Edward Newman is a Senior Lecturer and Deputy Head of the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK. His current research and teaching focus upon:

- Security studies, including critical approaches and 'human security';

- Intrastate armed conflict, civil war, and political violence;

- International organizations and multilateralism; and

- Peacebuilding and reconstruction in conflict-prone and post-conflict societies.

Before joining the University of Birmingham Dr. Newman was Director of Studies on Conflict and Security in the Peace and Governance Programme of the United Nations University, based in Tokyo. At UNU he was responsible for policy-relevant research projects on refugees and human displacement, non-traditional security including human security, challenges to multilateralism, democracy and democratization in post-conflict societies, human trafficking, peacebuilding, and political violence. His UN work involved visits to a number of countries including Bosnia, Cambodia, Liberia, Ghana, Philippines, and Sri Lanka and he has conducted independent research in Kosovo and Rwanda. In addition to his work for UNU, he also periodically supported other UN agencies including UNDP and UNESCO. Dr. Newman continues to be involved in a number of UNU research projects, in particular on peacebuilding in conflict-prone societies, and he continues to conduct fieldwork in conflict-affected countries. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Civil Wars.

Dr. Newman has held teaching and associated positions in Japan at Shumei University, Aoyama Gakuin University, and Tokyo University, and he acts as an external examiner at a number of universities in the UK for postgraduate programmes in the area of security studies. Edward studied at the University of Keele, UK, where he obtained a First Class BA degree in International Relations, and the University of Kent, where he was awarded a PhD in International Relations.

Other professional appointments

* Editor-in-Chief, Civil Wars : See the conference announcement: http://www.polsis.bham.ac.uk/news/2011/04/new-perspectives-conflict-security.shtml

* Editorial Board member, Ethnopolitics

* Founding Executive Editor, International Relations of the Asia Pacific

* International Associate, Center for Peace and Human Security, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris ('Sciences Po')

* Advisory Panel member, Conflict Analysis Research Centre at the University of Kent at Canterbury

Contact: e.newman.1@bham.ac.uk