Saira Yamin
Ph.D. Conflict Analysis and Resolution , George Mason University, 2011
Dissertation title: "Revisiting the Discourse on State Failure: Towards a Conflict Resolution Trajectory."
M.Sc., Conflict Analysis and Resolution , George Mason University, 1992
B.A., Political Science, English Literature and French, University of the Punjab, Pakistan
Dr. Saira Yamin is a conflict resolution analyst and practitioner, an academic and a development worker with nineteen years of experience. Her dissertation research, a comparative case-study of eight states in Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East contributes to a better understanding of failed and fragile contexts and proposes an enhanced theoretical and strategic framework to guide research, policy, and practice. Her prior research examines a range of issues related to peace and conflict in different world regions and has been published widely.
Saira has worked extensively in the development sector, advocating human rights for women and children in Pakistan. She has held senior management positions with local as well as international NGOs such as ActionAid. Currently, she teaches at the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu, HI. Previously she has taught graduate and undergraduate students at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, VA, and at Quaid-e-Azam University - Pakistan's premier academic institution. Additionally, she has delivered guest lectures at the University of Peshawar, University of Karachi, and at the American University, Washington D.C. Saira has been involved with Women in Security Conflict Management and Peace (WISCOMP), New Delhi, as a resource person at its annual Conflict Transformation workshops.
Saira has made appearances as a security analyst on Al-Jazeera, BBC, Canada TV, Pakistan Television and Voice of America. Her media experience includes French and English news reading for Radio Pakistan and as a DJ on FM 100, a popular radio station in Islamabad. She has been published in the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, the Christian Science Monitor, the Nation, the Politico, the Friday Times, the Daily Times, the News International, Journal for the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, Peace Prints, and the Foreign Policy in Focus.
Dr. Saira Yamin is a conflict resolution analyst and practitioner, an academic and a development worker with nineteen years of experience. Her dissertation research, a comparative case-study of eight states in Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East contributes to a better understanding of failed and fragile contexts and proposes an enhanced theoretical and strategic framework to guide research, policy, and practice. Her prior research examines a range of issues related to peace and conflict in different world regions and has been published widely.
Saira has worked extensively in the development sector, advocating human rights for women and children in Pakistan. She has held senior management positions with local as well as international NGOs such as ActionAid. Currently, she teaches at the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu, HI. Previously she has taught graduate and undergraduate students at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, VA, and at Quaid-e-Azam University - Pakistan's premier academic institution. Additionally, she has delivered guest lectures at the University of Peshawar, University of Karachi, and at the American University, Washington D.C. Saira has been involved with Women in Security Conflict Management and Peace (WISCOMP), New Delhi, as a resource person at its annual Conflict Transformation workshops.
Saira has made appearances as a security analyst on Al-Jazeera, BBC, Canada TV, Pakistan Television and Voice of America. Her media experience includes French and English news reading for Radio Pakistan and as a DJ on FM 100, a popular radio station in Islamabad. She has been p
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The study was awarded a research grant from the Nuclear Threat Initiative, Washington D.C. and the Regional Center for Strategic Studies, Colombo. It examines the potential for...
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Advocacy, Basic Human Needs, Capacity Building, Monitoring, Civil Society, Positive/Negative Peace, Psychosocial, Qualitative Skills, Conflict Resolution, Research, Ripeness, Structural Violence, Training, Development, Education, Evaluation, Gender, Identity, Human Rights, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, International Relations, Justice, Media, PeaceBuilding, Reconciliation, Refugees, Religion, Security, Terrorism, Violence, Youth
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