29th Annual Nobel Peace Prize

Recently I spoke at the 29th Annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum (September 2017) at Augsburg University in Minneapolis. At the Forum he presented the paper "Cultivating Peace: An Exploration of the Role of Nature-Based Activities in Conflict Transformation". This was a joint paper by myself, Alistair Little and Wilhelm Verwoerd. Little and Verwoerd belong to ‘Beyond Walls’ which organised ‘the Journey through Conflict’ process in the framework of ‘Sustainable Peace Network’.

Women, Peace and Security Oversight Group

Yesterday I was lucky enough to attended a meeting of the Women, Peace and Security Oversight Group in Dublin discussing Ireland's National Action Plan. I spoke on issues of masculinity and inclusion in women, peace and security agenda. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Conveney, attended for some of the time [Photos from Irish Foreign Ministry Twitter] #wpsireland