Global Circle
The global circle, which includes the Director, Deputy Director, and the various coordinators for networking, communication (web, social media and blogs), and deep circles administration, is responsible for policy and operational matters in relation to the coordination and maintenance of the network and links at the global level. The Director and Deputy Director are responsible for managing the day to day functioning and administration of the DEEP Network; administering the funds available to the DEEP Network subject to the approval of the GC; and preparing the Annual Report of the DEEP Network and other relevant reports. The GC shall form working groups whenever necessary to assist it in carrying out Network tasks and to explore, formulate and undertake new projects and directions. The current members of the circle include:
Members
Global Network Coordinator
ALBERTO GOMES
Alberto Gomes is an Emeritus Professor at La Trobe University and has held several university administrative positions, including head of department and the director of the Centre for Dialogue in his twenty-five years at the university. Apart from Australia, he has taught at universities in Austria, Finland, Indonesia, Malaysia, Spain, and Vietnam. An anthropologist by profession, he has had the privilege of living with the forest-dependent Orang Asli (Malaysia's Indigenous peoples), from whom he learnt to appreciate peaceability, nonviolence, egalitarianism, and respect for nature. He is an author of several books and numerous papers. When he is not engaged in his scholarly and activist pursuits, you will likely find Alberto pottering around his ecologically regenerative home garden.
Europe Coordinator
MARISOL CRISTINA BOCK
Marisol is one of the co-directors of DEEP Germany. Having lived in six different countries, Marisol is fluent in German, Spanish and English language and culturally adept. She obtained her doctorate in peace studies following up on her MA in Peace, Conflict and Development Studies at Universitat Jaume I in Spain. Marisol is also an accomplished musician.
Asia Coordinator
ANNA CHRISTI SUWARDI
Currently residing in Thailand, Anna is working as a lecturer and researcher. Recently, she has successfully initiated the establishment of the DEEP En-Gender Circle. She is also a proud mother of a young teenage boy. Coming from multicultural Indonesia, she practices multitasking and respects diversity in her professional and socio-cultural relationships. She teaches Multiculturalism in Southeast Asia for undergraduate programs at Mae Fah Luang University. Her voluntary and community service mainly focuses on peace and gender justice as well as indigenous ecological regeneration. Her areas of interest in terms of research have included multicultural studies, gender and women's studies, and peace and conflict studies. She loves traveling for fieldwork. Yet her favourite stress-free areas are the kitchen, the fresh market, and karaoke because she finds joy and peace while cooking and singing.
Circles Coordinator
EGIDIO DE BUSTAMANTE
Egidio de Bustamante is a DEEP member, part of the Decolonizing and Semillero Circles. Egidio holds a PhD in Peace, Conflict and Development Studies from the Universitat Jaume I (UJI), Spain, where he also completed the masters in the same area. He graduated in International Relations from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He currently co-facilitates Intercultural Seminars I, II, III, and New Tendencies in Peace and Conflict Studies courses at the Peace Masters at UJI, and has been a visiting scholar at the International Masters in International Studies (MAIS) at the University of San Francisco, USA. He has previously been a facilitator/teacher in the Peace Masters at the University of Innsbruck and the Postgraduate Program in Conflict Transformation and Peace with an emphasis on Emotional Balance at Paz & Mente in Florianópolis, Brazil. During his PhD, Egidio conducted a research stay at the Center for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra, Portugal on the topic of Human Rights. His current research interests are: Peace, Peace Philosophy, Peace Education, Conflict Resolution, Conflict Transformation and Nonviolence, Humanistic Psychology, Philosophical Anthropology, International Relations Theory, International Development Discourse, Social Movements in Latin America and Buen Vivir, and Queer Studies. In his free time, Egidio likes to learn new recipes, cook, dance 5rhythms, and is on the lookout for attending Theater of the Oppressed, Theater for Living and/or Improv workshops!
