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- Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs)
- Dr.Craig Zelizer is the Founder/CEO of PCDN. He started the network in June of 2007 and it has rapidly become the leading online network connecting peacebuilders and change agents from around the globe.
Dr. Zelizer is also is the Associate Director of the MA in Conflict Resolution within the Department of Government at Georgetown University. His areas of expertise include working with youth from violent conflict regions, civil society development and capacity building in transitional societies, program evaluation and design, conflict sensitivity and conflict mainstreaming, the connection between trauma and conflict, the role of the private sector in peacebuilding, and arts and peacebuilding. He has published several articles, and co-edited the book Building Peace, Practical Reflections from the Field (Kumarian Press, 2009). His most recent publication is an edited volume Integrated Peacebuilding: Innovative Approaches to Transforming Conflict (Westview Press, 2013).
He was one of the co-founders and a senior partner in the Alliance for Conflict Transformation, a leading non-profit organization dedicated to building peace through innovative research and practice. He has worked for or served as a consultant with many leading development and peacebuilding organizations including the United States Institute of Peace, Rotary International, and USAID. He has received a number of fellowships and awards, including serving as a Fulbright Junior Scholar in Hungary for two years and as a National Security Education Program Fellow in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
He currently serves on the Editorial Boards of the African Peace and Conflict Journal, Journal of Conflictology and the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development.
He also serves on the boards/advisory boards of several organizations including: Masterpeace, TechChange, International Peace and Security Institute, The Amani Institute, and Move this World.
- Please indicate if you're joining PCDN as an individual or organization (please mark the appropriate category)
- individual (professional), university
- Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise
- Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Colombia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Northern Ireland, Romania, Thailand, etc.
- What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?
- US
- What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?
- Associate Director, MA in Conflict Resolutin Program, Department of Government, Georgetown University
- How many years professional experience do you have ?
- 15+
- What is your personal or organizational website?
- http://conflictresolution.georgetown.edu
- Which Languages do you speak Proficiently? (note we can not list all languages, only some major world languages or ones related to conflict regions)
- Bosnian, Spanish
- Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?
- Civil Society, Conflict Mainstreaming, Conflict Resolution, Culture, Democratization, Development, Education, Facilitation, Gender, Information and Communication Technology, Humanitarian Relief, Media, Organizational Development, Psychosocial, Social Entreprenuership, Terrorism
- Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?
- Advocacy, Capacity Building, Communication, Curriculum Development, Evaluation, Fundraising, Information Technology, Monitoring, Program Administration, Program Design, Program Implemenation, Research, Qualitative Skills, Training
- What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?
- Intersection of Business and Peacebuilding; Role of Peace Commissioners; Arts and Peacebuilding; Trauma and Peacebuilding; Exploring Careers and Education in Peace and Conflict Resolution, etc.
- If appropriate feel free to list several of your (or your organization's) publications
- Zelizer, C. & Rubinstein, R. (2009), co-editors. Building Peace: Practical Reflections from the Field. Kumarian Press.
Zelizer, C. (2008). "Trauma Sensitive Peace-Building: Lessons for Theory and Practice." Africa Peace and Conflict Journal 1(1).
Zelizer, C., McCandless, E., King, M., Machakanja, P. Bangura, A. & Karbo, T. (2007). Chapter 6, Synopses of Peace and Conflict Studies Research Methodologies in E. McCandless, M. King, P. Bangura, & E. Sall (Eds.), Peace Research for Africa: Critical Essays on Methodology (pp. 125-204). Switzerland: UPEACE/Africa (http://www.africa.upeace.org/resources.cfm)
Zelizer, C. (2007). Integrating Community Arts and Conflict Resolution: Lessons and Challenges from the Field. Written for Community Arts Net (http://www.communityarts.net).
Zelizer, C. (2005). The Role of Artistic Processes in Peacebuilding in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In P. van Tongeren, M. Brenk, M. Hellema & J. Verhoeven (Eds.) (text box, pp.304-305) in chapter “Artistic Responses to the Siege of Sarajevo: The Cellist and The Film Festival in Bosnia-Herzegovina.”(pp.301-308). People Building Peace II. Successful Stories of Civil Society. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
Zelizer, C. & Johnston, L. (2005). Skills, Networks & Knowledge: Developing a Career in International Peace and Conflict Resolution. Alexandria, VA: Alliance for Conflict Transformation.
Zelizer, C. (2003)"The Role of Artistic Processes in Peacebuilding in Bosnia-Herzegovina." Peace and Conflict Studies 10.2: 62-75.
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12 Actions for a More Peaceful 2013 (please add your own suggestions)
Posted on May 11, 2013 at 10:11am 65 Comments 16 Likes
Dear PCDN Colleagues
I wanted to put together a list of 12 possible recommendations to help make the world more peaceful and encourage others to contribute their own lists as we move into 2013. Please also consider Paying What You Can to …
Continue Guide to Key Resources for Funding Work in Peacebuilding, International Dev and Related Fields
Posted on May 11, 2013 at 7:03am 34 Comments 22 Likes
In this section, I will provide some of the key resources for obtaining funding for on the ground work. Please also take a look at the posting 12 Key Steps to Obtaining Funding for on the Ground Work which provides overall conceptual strategies.
