Our program is committed to both life-practice and scholarship. The research done and being done by our participants is done where they live, with their needs and interests in focus, and to address the problems of the world around them. These are not just past problems, but very pressing present needs and will be in the future as well.
A F R I C A
Nigeria
Chundusu, Christine, PhD Candidate
Topic: “What are factors which enable trafficked youth in Kabul, Afghanistan to be resettled into their extended families?”
Uganda
Murungi, Rhona, PhD Candidate
Topic: “What are lived experiences of single-mother refugees in the Kyangwali (Hoima District, Uganda) refugee camp that motivate them to either stay in the refugee camp or live in the nearby refugee settlement?”
Zambia
Murekezi, François F., DMin
Children In Our Midst as Agents of Peacemaking : The Critical Role of Storytelling In Parenting for Reconciliation, A Case Study of Rwandan Christian Parents in Zambia, 2015
Simbaya, Israel G., DMin
The Mission and Practice of Peacemaking in the Church of God in Zambia: An Evaluation of the Church’s Culture of Peace, 2016
A S I A
Cambodia
Bhagwat, Shekhar P., PhD Candidate
Topic: “From Reconciliation to Resilient Communities: Transcending Shame-Honour Culture”
India
Naleo, Villo, PhD Candidate
Topic: “From Humiliation to Christlike Humility: Understanding the Meaning of a Deeper Identity in the Indo-Naga Conflict”
Lebanon
Melki, Bassem, PhD Candidate
Topic: “Changing Conflict Resolution Norms in the Lebanese Evangelical Community Through the Implementation of a Reconstructed Contextual Biblical Approach in Peacemaking”
Philippines
Lydera, Lyndon, DMin
Recovery from the Aftermath of Typhoon Pablo (Bopha): A Comparative Study Among Six Faith Communities in Compostela Valley, Philippines, 2018
Sri Lanka
Emmanuel, Celine Manohari, PhD
Interpersonal Reconciliation between Christians in a Shame-Oriented Culture: A Sri Lankan Case Study, 2017
Handi, Chrisso, PhD Candidate
Topic: “What prepares post-overt conflict in Sri Lanka for reconciliation?”
N O R T H A M E R I C A
USA
Friesen, Gary D., PhD
What Contributes to Spiritual Brokenness When Top Level Leaders Experience Significant Personal Leadership Conflict? 2018
Virtue, Brian, PhD Candidate
Topic: “What enables power-disparate cultures to process their narratives that include cultural trauma so that difficult conversations are productive and helpful?”