As an award-winning researcher and author on war and peace, I am an expert in peacebuilding, peacekeeping, international aid, and African civil wars, especially in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I have authored the books Peaceland and The Trouble with the Congo in addition to 28 scholarly, policy, and news articles. When I am not out conducting research, I work as a Professor of Political Science—specializing in international relations—at Barnard College, Columbia University (USA).
Books
TED Talk on ending mass violence
Recent Media Contributions
Newspapers & Magazines
Quoted in:
Somaliland Today, Somalia (October 2018)
Op-Ed
“There’s Another Way to Build Peace. And It Doesn’t Come from the Top Down,” The Washington Post, USA (October 2018)
Television
Crossroads, I24News, Israel (December 2017)
Radio
Global Focus, RFI, France (September 2017)
Social Media
EAFIT Noticias (October 2018)
Upcoming Talks & Conferences
Peaceland: Conflict Resolution and the Everyday Politics of International Intervention
Joint Program Induction Training for United Nations Peace and Development Advisers
UN Political Affairs Department, UN Development Program, & Folke Bernadotte Academy
United Nations Headquarters
New York, NY, USA
By invitation only
United Nations Headquarters
New York, NY, USA
By invitation only
On the Frontlines of Peace
Seminar
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY, USA
Ithaca, NY, USA