Keynote speakers (in alphabetical order)
Mirjam de Bruijn, Professor of Contemporary History and Anthropology of West and Central Africa at the Faculty of Arts, University of Leiden.
Paul Collier, Professor of Economics, Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies(CSAE), Department of Economics, University of Oxford and Professorial Fellow of St Antony’s College.
Johan Galtung, Professor, Peace Researcher and a principal founder of the discipline of Peace and Conflict Studies. Currently the Director of TRANSCEND, an international Peace and Development Network
Nils Petter Gleditsch, Research Professor at the Centre for the Study of Civil War (CSCW) at the International Peace Research Institute (PRIO), Oslo.
Uma Kothari, Professor at Institute for Development Policy and Management, School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester.
Mohamed Salih, Professor of Politics of Development at the Institute for Social Studies (ISS), The Hague and the Department of Political Science, University of Leiden.



