THE NETWORK
The Swedish Network of Peace, Conflict and Development Research is an effort to link researchers in Sweden conducting research on peace, conflict and development. The core nexus is made up by peace and development research at Gothenburg University   and   peace and conflict research at Uppsala University. Through the composition of its Steering Committee and Advisory Board the Network ensures that national expertise in relevant disciplinary and area studies fields are represented and involved in the Network. The Advisory Board also in include leading scholars from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.


STEERING COMMITTEE
A steering committee of the network has been established consisting of three members, each representing one of the three universities that established the network. The committee is in charge of planning and organizing seminars, workshops and conferences. It also is responsible for creating a pool of resource persons for student supervision and facilitating consultation with policymakers and practitioners. Members of the Steering Committee are Ramses Amer, Ashok Swain and Joakim Öjendal (contact information).


INTERNATINAL ADVISORY BOARD
Prof. Gladys Lechini, Academic Advisor, Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO), Argentina.

Prof. Hamdy Abdel Rahman Hassan, Professor of Political Science Faculty of Economics & Political Science, Cairo University, Egypt.

Prof. Alfred G. Nhema, Executive Secretary, Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), Ethiopia.

Prof. Hari Singh, Executive Secretary, APISA Secretariat Strategic Studies and International Relations Program, School of History, Politics and Strategic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
Dr. Karin Aggestam, Director of Peace and Conflict Research Department of Political Science, Lund University, Sweden.

Prof. Gudmundur Alfredsson, Director Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Lund, Sweden.

Dr. Maj Lis Foller, Director, Iberoamerican institute, Göteborg University, Sweden.

Dr. Anders Nilsson, Director of Studies Peace and Development (School of Social Sciences) Växjö University, Sweden.