Bruce Pearson is Program Manager at the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC), where he supports online learning, field work, fellowships, and writing and publishing on the use of civil resistance by movements to win rights, freedom, and justice. With ICNC Press, he has coordinated the publication of twenty monographs, special reports, and resources for practitioners—fourteen of which he was volume editor. He also manages the moderated and participant-led online courses and supports courses by ICNC partners and teaching fellows.
He was raised in South Africa when a people power movement’s strategic use of civil resistance culminated in the establishment of democracy and the end of the apartheid regime. He is passionate about the practical implications of resistance research for how movements can reclaim autonomy and shift power from the hands of oppressive regimes to the oppressed populations.
Bruce holds a Master of Arts in International Relations from American University’s School of International Service, with an emphasis on international negotiation and conflict resolution. He studied in Jerusalem during his graduate program, and his research focuses on the Middle East and the greater Muslim world. He has traveled extensively, visiting 30 countries on four continents.