Experts

Director

Stein Tønnesson

The East Asian Peace, Nationalism and national identity, Revolution and war in Vietnam, Disputes in the South China Sea, Armed conflicts in Myanmar

Honorary Director and Distinguished Fellow

Kevin Clements

Peacebuilding, North East Asian Peace, Arms Control and Disarmament

Senior Research Fellow

Keith Krause

Cooperative Security, Arms Control and Disarmament

Senior Research Fellow

Kai He

Peace and Security in Northeast Asia

Senior Research Fellow

Lisa Schirch

Social Media, Technology and Peacebuilding

Senior Research Fellow

Olivia Stokes Dreier

Global Challenges to Democracy

Senior Research Fellow

Janani Vivekananda

Climate Change and Conflict

Principal Researcher for Climate Change in the Pacific Programme

Carol Farbotko

Climate Change and Conflict

Honarary Senior Research Fellow

Volker Boege

Climate Change and Conflict

Honarary Senior Research Fellow

Sverre Lodgaard

Cooperative Security, Arms Control and Disarmament

Honarary Senior Research Fellow

Hugh Miall

Conflict Resolution, Arms Control and Disarmament

Honarary Senior Research Fellow

Ramesh Thakur

Cooperative Security, Arms Control and Disarmament

The Toda International Research Advisory Council (TIRAC)

The Toda International Research Advisory Council (TIRAC) is a group of distinguished scholars, recognised for their expertise in one or more of the Toda Peace Institute’s five thematic areas. TIRAC was convened in October 2020. TIRAC’s role is to guide and advise on Toda’s programme of research and workshops in the five thematic areas, through actively engaging with Toda, consulting with the Director and Senior Research Fellows, and providing links to academics, policy makers and practitioners around the world.