Senior Research Fellow
Kevin Clements
EXPERTISE
- Peacebuilding
- North East Asian Peace
- Arms Control and Disarmament
Dr. Kevin Clements is Honorary Director and Senior Research Fellow at the Toda Peace Institute. He is focused on the thematic area of “Managing Nuclear Risk in North East Asia". He was Director of Toda Peace Institute from 2017 to 2025. He is also the Foundation Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies, and Director of the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (NCPACS) at the University of Otago, New Zealand, from 2009 to 2020. Previously, he was Professor of Peace and Conflict studies and Foundation Director of the Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Queensland. For several years, he served as Secretary General of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA), President of the IPRA Foundation and Secretary General for IPRA's Asia-Pacific region (APPRA). He was also Secretary General of International Alert based in London, Lynch Professor and Director of the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR) at George Mason University, and Head of the Peace Research Centre at Australian National University. Dr. Clements is an expert on academic analysis and practice in the areas of peacebuilding and conflict resolution. He has been a regular consultant to a variety of non-governmental, governmental and intergovernmental organisations on conflict resolution, peacebuilding, disarmament and arms control, and human security issues. Dr. Clements has received the New Zealand Peace Foundation's 2014 Peace Award, The International Studies Association, Peace StudiesDistinguished Scholar Award 2022. He was named Outstanding Peace Activist in the 2022 Luxembourg Peace Prize.
Dr. Clements has published extensively on conflict transformation, peacebuilding, preventative diplomacy, and sustainable development. His recent publications include “Principled Nonviolence: An Imperative, not an Optional Extra," Asian Journal of Peacebuilding, (3(1), 2015) “Identity, Trust, and Reconciliation in East Asia: Dealing with Painful History to Create a Peaceful Present"(Palgrave Macmillan, 2017), Kevin P Clements and Daisaku Ikeda, Toward a Century of Peace;A dialogue on the role of Civil Society in Peacebuilding, 2019. (Routledge, London) , Daisaku Ikeda and Kevin Clements, "Verso Un Secolo di Pace” Esperia Edizione 2021
Contact: kevin.clements@otago.ac.nz