Gregg Jones is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Georgetown University's Center for Security Studies, specializing in crisis management decision-making, insurgency/counter-insurgency, humanitarian response, and civil-military operations. He teaches courses in crisis management decision-making and strategic readiness. Professionally, he owns a global crisis management consultancy and serves as an adjunct analyst at RAND Corporation. His extensive field experience includes: Defense representative for Dayton Peace Accords implementation in Bosnia Leading civil-military analysis teams in post-genocide Rwanda Responding to complex humanitarian emergencies across multiple continents Additional roles include volunteer firefighting, World War II MIA research, digital humanitarian work, and prior service as a soldier, IT executive, NGO founder, and U.S. government official.
Zoe Norridge is a Reader in African and Comparative Literature and Visual Studies at King's College London's Department of English Language & Literature. She serves as Department Impact Lead (2022-present) and previously held the position of Pro-Vice Dean for Impact in Arts & Humanities (2020-21). Her work focuses on contemporary arts and cultural responses to the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, involving extensive collaboration with artists and genocide survivors. Her educational background includes a Doctor of Literature from SOAS University of London (2007), Master of Philosophy from the University of Cambridge (2001), and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Cambridge (2000). Before her academic career, she worked in health promotion with NGOs in the UK and Papua New Guinea. Norridge's research centers on African literature and photography, pain, memory, trauma, testimony, empathy, cultures of human rights, comparative approaches to genocide, and collaboration, community and love. She has developed significant expertise in Rwandan testimonial literature and visual culture, with fifteen years of research culminating in her forthcoming monograph Inside/Out Rwanda: Literature, Photography, Genocide and the Testimony of Place . Her publications demonstrate consistent engagement with Rwandan genocide testimony, human rights cultures, and cross-continental connections, particularly between East Africa and Latin America. The recent publications show increasing focus on practical applications of her research through educational resources, trauma-informed guidelines, and community co-production. BBC AHRC New Generation Thinker (2011-12) Award-winning radio documentaries: Living with Memory in Rwanda (BBC Radio 3, 2014) and Rwanda's Returnees (BBC Radio 4, 2019) Longlisted for the Women's Prize Discoveries Prize for emerging creative writers (2022) Associate Editor at Wasafiri magazine (2014-present) Member of Holocaust Memorial Day Trust expert advisory group (2017-present) Norridge has secured significant funding for collaborative work in Rwanda, including AHRC grants for 'Stories from Rwanda' and 'Rights for Time.' These projects have supported co-production of teaching resources, school guidelines, trauma-informed survivor speaker guidelines, policy briefings, and creative workshops. She teaches undergraduate courses on contemporary African love stories and testimony in the context of the Holocaust and Rwanda, as well as an MA module on human rights cultures, with a Certificate in Group Facilitation from the Gestalt Centre (2024) enhancing her approach to teaching emotionally demanding topics. Her collaborative work extends to professional and participatory photography workshops in Kigali, Gisenyi and Musanze (2013, 2015, 2019, 2022), co-curating exhibitions, and programming events for the Kigali Photo Fest (2019). These initiatives form a cohesive team approach to engaging with Rwandan memory culture through multiple artistic and academic channels.
Sébastien Caquard is a Professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment at Concordia University, Montréal (Tiohtià:ke). His research bridges Cartography and Oral History , focusing on mapping stories to explore relationships between places, narratives, memories, and maps. Founder and Director of the Geomedia Lab , leading development of the open-source Atlascine mapping application Principal Investigator for projects like (Re)tracer la mémoire cartographique (SSHRC 2023-28) and Enhancing Atlascine Mapping Platform (CANARIE 2018-23) Co-applicant for Indigenous Stewardship of Environment and Alternative Development (INSTEAD 2020-26) Key Research Areas : Story Mapping & Narrative Cartography Geoweb & Digital Humanities Oral History & Memory Studies Decolonial & Indigenous Cartography GIS & Environmental Impact Assessment Interactive Atlases & Emotional Mapping Recent Collaborations : Co-organized exhibitions and workshops on Rwandan life stories, Indigenous cartographies, and mapping difficult narratives with institutions like the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS) and international conferences.
