Introducing MOOC Champions

Jan 30, 2018

We are excited to introduce a group of Course Champions for the forthcoming MOOC on Environmental Security & Sustaining Peace. Course Champions are experienced academics and practitioners who are actively engaged in outreach and other activities for the MOOC. With areas of expertise ranging from the political economy of war to using technology for conservation and development (and many others), our Champions have endorsed the value of the environmental peacebuilding MOOC for the diverse community of students, practitioners, and decision-makers we are engaging as participants. Meet our Course Champions:

Musonda Mumba, Ecosystem Based Adaptation (EBA) Flagship Programme Coordinator, UN Environment

Alex Dehgan, CEO & Co-founder, Conservation X Labs; Former Chief Scientist, USAID

Simon Dalby, Associate Director of the PhD Program in Global Governance and Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University

Siri Aas Rustad, Senior Researcher, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

Philippe Le Billon, Professor, University of British Columbia

Richard Munang, Africa Regional Climate Change Programme Coordinator, UN Environment

Alexander Verbeek, Founder, Institute for Planetary Security

Saleem Ali, Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Energy and Environment, University of Delaware

Jon Unruh, Associate Professor, McGill University

In our next update, we’ll introduce the MOOC Ambassadors. Course Ambassadors are leading decision-makers and practitioners who are also supporting the development and dissemination of this MOOC.

For more information about the people involved in the development, creation, and outreach efforts for this MOOC, please visit our website: https://www.epmooc.org/people/