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What vision do our young people hold for a peaceful society? How does that influence what we prioritize when doing this work?
Join us and three peacebuilders from three different countries to answer these questions at this, the 4th Youth, Peace and Security Leadership Seminar series.
Speakers
Andy Hamilton
Andy Hamilton is currently a Research Associate at Ulster University. Following a decade of youth work practice in communities marked by conflict legacies, including in North Belfast and projects with YMCA Europe, Andy has pursued research and policy focuses on youth work and peacebuilding. He is particularly interested in how practitioners orient themselves towards practice and how a reflexive, emancipatory peacebuilding is cultivated with young people.
These themes are explored in his recently completed PhD study titled Theorising Youth Sector Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland. Andy has chaired YMCA Ireland's Executive Committee and currently sits on the subcommittee for Global Justice and International Development. As part of ongoing volunteer work Andy collaborates with friends and colleagues in YMCA Kosovo innovating international aspects of youth participatory approaches to peacebuilding.
Eliška Jelínková
Eliška Jelínková is a Co-Director at the United Network of Young Peacebuilders and a co-chair of the Global Coalition on YPS. Passionate about feminist and decolonial approaches to peacebuilding and promotion of youth leadership in the peace and security field, she has spent the last 5 years working with a number of organizations on YPS advocacy, conflict prevention as well as youth and gender mainstreaming.
She holds an MA in Gender Studies from Utrecht University and an MA in Advanced Practice in Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution from the department of Peace Studies and International Development at the University of Bradford, UK.
Ali Altiok
Ali Altiok is a doctoral student in Peace Studies and Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. His research examines political inclusion and securitization of young people in the context of peacebuilding processes. Ali previously worked as a researcher, policy officer, and coordinator for several international peacebuilding organizations in New York.
As an in-house research consultant at the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office, he supported data analysis and narrative development of The Missing Peace: Independent Progress Study on Youth, Peace and Security, mandated by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2250. He is co-author of the policy paper, We Are Here: An Integrated Approach to Youth Inclusive Peace Processes for the UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth. Ali is a former member of the United Networks of Young Peacebuilders and the founder of the Youth, Peace, and Security Research Network.
Chaired by Sara Canning, Board Member at The John and Pat Hume Foundation.
The seminar series is a partnership between Ulster University (INCORE, the Centre for Youth Research and Dialogue & TJI), The John and Pat Hume Foundation, John Hume and Thomas P. O’Neill Chair in Peace, International Fund for Ireland (IFI), and Interpeace.
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