Amy Cox, PhD, earned her doctorate in Political Science from McGill University, an M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from Arcadia University, and a B.A. in Philosophy from Temple University. Dr. Cox’s scholarly expertise is in non-traditional international security, particularly political violence, ethnic conflict, and terrorism. She has completed fieldwork in Quebec and Ireland. Dr. Cox is a scholar-practitioner, facilitating numerous conflict resolution wo

A lawyer specialized in international humanitarian and human rights law, (LL.M), Yasmine Sherif is currently the Vice President & Director of International Relations at the Global Center for Justice & Humanity (GCJH). Ms. Sherif has over 25 years of professional experience with the United Nations, having served at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and in Geneva, as well as in Afghanistan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of the Co

Robert Muggah is a specialist in security and development. He co-founded the Igarapé Institute where he oversees research and technology development. He also oversees research at the SecDev Foundation, a cyber analytics group. Robert is affiliated with the University of Oxford, University of San Diego, as well as the Center for Conflict, Development and Peace at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, in Switzerland. His work on new technology, arms t

Olav Aanestad Godiksen is trained as a social anthropologist and is working both as a conflict management trainer and as a mediator. His work as a trainer has been focused on managing conflicts at the workplace, primarily among staff at Norwegian refugee receptions centres. In his role as a mediator for the Norwegian Mediation Service he is working both with criminal and civil cases. • What is the first website you visit after you get up and why? That would usually be the wea