Jason Calder

 Jason Calder joined Future Generations in 2006 as research faculty and the Director of the Engaging People in Peace research initiative. The research has looked at case studies of Somaliland, Nepal, Guyana, and Burundi where citizen and community engagement made a difference in the larger conflict and peace dynamics of the countries. Most recently, he has launched a fascinating initiative in Afghanistan using the public health concept of "positive deviance" in order to learn from strategies and practices that communities are already using to protect themselves from the conflict around them.