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Christos Kyrou
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- United States
- Assistant Professor at American…
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- Dr. Christos Kyrou is an Assistant Professor at the School of International Service (SIS) at American University. He is also a Project Manager and Practitioner at the International Institute for Sustained Dialogue (IISD) in Washington, DC, and an independent researcher.
He holds a PhD in Environmental Science from the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Association with Syracuse University, a Masters of Education in Environmental Science from Plymouth State University, New Hampshire, a Certificate in Advanced Studies in Conflict Resolution from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, and a BS from the Educational Institute of Agricultural Technology of Thessaloniki, Greece. He is originally from Thessaloniki, Greece, and he became an American citizen in 2000.
At American University Professor Kyrou is teaching courses on conflict analysis and resolution, victims of violence, dialogue, environmental peacemaking, theories on war, violence and conflict, and peace paradigms. He has published journal articles, and has presented his work at conferences on conflict and conflict resolution on areas relating to the environment, insurgencies, risk, and the practice of Dialogue. He is the author of Peace Ecology, the philosophy underpinning the use of opportunities in the environment for building bridges of collaboration between parties in conflict. He is the founder and former director of the Environmental Peacemaking Program at the Center for International Development and Conflict Management at the University of Maryland (CIDCM).
His peace building practice IISD includes the project “Talking One generation Ahead” (TOGA) a Sustained Dialogue project in Northern Ireland involving young, emerging leaders of five prominent political parties, as well as other dialogues both in the US and overseas.
His current research project examines human security as a function of state legitimacy from the perspective of insurgency groups including Northern Ireland, the Basque Region, the Middle East, and Colombia.
He has led and participated in several peace-initiatives both abroad and in the US and has received the "Peacemaking Award for Commitment to Building Peace at the Individual, Local or Global Level" by the Program of International Peace and Conflict Resolution, The Peacebuilding and Development Institute, and the Center for Peace Building International, at American University, in 2005.
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- United States
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- Assistant Professor at American University
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- Alternative Dispute Resolution, Conflict Resolution, Conflict Mainstreaming, Education, Environment
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- Evaluation, Program Design, Research, Training
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Bologna, Italy Symposium on Conflict Prevention, Resolution, and Reconciliation
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Accept my greetings. I am Anuj Gurung, a Nepali citizen doing my graduate studies in Conflict Resolution at Georgetown University.
As a student, I am very interested in different aspects of conflict resolution. I want to focus on long-term peacebuilding processes through education and environmental sustainability in Nepal. I wanted to interview an active practitioner in the field for my class and for my own benefit. I was wondering if you'd honor me with an interview. I would be very grateful for this opportunity. My email address is gurung.anuj@gmail.com. Thank you.
Anuj Gurung
Candidate, MA in Conflict Resolution
Department of Government
Georgetown University
i like to know your experiences in this field.
I think U interest in peace. I'm a graduate in Peace & conflict Resolution in University of Kelaniya In Sri Lanka. Then i studied in International Relations, Human Rights, and Counseling Psychology Diplomas. Now I’m studding political science for my MA.
my last job is Youth national coordinator in antiwar front in Sri Lanka.
Now i work in Human rights NGO. We help marginalized people in Sri Lankan Conflict.
So we can share our peace knowledge
So I like read Ur view about peace. If U have any free time plz join my discussions in my page.
U R welcome.
Thushara.
So good to see you on here. I hope we can stay in touch. Pahuna sends her regards as well. What's new with your work? Have time for lunch sometime?