprofit leader, Denise is passionate about bridge-building and facilitating understanding between groups and co-creating opportunities with underserved communities, centering systemically marginalized voices. Throughout her career, she has developed expertise in immigrant and refugee research and advocacy, gender and racial justice, language access and language justice, and restorative practices, both as an academic and practitioner. She has over a decade of experience working, advocating, and conducting research with refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants in Colorado, Wyoming, Germany, and Massachusetts. She is currently the deputy director at Found in Translation, an organization that aims to support low-income bilingual women toward financial security through use of their language skills, while addressing linguistic and racial barriers in healthcare and other fields. Denise has taught courses in women's and gender studies, international studies, migration studies, and other social science areas at high school, undergraduate, and graduate levels. She is proud to have been a first-generation student and to have earned her PhD in Global Governance and Human Security from the University of Massachusetts Boston. She earned an MA from the same program and also holds an MA in International Studies with a graduate minor in Gender and Women's Studies from the University of Wyoming, and BA degrees in International Studies and English from the University of Northern Colorado.

https://www.denisemuro.com/.

Malcolm Russell-Einhorn (JD, Harvard Law School) is a comparative law and public administration specialist with over two decades of experience in international development and teaching, including work in legal and regulatory reform, public administration capacity building, administrative justice, open policymaking processes, decentralization, and legislative development.  As part of the International Relations MA program at UMass Boston, he has taught Democratic Governance, Decentralization and Development; and Theory and Content of Comparative Public Administration.  He has also taught the capstone course for the master's program in Global Comparative Public Administration.  As a CPDD senior faculty fellow, he was principal investigator on a 3-year, $943,000 USAID-funded initiative aimed at improving the quality and legality of administrative decision-making and enhancing citizen legal awareness in Rwanda.  Malcolm has conducted research and provided technical assistance to a wide variety of governmental and non-governmental agencies overseas.  He has published several articles in the international development field, focusing on comparative administrative law and legal frameworks encouraging transparency and accountability in government service delivery.

Krystal-Gayle O’Neill holds a Ph.D. from UMass Boston in Global Governance and Human Security and is an adjunct lecturer at Babson College, where she teaches Global Gender Politics. She is committed to advancing LGBTQIA+ rights, gender equality, and social justice, particularly in the Caribbean. 

At UMass Boston, she was the President of the Graduate Student Assembly and contributed to the Restorative Justice Commission. She received the Roni Lipton Student Mentor Award, the John W. McCormack Public Service Award, and Wesleyan University’s Edgar Beckham Award for Social Justice. A former member of the Black Faculty, Staff, and Student Association and the Racial Equity Taskforce, Krystal promotes inclusive campus environments. With a master’s in conflict resolution and over 15 years of experience, she teaches interdisciplinary courses in conflict resolution, human security, gender, and social justice.

Agron Alibali is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Peace, Democracy and Development at the University of Massachusetts in Boston.

Trained in law both in Albania and the U.S., Mr. Alibali has focused on a range of issues of public international law, judicial reform, international environmental law, and human and ethnic minority rights, focusing mainly in Southeastern Europe.

Mr. Alibali worked as legal analyst with the ADR group at the John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. in Boston, MA, and was an Adjunct Professor at Bryant University in Rhode Island, teaching the courses on Banking law and Business law.

In 2014 and 2015 Mr. Alibali joined as a Title VIII scholar the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, in Washington, D.C., as well as Alma Mater Scholar with the Law Faculty of the University St. Kliment Ohridski in Sofia, Bulgaria, undertaking significant research on issues of International Law of the Sea in the waters adjacent to Southeastern Europe.  He is also the recipient of a Title VIII award administered by American Councils for International Education on uses related to the International Law of the Sea in some countries of Southeastern Europe. Since 2020 Mr. Alibali has focused on issues of International Law of Cultural Property, especially in connection with the legal status of the Butrint National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site of Outstanding Universal Value.

Born in Tirana, Albania, Mr. Alibali studied finance and law at the University of Tirana and received his law degree in 1994. In 1996 Mr. Alibali graduated with a Master of Laws degree in International Banking and Finance Law Studies from the Boston University School of Law, ranking within the top ten students of his class and being the first Albanian student to graduate from that program. In year 2000 Mr. Alibali studied at Harvard Law School as a Visiting Researcher, focusing on international human rights law, international law and European Community law.

