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Dr. Lisa Schirch

Dr. Lisa Schirch

Dr. Lisa Schirch is Richard G. Starmann Sr. Endowed Chair and Professor of the Practice of Peacebuilding at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs where she directs the Peacetech and Polarization Lab. Schirch is also a Research Fellow for the Social Media, Technology, and Peacebuilding program for the Toda Peace Institute. A former Fulbright Fellow in East and West Africa, Schirch is the author of eleven books, including Conflict Assessment and Peacebuilding Planning, Local Ownership in Security, The Ecology of Violent Extremism, and Social Media Impacts on Conflict and Democracy. As a practitioner, Schirch has facilitated and participated in the design of national peace processes in Fiji and Afghanistan and written extensively about the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Her current research focuses on tech affordances and algorithms that support democracy and social cohesion.

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