Evan Hoffman

Evan completed an undergraduate degree in psychology at Carleton University, Ottawa in 1999 and a Master's Degree in Post-war Recovery Studies at the University of York, UK in 2000. In 2002 he earned a Certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) from the Canadian International Institute of Applied Negotiation (CIIAN).

Evan was one of the first students in the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU) at the University of York to study trauma created by violent conflict and the methods of individual and community trauma healing in a post-war context. His initial examination of the subject began on a field study in Sri Lanka.  His research then took him to Bosnia for field study and data collection. The research culminated in his Master's thesis entitled "Creating the Space to Heal: Principles of War-Induced Trauma-Recovery, with Case Studies in Bosnia-Herzegovina".

Evan was an Intern with the Delegation of the European Commission (EC) in the Republic of Sudan. The focus of the internship was on the EC-funded Sudan Landmine Information and Response Initiative (SLIRI) - a landmine marking and removal project. During this time he had the unique opportunity to work with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Rae McGrath. In Kenya, he assisted in the design and delivery of a week-long peacebuilding training workshop for members of the Governments of Sudan (GOS) and Uganda (GOU) and the Sudanese People's Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M) as part of the efforts to implement the Nairobi Agreement.

Evan has been an 'Analyst and Policy Advisor' for CIIAN's International Peace and Prosperity Project (IPPP) in Guinea-Bissau since 2004. The IPPP is a political violence prevention project testing the application of lessons learned and best practices to develop a model for fragile, failing, and failed states. 

Presently, he is a Research Associate with NewMathforHumanity and a PhD Candidate in Political Science at the University of Canterbury (New Zealand) where his research focus is on international mediation and creating sustainable peace. Evan is also an Associate Faculty member of the MA in Human Security and Peacebuilding program at Royal Roads University, Victoria where he teaches a course on the prevention of deadly conflict, and an Adjunct Professor with the Graduate Program in Conflict Resolution at Antioch University McGregor. 

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