Mr. Alibali has published several articles on various issues of Albanian Constitution and laws, including in specialized journals in North America and Europe. He is also the author of the book "The Constitution, Europe and the Chamerian Minority", Tirana, 2013. Mr. Alibali is the author of the Tirana Bookfair 2017 award winning book “Faik Konitza – a Diplomat’s Chiaroscuros”, Argeta, Tirana 2016.

Mr. Alibali is admitted to practice in the Republic of Albania and is member of the Albanian Bar Association. 

Catriona studies how gender shapes international conflict mediation and diplomacy, with a particular focus on the United Nations system. In particular, she is interested in how the everyday narratives and practices of international institutions create barriers for the participation of women and other marginalized groups in high-level discussions. In addition, she writes on methods, methodology, and interdisciplinarity in IR. Catriona’s first book, The Politics of Women, Peace, and Security in UN Mediation, is forthcoming with Cambridge University Press. Her work has been published in the European Journal of International Relations, International Feminist Journal of Politics, and Hague Journal of Diplomacy. In 2020, she was the Scholar’s Circle Honoree at the International Studies Association-Northeast meeting. Catriona is also a member of the Folke Bernadotte Academy’s international research working group on Women, Peace and Security. Prior to joining UMass Boston, she was Assistant Professor at Worcester State University and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

Nyingilanyeofori Hannah Brown is the NSF CRISES planning grant program coordinator for the Climate Inequality and Integrative Resilience Center (CLIIR center) at the Sustainable Solutions Lab,University of Massachusetts Boston. With a background in civil engineering, sustainable development, security, community resilience, coexistence, and conflict resolution, she is also a trained mediator and a consultant for the United Nations Development Programme.

Nyingilanyeofori has over twelve years of research and program management experience. Her work includes various projects focusing on sustainable development, peace and security, governance, social equity, climate change, security and inequality, DEI, community building and resilience, intercultural communication, cultural competency and humility, and social responsibility. Hannah has also worked with various development agencies, including the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),and Corporación para el Desarrollo Sostenible del Archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Colombia (CORALINA). 

She has trained senior-level development practitioners and top-level security officers from Gulf of Guinea countries (Angola, Cameroun, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria) and has taught graduate and undergraduate courses at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Global Governance and Human Security program at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, she earned her BTech in Civil Engineering from Rivers State University (Nigeria) and holds two Master's degrees in Sustainable International Development and Coexistence and Conflict from Brandeis University.

Nkasi Wodu is a Fellow of the Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development and a recent PhD graduate in in Global Governance and Human Security from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is a trained Lawyer, an alumnus of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center in Accra, a certified mediation trainer and practitioner from the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (Nigeria), and a member of the United National Office of the Special Adviser on Africa’s (OSAA) knowledge Network. He holds two Masters’ degrees in Peace and Conflict Studies and in Global Governance and Human Security. 

He has considerable research experience in research and analysis, including socio-political mapping. He has senior-level expertise in international development, program management, research, and planning for over twelve years in Nigeria with International Alert, Chevron Corporation’s Funded Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta, and the Center for Peace, Development, and Democracy.

He is currently managing a project on Supporting Civic Engagement in ten African Countries. The project aims at strengthening civil society’s capacity to engage in advocacy and oversight before, during, and after the upcoming electoral process in 10 African countries: Angola, DRC, Gabon, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Zimbabwe.

He has taught graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, The University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa, and the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He has also held over 50 workshops in negotiation, mediation, and peacebuilding concepts for ten years.

Email: Nkasiobu.Wodu001@umb.edu

Adebobola Omowon is a distinguished conflict resolution expert, researcher, and advocate for peace and human security. As the Executive Director and Founder of the Wide Gate Initiative for Peace in Nigeria and the USA, he has led transformative efforts in conflict mediation, prevention, and peacebuilding across Africa and beyond. Adebobola has mediated critical disputes, trained hundreds of peacebuilders, and pioneered innovative strategies to address complex crises like the Fulani Herdsmen-Farmers conflict in Nigeria.  He is a Fellow of the Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development (CPDD), a Justice of the Peace and Chartered Mediator with credentials in both Nigeria and the USA. Adebobola consults for the Nigerian Presidency on youth empowerment and conflict prevention, spearheading initiatives such as the National Youth Dashboard and fostering multi-stakeholder engagement.  At CPDD, Adebobola contributed to a landmark project enhancing civic engagement in electoral processes across ten African nations. His efforts have also been pivotal in creating democracy networks and empowering local actors in Sierra Leone and Liberia. His dedication to global peace is further reflected in his role as a trainer, mentor, and advisor, empowering local actors and fostering international partnerships to advance conflict resolution and governance initiatives worldwide.

