Aberystwyth University, UK
Academic Network Manager

Katja Daniels supports the Principal Investigator in managing the Creating Safer Space network. She organises the network’s international funding competitions, supports successful projects during set-up and implementation, arranges events and meetings, develops network policies and procedures, monitors and reports on progress, and is responsible for network communications (monthly newsletter, website, YouTube). She looks forward to contributing to the synthesis of Creating Safer Space results and to making sure outputs are easily accessible and informative.

Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Co-Investigator

Chantana Wungaeo is a Associate Professor at the Department of Government at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. She specialises in conflict transformation and is an engaged member of numerous peace organisations in Asia. She leads the Creating Safer Space activities in Southeast Asia.

Websites:

http://pioneer.netserv.chula.ac.th/~cbanpas/chantana/curriculum.htm

https://th.linkedin.com/in/chantana-banpasirichote-wungaeo-66319547

Strathmore Business School, Kenya
Co-Investigator

Rosemary Okello-Orlale is the Director of Africa Media Hub at Strathmore University Business School. She is committed to improving the media sector in Kenya and beyond, with a particular focus on gender and development issues. She leads on the Creating Safer Space activities in East Africa and is particularly interested in exploring the role of media communication strategies and digital data in enhancing local civilian protection capacity.

Websites:

https://svai.africa/our-people/rosemary-okello-orlale-strathmore-business-school/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosemary-okello-orlale/

Durham University, UK
Co-Investigator

Roger Mac Ginty is a Professor in Defence, Diplomacy and Development at Durham University’s School of Government and International Affairs, specialising in critical peace and conflict studies. He develops a UCP Design, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning mechanism and research with and for Creating Safer Space partners.

Websites:

https://rogermacginty.com

https://www.dur.ac.uk/directory/profile/?id=17299

Twitter: https://twitter.com/rogermacginty

Staten Island College, CUNY, USA
Co-Investigator

Nerve Macaspac is an Assistant Professor of Geography in the Department of Political Science and Global Affairs at the College of Staten Island, The City University of New York. He has studied community-led protection initiatives in the Philippines, Colombia and Mexico. Nerve coordinates Creating Safer Space activities that build research capacity and is particularly interested in researching ethnographic mapping for nonviolent (self-) protection.

Website: https://www.csi.cuny.edu/campus-directory/nerve-v-macaspac

Twitter: https://twitter.com/drnervev

Leeds Beckett University, UK
Co-Investigator

Rachel Julian is a Professor of Peace Studies at Leeds Beckett University’s School of Social Sciences. She also has ample experience as UCP practitioner. Rachel coordinates the networking and impact activities of this network and studies how to integrate varied understandings of protection in different policy fields (aid, humanitarianism, international law, peacekeeping).

Websites:

http://www.racheljulian.co.uk

https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/staff/professor-rachel-julian/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/rachelcjulian

University of Antioquia, Colombia
Co-Investigator

Beatriz Arias López is a nurse, seamstress and Professor of Community Mental Health at the Faculty of Nursing of the University of Antioquia, Medellín. She has ample experience with participatory research and textile methods. Beatriz leads on the Creating Safer Space activities in Latin America.

Website: http://scienti.colciencias.gov.co:8081/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0000988049

Aberystwyth University, UK
Principal Investigator

Berit Bliesemann de Guevara is a Professor of International Politics at the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University, Wales. She specialises in research on peace and conflict, knowledge in politics, and creative (fieldwork) methods. Berit leads this network, aiming to make connections across organisations, disciplines, and continents.

Website: https://pure.aber.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/berit-bliesemann-de-guevara(0b3f3d1f-bda1-48fa-8dbf-6866fd971d51).html

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bebedege