Henk-Jan Brinkman

Henk-Jan Brinkman has been chief of the Peacebuilding Strategy and Partnerships Branch of the Peacebuilding Support Office in the United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs since 2010.  Between 2006 and 2010, he was, subsequently, chief Economic Analysis and chief Food Security Policy and Markets in the Office of the Executive Director of the World […]

Kalmatov Daniyar Alpayizovich

Mr. Kalmatov Daniyar Alpayizovich. I-class counselor of justice. Higher education – legal sciences. For 20 years Mr. Kalmatov served in customs authorities, from inspector to Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Service. Mr. Kalmatov has several departmental and state awards. Retired colonel of the customs service. From December 20, 2019 to the present – holds […]

Joyce Deloge

Joyce Deloge is a Technical Specialist-PVE with UNDP Tanzania. She has expertise in Governance, Peace and Security. She currently undertakes extensive work on Governance – PVE, Serious Organised Crime, Access to Justice and Human Rights. She leads in strategy formulation, coordination, building strategic partnerships and networking within UNDP. She has led political, social, and economic […]

Annabelle Bonnefont

Annabelle Bonnefont is a Legal Analyst for the Global Center, a nonprofit organization that works towards a more just and secure world by addressing the root causes of violent extremism. She provides research and programming support on criminal justice and rule of law issues. Her most recent projects focused on civil society engagement in the […]

Francisco J. “Pancho” Lara Jr.

Francisco J. “Pancho” Lara Jr. is a Professor at the University of the Philippines, Diliman (UP), and Senior Peace and Conflict Adviser to International Alert Philippines. He holds an undergraduate degree from the University of the Philippines, and both an MSc (1997) and PhD (2011) in International Development from the London School of Economics and […]

Raymond Johansen

Johansen is educated as a plumber, but most of his working life has been dedicated to politics. At the age of 30 he was appointed to the City Government in Oslo as Vice Mayor for Transport and Nature Preservation and Johansen has served as State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under both Cabinets […]

Ben Schonveld

Ben has been engaged in governance, human rights, conflict and PVE for 25 years. He was the consultant research coordinator for UNDP’s recent study into violent extremism in South-East Asia. He has assessed RTF efforts in a wide range of Asian, European and MENA contexts. He is currently conducting a legal gap analysis on RTF […]

Imtiaz Ahmed

Dr. Imtiaz Ahmed was born in Bangladesh, and is Professor of International Relations and Director, Centre for Genocide Studies at the University of Dhaka. Professor Ahmed was educated at the University of Dhaka, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, and Carlton University, Ottawa, Canada. He is also currently Visiting Professor at the Sagesse University, Beirut, […]

Mercedes Fogarassy

Mercedes is the Industry Lead for RIWI’s international development portfolio, working with partners in the humanitarian space who seek to better understand complex and sensitive issues as they evolve, and to prevent violence, radicalization, and misinformation. She develops creative solutions and applications of RIWI’s innovative technology for government agencies, the United Nations, INGOs, and academic […]

David Hammond

Dr. David Hammond joined the Institute for Economics and Peace in 2012 and was appointed to Director of Research in 2018. In his time at IEP he has contributed to the annual releases Global Peace Index, the Positive Peace Index and the Global Terrorism Index. David has also consulted for the World Health Organisation, UNDP, […]