Lectures
Peace Building in Sri Lanka
Peace Building in Sri Lanka
(American Centre in association with ICES)
by
Dr. Joyce Neu
Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 4:30pm
Location: ICES Auditorium
Joyce Neu is a conflict resolution specialist with expertise in conflict assessment, facilitation, mediation, the design and management of peace processes and gender mainstreaming in peacemaking and peacebuilding. Over the past 18 years, as the founding Executive Director for the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San Diego and as Senior Associate Director and Acting Director in the Conflict Resolution Program at The Carter Center, she has been responsible for designing and implementing peacemaking and peacebuilding initiatives in Africa, the Balkans, the Baltics, and the Caucasus. Dr. Neu recently completed a contract as Team Leader of a new UN Standby Team of Mediation Experts. Her role was to advise UN and African Union Special Envoys and Special Representatives on peace processes. Dr. Neu was a senior Fulbright scholar in Poland and a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal. She received her Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Southern California.