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Peter Uvin
Henry J. Leir Professor of International Humanitarian Studies
The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Peter Uvin is the Henry J. Leir Professor of International Humanitarian Studies and the Director of the Institute for Human Security at the Fletcher School, Tufts University. He has written extensively on violence, governance and development in the African Great lakes region, as well as on the intersection between human rights, development, and conflict resolution more generally. He is a frequent consultant to bilateral and multilateral agencies working in Burundi and Rwanda on these very same issues. His 1998 book "Aiding Violence: The Development Enterprise in Rwanda" won the Herskovits Award for the most outstanding book on Africa. His last book, "Human Rights and Development" was published by Kumarian Press in 2004. He is currently a Guggenheim Fellow and used these funds to spend half a year interviewing ordinary Burundians about their views on development, dignity, peace.