Sahar Badiezadeh is a Ph.D. candidate in Global Governance and Human Security at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She holds a master’s degree in Conflict Resolution with a certificate in Mediation and a prior degree in International Law. Her research focuses on the lived experiences of immigrants and refugees and how immigration policies affect their health, well-being, and integration. Sahar has experience across civic and nonprofit sectors, having worked with the Massachusetts State Senate and the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy (MIRA) Coalition as a Civic Action Project Fellow. She currently serves as a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) intern at Essential Partners.

Aamir Yaqoob is a PhD candidate in the Global Governance and Human Security program at the University of Massachusetts Boston. His research examines the intersections of infrastructure development, international relations, securitization, and the democratic rights of marginalized populations, with a particular focus on Chinese infrastructure initiatives in the Global South, especially South Asia. His doctoral research is supported by the prestigious Fulbright PhD Fellowship, along with other competitive departmental and university research awards.

He has taught disciplinary and interdisciplinary courses at both graduate and undergraduate levels at GC University Lahore, Pakistan Navy War College Lahore, and the Honors College at the University of Massachusetts Boston. His teaching interest includes topics in political science, international relations, development studies, and human rights.

At the Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development, he contributes to interdisciplinary research on human security, democratic development, and marginalization & inequality in postcolonial societies.

Augustine B. Aboh is a doctoral candidate (ABD) in Global Governance and Human Security at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He holds a dual Master of Arts in Global Governance and Human Security from the University of Massachusetts Boston and Terrorism, International Crime and Global Security from Coventry University, United Kingdom, and a B.Sc. in Political Science from the University of Calabar, Nigeria. Before joining the UMass Boston doctoral program, he worked as a Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Calabar, Nigeria, and has participated in the review and validation of critical Nigerian National Security Policies and Bills, such as the Small Arms and Light Weapons control bill, national cybersecurity policy and strategy 2021, amongst others.

Given his passion and commitment to conflict prevention, peacebuilding, and national security, Augustine was appointed by the Presidency, Federal Republic of Nigeria, in April 2023, as one of the pioneering leadership team members to lead the newly established national early warning mechanism – Office for Strategic Preparedness and Resilience, Presidency – Abuja. His research interests include terrorism and violent extremism, national security policy, defense and strategic studies, conflict prevention and peacebuilding, gender and human security, emerging technology policy, and democracy.

He is a published author in refereed international peer-reviewed journals. He has also contributed policy pieces to public opinion platforms, including The Conversation US, Small Wars Journal at Arizona State University, and The Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa at The London School of Economics, UK. Augustine currently serves as a steering committee member of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative’s Atrocities Prevention Lab, providing strategic leadership in research and interventions on the use of spatial technologies in the global conflict early warning ecosystem.

Dominic Offei is a PhD candidate in Global Governance and Human Security at the University of Massachusetts Boston. His academic and professional work focuses on Regional Security Studies,  human security, peacebuilding, the prevention of violent extremism, and the control of small arms and light weapons. With over ten years of experience in both governmental and non-governmental sectors, Dominic has led and supported numerous initiatives aimed at preventing violent extremism and addressing the illicit proliferation of weapons. He has held key roles in program management, research, and policy advocacy, contributing to projects at national and international levels.

Dominic is a recipient of the Civic Action (CAP) and the David Matz Fellowships where he worked with the Boston Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement. He is a certified mediator, and a member of the Beacon 2 Beacon Campus Mediation program at UMass Boston, bringing valuable conflict resolution skills to his work in governance and peacebuilding.

He holds three master’s degrees: in Conflict Resolution from the University of Massachusetts Boston, in Governance and Regional Integration from the Pan African University, in Cameroon,  and in Political Science (International Relations) from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. Currently, Dominic serves as a Centre Fellow and Research Assistant at the Centre for Peace, Democracy, and Development, where he supports research and programming focused on sustainable peace and inclusive governance.