Dr. Jonathan Beloff is a Researcher at King's College London's School of Security Studies , focusing on the regional politics and security of the African Great Lakes . His current AHRC-funded project, Military Strategies During the Genocide Against the Tutsis in Rwanda , examines the Rwanda Patriotic Army's decision-making during the 1994 genocide. He holds a PhD in Politics and International Studies from SOAS , a Master’s in Global Affairs from New York University , and a BA in Politics from Richard Stockton University . Research Interests : Central African politics, security and development, post-genocide reconstruction in Rwanda, Global North-South relations, African foreign relations, and regional dynamics in East and Central Africa. His work bridges empirical analysis of military strategy, political development, and international engagement, with particular emphasis on Rwanda's geopolitical positioning. Publications include a 2021 book on Rwandan elite perceptions of global engagement and peer-reviewed articles on topics ranging from genocide denial securitization to cross-regional security challenges in Puntland and the DRC. He also contributes to edited volumes and public discourse via outlets like The Conversation .
Erin Kelly is the Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University's School of Arts and Sciences and holds a concurrent appointment at Tisch College. She earned her PhD in Philosophy from Harvard University (1995), MA from Columbia University (1987), and AB from Stanford University (1984). Her research focuses on moral and political philosophy, philosophy of law, and criminal justice, emphasizing reparative and transformative justice frameworks. Notable works include Chasing Me To My Grave (2021) and The Limits of Blame (2018). Her recent publications (2021-2025) critique retributive justice systems, advocate for restorative alternatives, and explore accountability in criminal law. She has received grants from the Templeton World Charity Foundation for research on forgiveness as a civic virtue in post-genocide Rwanda. Teaching includes courses on philosophy of law, criminal justice theory, and civic studies. She directed Tufts' Civic Studies Program (2018-2019) and frequently lectures internationally on justice theory and moral philosophy. Education: PhD Harvard (1995), MA Columbia (1987), AB Stanford (1984) Affiliations: Department of Philosophy, Tisch College, Civic Studies Program Key Themes: Moral responsibility, criminal punishment ethics, reparative justice, social ontology
Lionel McPherson is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University’s School of Arts and Sciences. He holds a PhD from Harvard University and an AB (summa cum laude) from Princeton University. His research focuses on ethics, political and social philosophy, particularly exploring normativity, obligations, race, war/terrorism, and racial identity. He is affiliated with the Certificate Program in Ethics, Law, and Society. Education: PhD in Philosophy, Harvard University, 1999 AB in Philosophy, Princeton University Research Interests: Normativity and obligations War, terrorism, and their ethical dimensions Racial identity, caste systems, and social justice Teaching includes courses on racism, global justice, and ethical theory. He has led workshops on topics like the ethics of war and presented at institutions including the University of Pennsylvania and University of Delaware. His grants include funding from the Templeton World Charity Foundation for research on forgiveness in post-genocide Rwanda.
Yolande Bouka is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada, where her research and teaching bridge International Relations, gender studies, and African security. Holding a Ph.D. in International Relations from American University and an M.A. from Seton Hall University, she previously served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, and as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Denver. Education Ph.D., International Relations – American University M.A. – Seton Hall University Research Interests Dr Bouka’s scholarship interrogates the intersections of gender, political violence, and security in Africa. Her current multi-sited historical and political analysis examines female combatants in Southern Africa, while her forthcoming book manuscript In the Shadow of Prison explores power, identity, and transitional justice in post-genocide Rwanda. She is particularly interested in decolonial approaches to fieldwork ethics, non-state armed groups, and the gendered dimensions of conflict and peacebuilding. Across her publications—ranging from high-impact journals to policy briefs—three thematic strands are evident: (1) gendered political participation and violence in Kenya’s devolved system, (2) continental and international mediation efforts in the African Great Lakes region, and (3) critical reflections on race, positionality, and methodology in the study of African politics. Awards & Fellowships Fulbright Scholar Program Fellowship American Association of University Women Fellowship Grants, Advisory Roles & Field Experience Bouka’s research has been supported by competitive international grants and underpinned by extensive fieldwork. She currently sits on the Research Advisory Council of the RESOLVE Network, a global consortium dedicated to empirically grounded research on violent extremism. Between 2014 and 2016 she led the Conflict Prevention and Risk Analysis Division of the Institute for Security Studies in Nairobi, managing multi-country projects on peace and security in the Great Lakes Region. She has provided technical expertise and research support to USAID, the UK Department for International Development, the United Nations, the African Union, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and the United States Institute of Peace. Labs & Research Teams While no formal laboratory is listed, Dr Bouka collaborates with a transnational network of scholars and policy institutes through the RESOLVE Network and maintains active partnerships with research centres across Africa, Europe, and North America.