Africa Coordinator
ATUFUNG NGEBENUI SHEILA
I am thirty-three years old ATUFUNG NGEBENUI SHEILA from the North West Region of Cameroon. I am a full-time PHD Research student and part-time lecturer at The University of Bamenda- Cameroon. I am currently carrying out research on the topic ‘Film as Tool for Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding: A reading of Darrell Roodt’s SARAFINA and Edward Zwick’s BLOOD DIAMOND. As per my hobby, I love singing, dancing, reading, watching movies, hanging out with friends and listening to music (afro beats, R&B and Makossa). My favorite food is Achu and yellow soup, a traditional meal from the grass field of Cameroon. I love reading educational, lifestyle, documentary, romance, motivational and historical books. For movies, I love documentaries, trailers and science fiction(sci-Fi)
Latin America Coordinator
LUIS BARROS
Peace and conflict practitioner, researcher and educator, with a focus on restorative justice work in the Brazilian criminal justice system. Cofounder of Karutana - Conflict Transformation Consultancy. President of the Restorative Justice Committee of the State of São Paulo branch of the National Bar Association (Brazil). Holds an MA on Peace, development, security, and international conflict transformation from the UNESCO Chair of Peace Studies, at Innsbruck University, Austria.
North America Coordinator
JENNIFER MURPHY
Jennifer Murphy is an assistant professor in the international studies and sociology departments at the University of San Francisco. Jenny’s facilitating, curriculum development, and research are informed by ongoing investigations in the interdisciplinary humanistic social sciences. Her geopolitical area of emphasis has been the territorial conflict between Western Sahara and Morocco (1975-present), particularly the political organizing and quest for self-determination of the indigenous Sahrawi people in the region. Jenny’s international work emerged organically from conflict work, interdisciplinary graduate training and a global network of colleagues in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. She has lived and worked for extended periods in Japan, Ecuador, El Salvador, Colombia, England, Austria, Spain and the Sahrawi refugee camps of Algeria. Jenny teaches and publishes in English and Spanish and has studied Arabic and Japanese. Her teaching philosophy, international and intercultural experience, and research program converge in the practice of social justice education, seeking out, wandering, and traversing so she can grow as a facilitator for students. In her free time, Jenny writes creatively, reads voraciously, plays fútbol and as many other sports and fun games as she can. Outside of her scholarly activities, Jenny and her sister, Teacher Barb, write and produce a social-emotional puppet and music program, Teacher Barb and the Musicmakers, for young children and their families.
Communication Coordinator
KEREN POLIAH
Keren Poliah is from the tropical island of Mauritius but currently fights with the cold in Manchester (UK) for her full-time PhD role at the University of Salford. Her thesis is an unconventional PhD presenting a creative nonfiction book (Words from World Watchers) as practice-based research. She enjoys teaching and connecting with students on the South African Modernism 1880-2020 research and A-Level project. She is also a researcher at the University of Salford Learning and Teaching Enhancement Centre (LTEC). Her main research interests are: Method Writing and oral storytelling; decolonising the self/the PhD/research; anti-gambling harms; and marginalised subjects such as occult experiences of Mauritians. It would be nice to say that she travels, reads, cooks, and swims during her free time. But all she really does is sleep, eat, and watch movies.
Web Coordinator
IDHAM BADRUZAMAN
Idham Badruzaman became interested in Peace and Conflict studies when he enrolled in the Master in International Peace, Conflict, and Development at Universitat Jaume I. Upon completion of his masters, he decided to pursue his doctorate in this field of study at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. After his studies in Madrid, he will return to Indonesia to teach at Universitas Muhamamdiyah in Yogyakarta. He also intends to set up a deep circle in his home country focused on indigenous forms of peacebuilding, the subject of his doctoral dissertation. Idham has been an active member of the DEEP Network in Indonesia since 2015 and now working with Renelyn and Martim, he manages the Network's website and contributes broadly to the running of the network at the global level.