Ahmad El Muhammady
Dr. Ahmad El-Muhammady is an Assistant Professor at the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation (ISTAC-IIUM). Besides that, he holds various external positions such as Associate Fellow at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT), The Hague, Associate Research Fellow at the Accounting Research Institute (ARI), Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia and International Advisory Committee Member […]
Drissa Doumbia
Drissa is an Agroecologist, specialized in environmental policy assessment, climate change and sustainable development. Graduated from Norwegian University of Life Sciences in 2006, Mr. Doumbia has Master 2 in Natural ressource Management and sustainable Agriculture. More than 10 years of experience in formulating policies and strategies for adaptation to climate change. Program officer at the […]
Ibrahim Yahaya Ibrahim
Ibrahim Yahaya Ibrahim has a PhD in Political Science from the University of Florida. He works as a senior analyst with the International Crisis Group. He is a co-founder and research associate with the Sahel Research Group. Ibrahim is an alumnus of the Fulbright Program. He worked for four years with Islamic NGOs in Niger, […]
Charles Cater
Dr. Charles Cater is a former natural resources expert for the United Nations Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea. He holds a doctorate in International Relations from the University of Oxford.
Nirina Kiplagat
Nirina Kiplagat has experience in the field of conflict transformation and peacebuilding from policy to community-level engagements. She currently works at UNDP’s Regional Service Centre for Africa as the Regional Peacebuilding Advisor, overseeing conflict prevention and peacebuilding interventions, including prevention and response to violent extremism, as well as the regional youth portfolio. Nirina previously worked […]
Jonathan Bright
Jonathan Bright is an Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute who specialises in computational approaches to the social and political sciences. He has two major research interests: exploring the ways in which new digital technologies are changing political participation; and investigating how new forms of data can enable local and national […]
Joana Cook
Dr. Joana Cook an Assistant Professor of Terrorism and Political Violence at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), Leiden University (Netherlands), a Senior Project Coordinator/Editor in Chief at the International Centre for Counterterrorism (ICCT, Netherlands), and an Adjunct Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University (US). Her research focuses primarily on terrorism and counterterrorism, with a […]
Erin Saltman
Dr. Erin Saltman is the Director of Programming at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT). She was formerly Facebook’s Head of Counterterrorism and Dangerous Organizations Policy for Europe, the Middle East and Africa; working with multi-sector stakeholders and building out CVE programs for Facebook in partnership with international NGOs. Dr Saltman’s background and […]
Nika Saedi
Nika Saeedi is Team Leader – Prevention of Violent Extremism as part of the Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding and Responsive Institutions (CPPRI) team. Nika leads UNDP workstream on hate Speech and serves as Religion and Development focal point, at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in New York. Leveraging her educational background on Religion and Culture […]
Konstantin Sokulskiy
Konstantin Sokulskiy assumed his function Programme Specialist, Head of Governance Unit at UNDP Kazakhstan in April 2016. Mr. Sokulskiy has more than 12 years of experience in international field. His career has always been devoted to public service. Over 12 years he has led large-scale development initiatives and teams of experts while implementing a multi-million […]
