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.

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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

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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?”

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