Alpaslan Özerdem

Alpaslan Özerdem is Dean of the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution and Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at George Mason University. His research focuses on conflict resolution, peacebuilding, post-conflict reconstruction, reintegration of ex-combatants, and Turkish politics. He has more than 25 years of field research experience across a wide range of conflict-affected contexts and has published extensively on peace, security, and development. He is also co-editor of the Edinburgh Studies on Modern Turkey series at Edinburgh University Press.