Dr. Paul Jackson

Paul is the Director of GFN-SSR, alongside his other position as the University of Birmingham's Head of the School of Government and Society.

He writes on issues of conflict and post-conflict reconstruction, governance and decentralisation. He has fifteen years of experience working in developing and post-conflict areas, and consults widely, with recent assignments in Rwanda, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Bangladesh and Bhutan. He has been Director of GFN-SSR for three years and also sits on the International Advisory Board of the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF).

Paul teaches extensively on modules for the International Development Department (IDD) and the Department for Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS) at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and has developed the IDD Masters programme on Conflict, Security and Development.

Paul.Jackson@ssrnetwork.net
+44 (0)121 414 5009

Shiv Bakrania

Shiv is the GFN-SSR Manager. He is responsible for the day-to-day management of the project, including reporting to UK government, dealing with financial issues and ensuring outputs are delivered. This includes researching into and keeping abreast of academic publications and is primarily responsible for responding to queries and requests for support from policy makers and practitioners.

His academic background is in International Development and Conflict Resolution with a particular geographic focus on South Asian Politics. He has interests in ethnic and religious conflict, community cohesion and participatory approaches to conflict prevention and violence reduction.

He has worked in developmental roles at a range of levels including for international development NGOs, regional government, and local grassroots community organisations. He has experience in advocacy, research, network facilitation, organisational development, and training and capacity building.

Shiv.Bakrania@ssrnetwork.net
+44 (0)121 414 5038

Carolina Hernandez
(Chair)

President,  Institute for Strategic & Development Studies (ISDS), Manila, Philippines
Professor of Political Science and International Relations at University of the Philippines

Mustapha Adib

Director, Center for Middle-Eastern Strategic Studies (CESMO), Tripoli, Lebanon

Sandra (Sandy) Africa

Senior Lecturer, Centre for Defence Management, Graduate School of Public and Development Management at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Consultant and advisor for government agencies and research institutions in the field of security sector governance.
Independent consultant specialising in intelligence

Lucía Dammert

Director, FLACSO-Chile (Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales), Santiago, Chile

Heiner Hangii

Assistant Director and Head of Research, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), Geneva, Switzerland

Dylan Hendrickson

Senior Research Fellow, Conflict, Security and Development Research Group at King’s College, London, UK

Rifaat Hussein

Executive Director, Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), Colombo, Sri Lanka

Eboe Hutchful

Chair, African Security Sector Network (ASSN), Accra, Ghana
Director, African Security Dialogue and Research
Professor of African Studies at Wayne State University, USA

Stephen Logan

Team Leader, Security Sector Development Advisory Team (SSDAT), London, UK

Robin Luckham

Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Sussex, UK

Simon Rynn

Security and Justice Sector Development Adviser, Saferworld, London, UK

Monica Serrano

Professor, Centro de Estudios Internacionales at El Colegio de México
Senior Research Associate, Centre for International Studies, Oxford University, UK