Please note that we do not allow any requests for funding on this site as the network would be deluged.…
A GUIDE TO TWEETING FOR PEACE and SOCIAL CHANGE
Posted on May 10, 2013 at 6:31am 10 Comments 15 Likes
A GUIDE TO TWEETING FOR PEACE and SOCIAL CHANGE
Since its founding in 2006, Twitter has rapidly grown to be one of the most powerful online platforms for connecting hundreds of millions of individuals and organizations around the world. While the estimates vary, Twitter estimates they have over 100 million active monthly users of the platform and almost 500 million registered…
Continue How Organizations/Employers Can Benefit from Using the Peace and Collaborative Development Network
Posted on May 8, 2013 at 2:03pm 26 Comments 18 Likes
Dear Colleagues,
Membership in the Peace and Collaborative Development Network is free and open to individuals and organizations. However, PCDN strongly urges you to consider a paid membership in order to help support the network (for more details see below or the…
Key Policy Institutions and Think Tanks in Peacebuilding and Related Fields
Posted on May 4, 2013 at 2:19pm 25 Comments 11 Likes
Dear Colleagues
Over the past two decades, many new institutions from governments, foundations and nonprofits have emerged that provide in-depth policy analysis of current conflicts and the effectiveness of existing responses. In order to stay up to date on current crises, success stories in preventing, managing and transforming conflicts, and larger policy lessons for the field, reading reports from many of these…
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- At 6:37pm on January 18, 2013,
Eliot Moleba said… - Hey Craig,
I'm working on an international project which is a collaboration among a few African countries that is both a theatre production and a fundraising campaign for children's education trust. The project looks at a massacre that took place in South Africa last year; we stage it as a platform to negotiate issues around education, social security, governance and human rights, among other themes, in Africa. The project extends into a creative research project which will look at these issues more broadly within Africa and internationally. It will address at least one of them and develop a performative dramatization of that dialogue which will then travel to all the participating countries to be presented to the general public, universities and high schools where we plan to incite a national debate/dialogue about the social issue in question. This we hope will spread participation and awareness to help curb the bad attitudes; I.e. Xenophobia in Africa.
We are hoping to add more countries to our collaboration so that we can expand the dialogue. I don't know if it is possible to invite this platform in our initiative.
Please send me your email so I can send you more information on the project and maybe we might be able to discuss any potential opportunities to involve you once you have a complete sense of the project.
Thanks
Regards,
Eliot
- At 6:34pm on January 18, 2013, Eliot Moleba said…
- Hey Craig,
I'm working on an international project which is a collaboration among a few African countries that is both a theatre production and a fundraising campaign for children's education trust. The project looks at a massacre that took place in South Africa last year; we stage it as a platform to negotiate issues around education, social security, governance and human rights, among other themes, in Africa. The project extends into a creative research project which will look at these issues more broadly within Africa and internationally. It will address at least one of them and develop a performative dramatization of that dialogue which will then travel to all the participating countries to be presented to the general public, universities and high schools where we plan to incite a national debate/dialogue about the social issue in question. This we hope will spread participation and awareness to help curb the bad attitudes; I.e. Xenophobia in Africa.
We are hoping to add more countries to our collaboration so that we can expand the dialogue. I don't know if it is possible to invite this platform in our initiative.
Please send me your email so I can send you more information on the project and maybe we might be able to discuss any potential opportunities to involve you once you have a complete sense of the project.
Thanks
Regards,
Eliot
- At 8:10pm on September 29, 2012,
RichardKane said… Need help in editing instead of checking links to Non-traditional peace efforts it somehow posted again and again with the body as part of the title,
Sorry, How do I delete the non-correct duplicates. The original or first posting is ok From Richard Kane
- At 11:32pm on August 21, 2012,
Kaganga John said… Hi Craig thanks,
Am preaching PCDN gospel and many are getting converted.
- At 7:18am on August 21, 2012, Kaganga John said…
Dear Craig,
thanks for the great work you are doing for us,we are moving out of the box, African box,American boxes European box,Asia and Austria boxes; if we are connected and properly linked then we can rightly say,we are in a global village,we are getting more connected due to the information you are ever generating and disseminating to the global world,getting connected is a powerful tool to eradicate poverty and to steer people to sustainable development,eradicate violence,corruption,human greed,selfishness,dictatorship and terrorism one can not fail to achieve sustainable development for all. I have been following your work for more than a year it is really amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!keep it up.
Best regards;Kaganga John,farmer,professional food security fellow,environment activists and a founder of Kikandwa Environmental Association in Uganda.
- At 1:26pm on August 5, 2012,
Potre Dirampatan Diampuan said… Dear Craig, I have 2 Iftar speaking engagements on Wednesday and Thursday evenings and I will allot a few minutes on each occasion to introduce PCDN. Potre
- At 11:17am on July 29, 2012, Gladys Tiffany said…
Thanks Craig.
- At 1:01pm on July 6, 2012,
Luis Antonio Ordonez said… Hi Craig. As promised, I already have the piece. How should I send it to you?
- At 3:33pm on June 26, 2012, Luis Antonio Ordonez said…
It sounds good Craig. I am going to start working on the first piece, which I think will be about Rio+20 and the role that Colombia played by proposing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), already approved and included in The Future We Want final document. I will send you the document at the end of the next week. Luis Antonio.
- At 2:21pm on June 19, 2012, Luis Antonio Ordonez said…
Hi Craig, I first apologize for not having replied your message before. Second, thank you for giving me the opportunity of publishing some updates about Colombia and the peace/development process on the PCDN network. Since I joined it, I have spread the word about the job you are doing through PCDN. It is a pleasure for me to continue doing so.
I have few questions about the updates:
1. Since my work is more related to development, I suggest doing updates about discrimination, sustainability, displacement and some other topics I am more familiar with, and not exclusively about the peace process. What do you think?
2. You mention doing some blogging, so I understand I could write in general terms regular articles (500 words approx.) about these topics. Would this be correct?
3. How often would you need them?
4. I am confident about my English proficiency, but for publishing I might need the support of a native speaker proof reading the documents. Could some one of your team do that?
Thanks,
Luis Antonio
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