Mohammed Abu-Nimer Receives Coventry University Visiting Professorship Grant
SIS Professor Mohammed Abu-Nimer has been awarded a Visiting Professorship Grant from Leverhulme Trust to visit Coventry University’s (CU) Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations. He will spend his sabbatical at Coventry University from May through December 2023.
Through the Visiting Professorship Grant, Mohammed will share his extensive experience and knowledge with the Centre and CU staff and students, help explore new collaboration and partnerships between CU and the American University Peace and Conflict Resolution program, and work to connect scholars and practitioners of peacebuilding and interfaith dialogue from the United Kingdom with international platforms that bridge the gap between religious actors and policy makers.
As a member of SIS’ International Peace and Conflict Resolution program, Abu-Nimer has conducted inter-religious conflict resolution training and interfaith dialogue workshops in conflict areas around the world, such as in, Egypt, Northern Ireland, the Philippines (Mindanao), Israel, Palestine, Chad, Nigeria, and Sri Lanka. While his research has focused on a wide array of areas in peacebuilding and conflict resolution, his most recent areas of focus have included faith-based peacebuilding, interfaith dialogue in peacebuilding and building social cohesion, and pedagogical considerations on incorporating peace and forgiveness education in the Arab world and Muslim world. He also served as a Senior Advisor to the KAICIID Dialogue Centre, an international organization that specialized in interreligious and intercultural dialogue.