Research Areas: peace, security, governance nexus; identity conflicts; community security; migration and conflict.

Bio: Chrys is a Senior Lecturer at the International Centre of Nonviolence, in the Faculty of Management Sciences, Durban University of Technology, South Africa. He holds a Ph.D. in Peace Studies. His publications include one monograph, one co-edited book, six peer-reviewed journal articles and 12 book chapters. His has specialized in child soldiers, post-conflict justice and reconciliation; he does research in the fields of child soldiers, conventional peacebuilding and peace ecology.

Research Areas: African restorative justice and practices; transitional justice; reconciliation and healing

Bio: Dudu is a lecturer at the Durban University of Technology, International Centre of Nonviolence (ICON). She is a doctoral candidate at the University of KwaZulu-Natal specialising in Curriculum studies. The title of her Doctoral Thesis is: Negotiating Identity: The experiences of black self-identified lesbian youth in and township and rural contexts of KwaZulu-Natal. Dudu holds a Bachelor’s, Honours and Masters degrees from the same university.Dudu has served in the Community Development Association (CDA), a student driven organisation, in many portfolios as an undergraduate student. She is currently a member of the Foundation structure, which is an alumni structure for CDA as a post graduate. Dudu has worked for four years as an Access Lead English Teacher (a Micro-scholarship English Program funded by the Department of States in America in the years 2017-2018 and 2020-2021. Working with youth and being close to them every day, Dudu has received recognition for being an inspiration and a constant motivator in her circles. Her main goal is to empower youth through education.

Research Areas: Gender-based violence; violence prevention in schools