Dr. Paul Jackson

Paul is the Director of GFN-SSR, alongside his positions as the University of Birmingham's Head of the School of Public Policy and Director of the International Development Department (IDD).

He writes on issues of conflict and post-conflict reconstruction, warlords, industrial development, information management, decentralisation and public finance. He has over twelve years of experience working in developing and post-conflict areas, and consults widely, with recent assignments in Rwanda, performing a baseline study on donor coordination for the UNDP (2005); Ghana, performing an evaluation of capacity-building activity in the field of decentralisation for Danida (2004); Sierra Leone, assisting with the development of local government in a post-conflict environment (World Bank, DFID, 2003-2005); and Bangladesh, developing a financial management training programme for the Ministry of Finance (DFID, 2003).

Paul teaches extensively on IDD modules and programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has developed and now runs the IDD Masters programme on Conflict, Security and Development, and convenes a module on information management for the Public Service MBA programme. He also teaches on short courses including GFN-SSR's regular SSR Practitioners' Course.

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

Shiv Bakrania

Shiv is the GFN-SSR Acting Manager. He is responsible for the day-to-day management and administration of the project, including reporting to UK government, dealing with financial issues and ensuring outputs are delivered. He is the primary contact for the UK Government, Advisory Group and the African network, ASSN. He is also responsible for organising GFN-SSR’s quarterly SSR practitioners courses and dealing with other requests for SSR support.

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, networking facilitation, organisational and project development, and training and capacity building.

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

Ben Kelly

Ben is the Information and Research Officer. His main area of work focuses on information/publication analysis, editing and management. This includes designing and developing the website and its subsidiary databases; writing the monthly ssrbulletin newsletter; researching into and keeping abreast of academic publications and policy in security sector reform; compiling and editing the content of the Document Library and GFN-SSR publications; managing the network of document summarisers; managing GFN-SSR training projects; and responding to queries and requests for support.

His academic background is in Conflict Resolution, Middle Eastern Politics and International Relations. Before joining GFN-SSR, he worked in Belgium with the International Crisis Group; in Egypt with two local newspapers and the GTZ; in the USA with the Middle East Institute; and in the UK with a private company involved in database management. Further experience includes advocacy, conflict research, project management, journalism, and written and multimedia production editing.

Ben.Kelly@ssrnetwork.net
+44 (0)121 414 3492

Abdurrahman Al-Shayyal

Abdurrahman is one of the GFN-SSR researchers. He is responsible for: working in collaboration with international networks; responding to research and information requests from UK Government; contributing to the GFN-SSR’s growing body of information resources; and developing capacity building and research activities. An increasing number of actors in the Middle East are taking interest in SSR and he is working on projects that will facilitate further inter-regional discussion on SSR and research on SSR issues unique to the region. He also leads on private security sector issues, looking at how to synergise private and public sector SSR understanding and provision.

Abdurrahman has worked in government, private media companies and with leading British charities. His interests lie in SSR, counter-terrorism, and private security provision. He has experience in research, project management, network facilitation and diplomatic relations.

Abdurrahman.Alshayyal@ssrnetwork.net
+44 (0)121 414 4987

Paul Beckitt

Paul is one of the GFN-SSR researchers. He is responsible for: working in collaboration with international networks; responding to research and information requests from UK Government; contributing to GFN-SSR’s growing body of information resources; and developing capacity building and research activities.

Paul’s academic background lies in security and development, with a regional focus on Latin America and South & Central Asia. Before joining GFN-SSR, he worked for the International Crisis Group in Brussels; at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London; and for a security policy institute in Kabul. He has experience in research, advocacy, project management and network facilitation.

Paul.Beckitt@ssrnetwork.net
+44 (0) 121 414 7291

Eboe Hutchful (Chair)

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

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

Claudio Fuentes

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

Carolina Hernandez

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

Rifaat Hussein

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

Len Le Roux

Head, Defence Sector Programme, Institute for Security Studies (ISS), Pretori, South Africa

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