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Resident Faculty

Academics residing and teaching at the Headquarters campus in Costa Rica.
Alphabetical order of the last name. Please click on the name for a complete CV.

• Amr Abdalla (Egypt)
  Professor and Vice Rector
  Ph.D., Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, Spring 2001. Master's Degree, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, Spring 1992. LL.B. in Law, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, Spring 1977.
• Ameena Al Rasheed (Sudan)
  Assistant Professor, Department of Gender and Peace Education
  A Ph.D. candidate. Masters degree, public policy and administration. Masters Degree, Gender and Culture. BSC, Honors, Political Science.
• Adam Baird (Great Britain)
  Ph.D. from the Peace Studies Department at the University of Bradford, UK, Assistant Professor, and Coordinator, Sustainable Urban Governance and Peace (SUGP).
• Jan Breitling (Germany)
  Assistant Professor, Department of Environment, Peace and Security
  MSc. Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University and Research Center, The Netherlands. BSc. Tropical Forestry, Technological Institute of Costa Rica, Cartago, Costa Rica.
• Virginia Cawagas (The Philippines)
  Associate professor; Department of Gender and Peace Education
  EDD. Peace and Development, Education, Notre Dame University. M. S. in Educational Management, De LaSalle University. B.S. Education, Math, St. Louis University.
• Brian Dowd-Uribe(USA)
  Assistant Professor, Department of Environment, Peace and Security
  Ph.D., M.A., Environmental Studies, University of California Santa Cruz
  B.S., Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution, University of California San Diego
  B.A., Latin American Studies, University of California San Diego
• Robert Fletcher (USA)
  Assistant Professor, Department of Environment, Peace and Security
  Ph.D., M.A., cultural anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara. B.A. International Relations, University of California, Davis.
• Victoria Fontan (France)
  Head, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, and Associate Professor, Peace and Conflict Studies
  Doctorate of Philosophy in Peace and Development Studies, University of Limerick, Ireland. Doctorate of Education, Universidad de La Salle, Costa Rica. Disciplines: critical terrorism studies, decolonizing peace.
• Leonardo García (Costa Rica)
  Instructor, Department of Environment, Peace and Security
  Executive Director, UPEACE Centre for Environmental Studies
  MA in Natural Resources and Peace, UPEACE
  BA in Biology, Universidad de Costa Rica
• Verónica Hilillo (Spain)
  RMSED Instructor. Office of the Vice Rector
  M. A., International Peace Studies, UPEACE, Mediation, University of Alicante, Spain.  B.A. Business Administration, University Cardena-Herrera, Spain
• Julia Hoffmann (Germany)
  Assistant Professor Human rights, Media & Conflict
  Ph.D. at Amsterdam University (2009), The Netherlands, LL.M. International Public and European law, Amsterdam Law School (2007), M.Sc. Communication and International Relations, Department of Communication Science (2005)
• Daniela Ingruber (Austria)
  Associate Professor in Media, Conflict and Peace Studies
  Doctorate of Philosophy, University of Vienna, Austria. Disciplines: war photography, film, ethical journalism
• Mihir Kanade (India)
  Director of the UPEACE Human Rights Centre.
  LLB, Nagpuz University, India. UNU-IC UNU, Tokyo. MA International Law and the Settlement of Disputes, University for Peace.
• Tony Karbo
  Associate Professor and Senior Program Officer, UPEACE Africa Programme.
• Balázs Áron Kovács (Hungary)
  Instructor, Department of Pace and Conflict Studies
  J. D. Eotvos Lorand University of Sciences, Faculty of Law and Political Science. M. A. IPS, UPEACE.
• Mohit Mukherje (India)
  Director of the UPEACE Centre for Executive and Professional Education and a faculty member at UPEACE
  Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Stanford University. Master's at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Courses at Harvard Business School, How to start up, manage, and grow social enterprises.
• Christer Persson(Sweden)
  
• Special Adviser to the Rector and Professor at the Department of International Law and Human Rights at UPEACE.
• Nabil Ramirez (The Philippines)
  Instructor. Department of Peace and Conflict Studies
  M&A International Law and Settlement of Disputes, UPEACE. BA anthropology and education, University of Victoria, B.C., Canada.

• Juan Carlos Sainz-Borgo (Venezuela)
  Associate Professor and Head of the Department of International Law and Human Rights at UPEACE. Doctorate of Law (Cum Laude), Universidad Central de Venezuela. Concentration: International Law, International Environmental Law and International Criminal Law.
• Dina Rodríguez (Perú)
  Head of Department of Gender and Peace Education
  MA in Education, University of Texas, at Austin, USA; BA in Mathematics, Alverno College, Milwaukee, USA; BA in Teaching, National University of Education, Peru.

• Toh Swee-Hin (Australia and Canada)
  Distinguished Professor and long-term Consultant, Office of the Vice-Rector, University for Peace.
• Victor Valle (El Salvador)
  Associate Vice rector and full Professor at the UN mandated University for Peace
  Doctor of Education, The George Washington University, USA; Master of Education, University of Pittsburgh, USA; Undergraduate studies, Civil Engineering, University of El Salvador.

Affiliated Faculty

• Abelardo Brenes (Costa Rica)
• Jurgen Carls (Germany)
• Jeffrey Davis (USA)
• Mary King (USA)
• Miriam Vilela (Brazil)
  Director, Earth Charter Center for Education for Sustainable Development at UPEACE.
• Nika Salvetti (Italy)

Administrative Faculty

UPEACE faculty with administrative responsibilities
Alphabetical order of the last name. Please click on the name for a complete CV.

• Jean-Bosco Butera
  Director, UPEACE Africa Programme
• Flor Cubero (Costa Rica)
  Head Librarian
  PhD, Information Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada; MA, Library Sciences, University of Western Ontario, Canada; MA in Sociology, University of Costa Rica.
• Narinder Kakar
  Director, UPEACE New York Office
• Thomas Klompmaker (The Netherlands)
  Project Coordinator, Office of the Vice Rector for Academic Affairs (VRA)
  Msc Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands), MA International Peace Studies, University for Peace (Costa Rica)

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