Landon Hancock

Landon Hancock is a Professor at Kent State University’s School of Peace and Conflict Studies. His expertise spans peacebuilding, conflict analysis, transitional justice, and the role of identity in conflict. He holds affiliations with the Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Studies at George Mason University and has served as a Senior Fulbright Fellow at Kyung Hee University. His research focuses on local peacebuilding, zones of peace, and agency in conflict resolution.

Education: Ph.D., Conflict Analysis & Resolution (George Mason University, 2003); M.A. and B.A. in International Relations (San Francisco State University, 1997 and 1991).

Research Interests: Ethnicity and identity in conflict, local peacebuilding strategies, zones of peace, international relations, and post-conflict transitional justice. His work emphasizes community agency and the intersection of local and national peace processes.

Publications: Editor of Narratives of Identity in Social Movements (2016) and co-editor of Zones of Peace (2007), Local Peacebuilding and National Peace (2012), and Local Peacebuilding and Legitimacy (2018). Over 40 journal articles in Peacebuilding, Geopolitics, National Identities, and others.

Awards: International Affairs Fellowship (Council on Foreign Relations), Fulbright Specialist and Senior Fulbright Fellowships, and a Peace Scholar Fellowship (USIP). Recognized for contributions to peace studies and fieldwork in Colombia, Korea, and Northern Ireland.

Grants & Roles: Chair of ISA’s Peace Studies Section (2012–2016), co-chaired the 2019 ISA Peace Studies Conference. Engaged in UN Peacebuilding Fund advisory roles and served as a research fellow at RESOLVE. Taught at George Mason University’s Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution and American University’s Washington Semester Program.

Labs/Teams: Active in global peacebuilding networks, including collaborations with the Fellowship of Reconciliation and the Program for the Prevention of Mass Violence.