Cedric de Coning
Cedric de Coning is a Research Professor with the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) where he co-directs the Center on UN and Global Governance, and he is a senior advisor and chief editor for the African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD). He holds a PhD from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Stellenbosch (2012). He has served in a number of advisory capacities for the African Union and United Nations, including on the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board for the Peacebuilding Fund. He has co-edited 10 books, of which the most recent is ‘Adaptive Mediation and Conflict Resolution: Peace-making in Colombia, Mozambique, the Philippines, and Syria’ (Palgrave MacMillan, 2022). He tweets at @CedricdeConing.
