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Mathijs van Leeuwen is a rural development sociologist specializing in conflict peacebuilding in developing countries. He graduated from Wageningen University in 1999 and worked as a researcher at Clingendael and various NGOs in Kenya, Sudan, Guatemala, and Bolivia. His PhD research at Wageningen from 2004 to 2008 focused on the discourses and practices of civil society in peacebuilding with an emphasis on international support, including fieldwork in Burundi and Guatemala. Since 2009, he has been with the Centre International Conflict Analysis and Management (CICAM), where his current research centers on land disputes, post-conflict land reform, the impacts of climate change on natural resource conflict, and local peacebuilding initiatives. He coordinates master tracks on 'Conflict, Territories, Identities' and 'Conflict, Power & Politics' and teaches courses on conflict transformation, security policies, and conflict analysis. His research projects foster dialogue among diverse stakeholders to address complex challenges in policy-making related to sustainability and peace.
Centre International Conflict Analysis & Management • Nijmegen
Research and teaching focused on conflict analysis and management.
Applies to Research Master's in Linguistics and Communication Sciences (Centre for Language Studies/Department of Language and Communication).