Molly Sundberg is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Anthropology , Stockholm University, where she also serves as Director of Studies for the Bachelor’s Programme in Global Development . Her research focuses on development , aid , governance , and security , with a regional emphasis on African studies . Key research projects: Current Swedish Research Council-funded work on for-profit aid and development contracting (2020-2024) Prior Swedish Research Council project on locally recruited development experts in Tanzania (2017-2020) Her teaching covers development studies , conflict studies , and anthropological methods , informed by her field experience in post-genocide Rwanda (PhD research) and four years working for the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) in Stockholm and Kigali prior to her academic career.
Coel Kirkby is a Senior Lecturer in Law and Director of the Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence at the University of Sydney Law School. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge, an LLM from McGill University, and a BA (Hons) in Mathematics and Philosophy from Queen’s University. His research focuses on legal history, comparative constitutional law, and postcolonial legal legacies of British imperialism. He has held prestigious fellowships, including the Smuts Research Fellowship in Commonwealth Studies (University of Cambridge, 2017–2018), and has contributed to constitutional projects in Fiji, South Africa, and beyond. Research interests include legal theory, democracy, and colonial legal systems. He is completing two books on liberal democracy in the British Empire and a new work on law and revolution during the Cold War. His teaching covers Foundations of Law, Torts, and jurisprudence electives such as The History of Legal Thought and The Commonwealth and the Common Law. Selected Awards/Fellowships: Smuts Research Fellow in Commonwealth Studies (University of Cambridge) McKenzie Fellow (Melbourne Law School) Endeavour Fellow (UNSW) Grants include the 2020 Treaty Talk and Treaty People in the Commonwealth project. He collaborates with institutions like the Sydney Environment Institute and the Vere Gordon Childe Centre. His work bridges historical legal analysis with contemporary constitutional challenges in postcolonial states.
Timothy P. Longman is a Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Boston University’s Pardee School of Global Studies, serving as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Director of the Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs (CURA). He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a B.A. from Phillips University. His research focuses on state-society relations in Africa, emphasizing human rights, transitional justice, religion’s intersection with politics, gender, and race/ethnicity. Recent work includes Memory and Justice in Post-Genocide Rwanda (2017) and Christianity and Genocide in Rwanda (2010), with a current book project on African church-state relations. He previously directed BU’s African Studies Center for eight years. His research interests span democratization, post-conflict societies, and the political implications of religious institutions.
Charlotte Schallié is a Professor of Germanic Studies at the University of Victoria’s School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures. She co-leads the 7-year SSHRC-funded Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives project, focusing on arts-based testimony gathering practices across Holocaust, Iraq/Syria, Rwanda, Turtle Island, and Yugoslav Wars research clusters. Her expertise spans memory studies, visual culture, Holocaust education, care ethics, and community-engaged research. Research Focus : Schallié specializes in survivor-centered graphic narratives, trauma-informed storytelling, and ethical frameworks for collaborating with genocide survivors. Her work bridges Holocaust studies with arts-based methodologies, emphasizing reciprocal knowledge exchange and pedagogical innovation. Co-edited Barbara Yelin’s award-winning Emmie Arbel: The Colour of Memory (2023, 2024, 2025 editions) Editor of multi-award-winning But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust (2022, 2024 editions) Leading SSHRC Partnership Grant ($2.5M) and Heritage Canada funding ($129,769) for educational resource development Scientific Awards : 2024 Gustav-Heinemann Peace Prize 2023 Western Canada Jewish Book Award 2023 PROSE Awards (Biography/Autobiography and Nonfiction Graphic Novels) 2022 Canadian Jewish Literary Award Multiple finalist/nominee recognitions including Will Eisner and Vine Awards Advising & Grants : Collaborates with institutions like Canadian Museum for Human Rights, University of Toronto Press, and international partners. Develops open-access educational tools for Holocaust and human rights curriculum integration. Labs & Teams : Leads the Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives research team with clusters in Holocaust, Iraq/Syria, Rwanda, Turtle Island, and Yugoslav Wars contexts, working with survivors and artists across global sites.
