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HARDY MERRIMAN, Senior Advisor
Hardy Merriman has worked in the field of strategic nonviolent conflict since 2002. He was director of programs and research at ICNC from 2005 to 2007. Prior to this, Mr. Merriman worked for three years at the Albert Einstein Institution and contributed to and edited the book "Waging Nonviolent Struggle: 20th Century Practice and 21st Century Potential" by Gene Sharp. More recently, Mr. Merriman has published chapters about the role of nonviolent action in reducing terrorism and about the dynamics of nonviolent action as a technique of political struggle. He also co-authored A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle, a training curriculum for activists.
Mr. Merriman has worked with activists from around the world and has made presentations on various topics related to strategic nonviolent conflict at American University, the Australian Center for Peace and Conflict Studies (University of Queensland), the Center for Victims of Torture (Minneapolis, Minnesota), the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University), the International Peace Research Association Annual Conference (2006), James Madison University, Oberlin College, Swarthmore College, the United States Institute of Peace, and other venues. He is a graduate of Oberlin College.
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