GBEVLO-LARTEY, Larry

Larry  Gbevlo-Lartey  is Executive Chairman of the Human Security Research Center. Holder of a master’s degree in international relations from the University of Ghana, a law degree and a bachelor’s degree in administration, Mr. Gbevlo-Lartey took part in various peace missions, including the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), the United Nations peacekeeping force in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNPROFOR) and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). From 2009 to 2014, he worked as National Security Coordinator for Ghana. Mr. Gbevlo-Martey is an associate member of the UNESCO-PREV Chair.

Full Professor at the School of Political Science of the University of Diego Portales (UDP); Senior Researcher of the Political and Social Conflicts Area and Researcher in charge of the Observatory of Multidimensional Conflicts of the Center for Studies on Social Conflicts and Cohesion (COES). D. in Political Science from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, he was President of the Chilean Political Science Association from 1998 to 2000, and has been a visiting professor at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Pablo Neruda Chair of Chilean Studies) and at the Institute of Political Studies of Grenoble. His research topics include political elites and their legitimacy, political and institutional charisma, the sociology of the political field, capital and resources in political competition, and the politics of memory. Mr. Joignant is an associate member of the UNESCO-PREV Chair.

Throughout his career, Martin Geoffroy, a sociologist, has worked in New York, Winnipeg and Moncton. Professor of Sociology at Cégep Édouard-Montpetit since 2013, he holds a doctorate and a master’s degree in sociology from the University of Montréal and a bachelor’s degree in communication from the University of Québec in Montréal (UQÀM). For over twenty years, he has focused his research on extreme right-wing and right-wing movements in Québec, the United States and France. He is the author of more than twenty-five articles and book chapters, and has co-edited six special issues of scholarly journals and five books. He was an assistant professor of sociology at the Université de Saint-Boniface from 2004 to 2006, and at the Université de Moncton from 2006 to 2009. In 2016, Mr. Geoffroy founded the Centre d’expertise et de formation sur les intégrismes religieux, les idéologies politiques et la radicalisation (CEFIR). He is a senior member of the Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security & Society (TSAS) and the International Team for Evaluation of Radicalization Prevention (ITERP). Mr. Geoffroy is an associate member of the UNESCO-PREV Chair.

Executive Director of Equitas since 2004, Ian Hamilton first joined the organization as Director of Programs, a position he held for five years. Prior to Equitas, M. Hamilton worked in Bangkok for the Coordinating Committee of Human Rights Organizations of Thailand for sixteen months, assisting its campaign for the establishment of a National Human Rights Commission. From 1992 to 1995, he worked in a variety of positions, including Asia Program Officer for Rights and Democracy, also known as the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1990 with a bachelor’s degree in history. In 2016, Mr. Hamilton was appointed to a two-year term on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Council for International Cooperation (CCCI). Mr. Hamilton is an associate member of the UNESCO-PREV Chair.

Shandon Harris‐Hogan is the Director of RADAR Solutions, a company specializing in research, training and evaluation related to Countering Violent Extremism (CVE). Before founding Radar Solutions, Shandon worked as a researcher at the Global Terrorism Research Centre (Monash University) and as an analyst for the Australian government. A graduate of Masters programs run by Monash and Macquarie Universities; Shandon is currently an Adjunct Fellow at Victoria University. Shandon’s research focuses on understanding radicalisation and analyzing the structure of terrorist networks. Such work has been published in a number of leading academic journals, and in 2014 he was named the Future Strategic Writer of the year by the Institute for Regional Security. Shandon’s applied research focuses on helping to facilitate disengagement from violent extremism through the design, implementation and evaluation of CVE programs and policy.

A former war reporter who has covered the largest recent theaters of war or insurrection, sometimes of a terrorist nature, Nicolas Hénin is a consultant and trainer in counter-terrorism and prevention of radicalisation. He also contributes to projects monitoring disinformation, hate speech and conspiracy. Holder of masters degrees in contemporary history and journalism, he is an auditor of the 69th session of the l’Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN). He is notably the author of Jihad Academy : nos erreurs face à l’État islamique (2015) and Comprendre le terrorisme : bâtissons une société résiliente (2017). He is a member of the Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN), the FrancoPrev network and was a lecturer at Daegu University (Korea).

Jason Ipe is Chief of Operations for the Global Center. He is responsible for oversight of all programmatic activities across the organization. He has over a decade of experience developing and managing research, international programming, and technical assistance on countering terrorism and violent extremism. Before joining the Global Center, he worked previously analyzing terrorist and illicit financial flows with the Global Financial Integrity program of the Center for International Policy. He holds a BA in international relations from Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut and an MA in international security policy from the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University in Washington DC.

Michael King is the Director of research at the Organization for the Prevention of Violence. He is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. He held several positions in the field of counter-terrorism; most recently as senior research advisor at the Canada Centre for Community Engagement and the Prevention of Violence, housed within Public Safety Canada, where he helped develop the Government of Canada’s National Strategy on Countering Violence Extremism, and helped establish a community of practice for professionals who work with individuals and families affected by violent extremism. Previously, Mr. King has done contract work for community-based NGOs, think tanks, and Canada’s Department of Defence and Ministry of Public Safety. He completed a PhD in social psychology from McGill University, where he researched how individuals legitimize the use of terrorism.

Director of the German Institute for Radicalization and Deradicalization Studies (GIRDS); Editor-in-Chief of the open access journal Journal on De-radicalization; Fellow of the Program on Extremism at George Washington University. He also advises the Ministry of the Interior of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on the direction of statewide CVE activities. Mr. Koehler studied religion, political science and economics at Princeton University and the Free University of Berlin. After completing the postgraduate Master of Peace and Security Studies program at the University of Hamburg, he specialized in topics such as terrorism, radicalization, and deradicalization. He has worked as a deradicalization and family counselor in multiple programs and has developed several methodological approaches to deradicalization, especially family counseling programs, around the world. Dr. Koehler is an associate member of the UNESCO-PREV Chair.

Simon Kuany is a Specialist in the Prevention of Violent Extremism through Education at UNESCO’s Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) in Iraq. An international nomad from South Sudan, Mr. Kuany completed his secondary education in Kenya while a refugee. He received a joint scholarship from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and Symbiosis International University, where he earned his MBA and gold medal. Self-taught in global geopolitics and philosophy, he is trained in inquiry-based education and critical thinking. He is currently involved with #YouthWagingPeace and Talking Across Generation on Education (TAGe). Mr. Kuany is also a trainer with the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Young Peacebuilders program for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regions. His book, The Enlightened Darkness (2017), is an intimate meditation on the causes and consequences of the civil war in Sudan. Proceeds from his book support the education of orphans in South Sudan. Kuany is an associate member of the UNESCO-PREV Chair.