I am a Senior Research Fellow for the Toda Peace Institute where I direct the “Social Media and Peacebuilding” programme. I write and commission policy briefs and case studies on the impact of social media on conflict dynamics, am working on a project to encourage civil society to participate in a “Digital Neighborhood Watch” programme that brings the skills of conflict resolution to social media, and am the lead organizer of a 2020 Global Summit on Peacebuilding.

I am also a Visiting Scholar at George Mason University’s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution and taught in the graduate programme on peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University for 23 years.