John Paul Lederach
| John Paul Lederach | |
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| Born |
John Paul Lederach 17 April 1955 Indiana, United States of America |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | BA History and Peace Studies Bethel College; Ph.D. Sociology University of Colorado |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Known for | author of several books on Conflict Transformation, founder of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, professor of conflict studies |
| Awards | 2000 - Community of Christ International Peace Award 2002 - Keys to Access Award from CADRE (the National Center for Dispute Resolution in Special Education) 2006 - Martin Luther King Order of Peace Medal 2009 Pax Christi Award - St. John's University and Abbey 2009 Reinhold Neibuhr Award from the University of Notre Dame 2014 Distinguished Scholar Award - International Studies Association |
John Paul Lederach is an American Professor of International Peacebuilding at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, and concurrently Distinguished Scholar at Eastern Mennonite University. He has written widely on conflict resolution and mediation. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Colorado. In 1994 he became the founding director for the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University where he was a professor.
Lederach was born in Indiana into the family of a local preacher, whom he was named after. He graduated from Bethel College in 1980 with a degree in History and Peace Studies. During this time he was working for the Mennonite Board of Missions in Barcelona, Spain. He then pursued a Ph.D. in sociology with a concentration in the Social Conflict Program from the University of Colorado, receiving his degree in 1988. During this time (from 1975-1996) he was also active with the Mennonite Central Committee serving for a time as the Director of the Mennonite Conciliation Service.
Lederach's theories of elicitive methods of conflict resolution have been influential in the fields of political science, peace studies, international relations and conflict transformation. His works have been published in English and Spanish. His academic work draws on his experience in the field as a mediator, negotiator, peacebuilding practitioner, trainer and consultant. At the international level, this has involved input into peace processes in Somalia, Northern Ireland, Nicaragua, Colombia and Nepal. Within communities, his work has often been at the level of within church and family. In 2014 he said:
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