Michlene Mongae
Michlene Mongae is a researcher and MA candidate in Military Strategy at the University of Stellenbosch. Through her research, she aspires to provide innovative solutions to Africa’s peace and stability problems. She has over five years work experience in the parliamentary political cycle in policy formulation and development, oversight, as well as public and international […]
Dr. Siobhan O’Neil
Dr Siobhan O’Neil is Project Lead of the Managing Exits from Armed Conflict initiative. Prior to joining UNIDIR, Dr O’Neil was Project Lead for UNU’s Children and Extreme Violence project and Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration Project Manager. She was also a consultant at the UN Mine Action Service (UNAMS), providing strategic guidance and programme support […]
Ako Muto
Ako Muto is Executive Senior Research Fellow at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development.
Mariana Llorens Zabala
Mariana is a Junior Research Fellow at NUPI and works on the Training for Peace Programme, in the Research group on peace, conflict and development. Mariana earned a master’s degree in Human Rights Law in 2018 with the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London, focusing on the Law of Armed Conflict and ad-hoc legal […]
Joshua Olusegun Bolarinwa
Joshua Olusegun BOLARINWA, PhD; is the Head; Division of Security and Strategic Studies; Research and Studies Department, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) Lagos, Nigeria. He is a Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (Germany) and International Peace Academy (U.S.A) scholar. He is a visiting scholar to the University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. He has many publications to […]
Kwesi DLS Prah
Prof Kwesi DLS Prah is a historian based in the History Department at the University of South Africa (UNISA). His research interests include modern East Asian history and African economic history. He is also an Adjunct Research Associate at East China Normal University based in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China.
Gabriel Kabanda
Professor Gabriel Kabanda is a Distinguished Full Professor of Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity and Machine Learning, and the International Senior Technical Advisor. Gabriel is the former Pro Vice Chancellor (Research, Innovation and Enterprise Development) of the Zimbabwe Open University where he spent 13 years in the Senior Management position. He is the Most Notable […]
Emebet Getachew Abate
Emebet Getachew is a gender, peace and security and peacebuilding expert. Her work spans policy research, advocacy and training, with a particular focus on inclusive peace processes. With over a decade of experience, she is well-versed in policy dialogue, programme management and strategic leadership within complex peacebuilding contexts in the Horn of Africa.
Hafsa Maalim
Hafsa Maalim is an Associate Senior Researcher at SIPRI. Hafsa previously worked as the Partnership Officer in the African Union Commission within the Office of the Commissioner, Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security. Prior to assuming this role, she served as an Analyst in the same department and also with International IDEA. Hafsa has […]
Ibrahim Bangura
Ibrahim Bangura is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone.