Organizing Committee

The Organizing Committee is responsible for making decisions on all aspects of the Conference. It includes members from the Environmental Peacebuilding Association, the University of Ottawa and its partners, and the future hosts of the Fifth Conference (in Nairobi, Kenya).

The Organizing Committee is supported by the Conference Secretariat, which includes Mara Pusic, Carrie Hanks, Dylan Moglen, Angela Min Yi, Natalia Jimenez, Natalija Vojno, Karishma Goswami, and Buket Altincelep.

Erika Weinthal

Professor of Environmental and Public Policy
Duke University
United States

Lauren Risi

Senior Fellow & Director, Environmental Security Program
Stimson Center
United States

Francis Onditi

Associate Professor
Riara University, Nairobi
Kenya

Samuel Nyanchoga

Director of Research and Innovation
The Catholic University of Eastern Africa
Kenya

Richard Matthew

Professor and Director, Alec Glasser Center for the Power of Music and Social Change
UC Irvine School of Social Ecology
United States

Päivi Lujala

Professor
Geography Research Unit, University of Oulu
Finland

Chris Huggins

Associate Professor
School of International Development and Global Studies, University of Ottawa
Canada

Becca Farnum

Queen Mary University of London
United Kingdom

Annika Erickson-Pearson

Professional Facilitator
Independent
Switzerland

Zuzia Danielski

IMPACT

Carl Bruch

Director, International Programs
Environmental Law Institute