Evan Hoffman, PhD - School of Peace and Conflict Management
Topics
• Conflict prevention
• Mediating international conflict
• Conflict in West Africa
Evan holds a PhD in political science from the University of Canterbury (New Zealand). His doctoral research focused on the question of why mediation sometimes produces a durable peace and this research culminated in the creation of a new model for durable peace. Evan also completed a master's degree in Post-war Recovery Studies at the University of York, UK in 2001 and an undergraduate degree in psychology at Carleton University, Ottawa in 1999. In 2001 he earned a Certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution from the Canadian International Institute of Applied Negotiation (CIIAN).
Evan was one of the first students in the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit 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 results of this research are documented 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 - 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 and Uganda and the Sudanese People's Liberation Army/Movement as part of the efforts to implement the Nairobi Agreement.
From 2004-2009 Evan was an 'Analyst and Policy Advisor' for CIIAN's International Peace and Prosperity Project (IPPP) in Guinea-Bissau. The IPPP was a political violence prevention project testing the application of lessons learned and best practices to develop a model for fragile, failing, and failed states.
Besides teaching at Royal Roads, Evan is also the Executive Director of CIIAN, and an Adjunct Professor with the Graduate Program in Conflict Resolution at Antioch University McGregor.
Media queries for RRU staff and faculty should be directed to
Doug Ozeroff in RRU Community Relations, 250-391-2526. For other queries, contact Dr. Hoffman directly.
