Wendy James, Oxford University, UK Eddie Thomas, The Rift Valley Institute, UK Joshua Craze, University of California Los Angeles, USA Guma Kunda Komey, Juba University, South Sudan Øystein H. Rolandsen, Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norway Dereje Feyissa, Max Planck Institute, Germany Immo Eulenberger, Max Planck Institute, Germany Anne Walraet, University of Ghent, Belgium.