Professor Scott Newton is affiliated with the School of Law at SOAS University of London. His research focuses on critical and decolonial approaches to international law, constitutionalism, Soviet legal systems, and post-communist transitions. He has published extensively on topics such as spatial theory, Cold War division spaces, and Central Asian constitutionalism. Primary Affiliation: School of Law, SOAS University of London Academic Rank: Professor Newton's research bridges legal philosophy, historical analysis, and geopolitical studies, often reworking archaic legal concepts through contemporary critical theory. His work explores the interplay between law, power, and spatiality in post-Soviet, Cold War, and postcolonial contexts. Recent publications highlight trends in comparative constitutional analysis , critical international law , and post-ideological legal frameworks . His scholarship spans book chapters, journal articles, and monographs addressing legal transitions in diverse regions including Central Asia, Rwanda, and Soviet states. As an advisor, Professor Newton supervised P. Ntephe's thesis on Sub-Saharan legal alterity. He is a leading voice in Soviet legal historiography and post-colonial constitutional theory, contributing to debates on authoritarianism, development law, and spatial determinism.
Samuel Shearer is Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, with research focusing on urban space in African cities. His work examines how urban design and destruction processes shape popular politics and cultures. Education includes a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from Duke University (2017). Research interests center on urban design politics, displacement, and capitalist/ecological crises in rapidly urbanizing environments. Current book project The Kigali After examines these dynamics in Rwanda, while new research explores diasporic communities in African sanctuary cities. Publications show consistent focus on Kigali's urban transformation, examining tensions between development models and local realities through frameworks of political ecology and spatial justice. Fellowships and awards: Fulbright Fellowship Social Science Research Council Fellowship Divided City Initiative Fellowship Mark Steinberg Weil Postdoctoral Fellowship in Urban Humanities
Ravinder Bhavnani is a Professor of International Relations/Political Science at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. His research focuses on the micro-foundations of violence, utilizing agent-based computational modeling and empirical analysis to explore actor behavior, social mechanisms, and emergent structures. He holds affiliations with the Centre for Finance and Development and the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy. Educated at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (PhD), Bhavnani specializes in armed conflicts, terrorism, urban-rural dynamics, and regional expertise in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. Key themes in his work include surveillance effects on collective action, urban conflict morphology, and resilience to socio-economic crises. His research outputs span journals like American Journal of Political Science and Journal of Peace Research , with a focus on computational methods and policy-relevant insights. He has co-edited volumes on global conflict trends and serves on editorial boards such as the Journal of Conflict Resolution . Advising and grants include collaborations on projects analyzing protest dynamics, malnutrition resilience, and segregation effects. His work bridges theoretical frameworks with applied conflict analysis, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to peacebuilding and violence prevention.
Myriam Denov is a Full Professor at McGill University and holds the Canada Research Chair in Youth, Gender and Armed Conflict. Her work focuses on war-affected children and families, particularly those impacted by the 1994 Rwandan genocide and its intergenerational consequences. Through participatory research methods, she has conducted extensive fieldwork in Africa, Asia, and the Americas, including interviews with 44 mothers and 60 children born from conflict-related sexual violence in Rwanda. Her research highlights the complex legacy of wartime sexual violence, where 250,000-500,000 women were raped during the Rwandan genocide, resulting in 10,000-25,000 children born from rape. These children face systemic exclusion from survivor support programs and ongoing social stigmatization as "children of hate." Denov's publications include Child Soldiers: Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front and Children Affected by Armed Conflict: Theory, Method & Practice . Grants: Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Canada Council for the Arts (Killam Program), Canada Research Chair Program, Fonds de Recherche du Québec: Société et Culture
