Nikola Balvin (Editor)
UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti Florence, Italy. Dr Nikola Balvin works in research and evaluation in international development. Since April 2018, she has held the role of Research & Evaluation Specialist at the UNICEF India Country Office, overseeing the quality and relevance of UNICEF's evidence generation agenda across the country. Prior to that she was the Knowledge Management Specialist at UNICEF's Office of Research-Innocenti in Florence, Italy for five years. Her career at UNICEF began in 2010 when she worked at the New York headquarters on the organisation's flagship publication 'The State of the World's Children' as a Research Officer. Prior to joining UNICEF Nikola held a number of research and management positions in Australia. She was an Associate Lecturer at the Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (ACPACS) at the University of Queensland and managed the International Conflict Resolution Centre at the University of Melbourne. She also taught conflict resolution at La Trobe University and Victoria University. From 2005 to 2010 Nikola was a committee member of Researchers for Asylum Seekers at the University of Melbourne, where she worked to spread knowledge and advocate for the fair and compassionate treatment of refugees and asylum seekers in Australia. Nikola completed her doctorate studies at the University of Melbourne in 2007 and published her first edited book (with Di Bretherton) titled 'Peace Psychology in Australia' in 2012 and in 2013 her efforts to integrate research and activism were recognised by being selected as the recipient of the 2012 Early Career Award of the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Division of Peace Psychology, American Psychological Association. Specialties: Research, evaluation, children's rights, research uptake, evidence strategy, peace psychology, conflict resolution.UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti Florence, Italy. Dr Nikola Balvin works in research and evaluation in international development. Since April 2018, she has held the role of Research & Evaluation Specialist at the UNICEF India Country Office, overseeing the quality and relevance of UNICEF's evidence generation agenda across the country. Prior to that she was the Knowledge Management Specialist at UNICEF's Office of Research-Innocenti in Florence, Italy for five years. Her career at UNICEF began in 2010 when she worked at the New York headquarters on the organisation's flagship publication 'The State of the World's Children' as a Research Officer. Prior to joining UNICEF Nikola held a number of research and management positions in Australia. She was an Associate Lecturer at the Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (ACPACS) at the University of Queensland and managed the International Conflict Resolution Centre at the University of Melbourne. She also taught conflict resolution at La Trobe University and Victoria University. From 2005 to 2010 Nikola was a committee member of Researchers for Asylum Seekers at the University of Melbourne, where she worked to spread knowledge and advocate for the fair and compassionate treatment of refugees and asylum seekers in Australia. Nikola completed her doctorate studies at the University of Melbourne in 2007 and published her first edited book (with Di Bretherton) titled 'Peace Psychology in Australia' in 2012 and in 2013 her efforts to integrate research and activism were recognised by being selected as the recipient of the 2012 Early Career Award of the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Division of Peace Psychology, American Psychological Association. Specialties: Research, evaluation, children's rights, research uptake, evidence strategy, peace psychology, conflict resolution.
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About Nikola Balvin (Editor)
UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti Florence, Italy. Dr Nikola Balvin works in research and evaluation in international development. Since April 2018, she has held the role of Research & Evaluation Specialist at the UNICEF India Country Office, overseeing the quality and relevance of UNICEF's evidence generation agenda across the country. Prior to that she was the Knowledge Management Specialist at UNICEF's Office of Research-Innocenti in Florence, Italy for five years. Her career at UNICEF began in 2010 when she worked at the New York headquarters on the organisation's flagship publication 'The State of the World's Children' as a Research Officer. Prior to joining UNICEF Nikola held a number of research and management positions in Australia. She was an Associate Lecturer at the Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (ACPACS) at the University of Queensland and managed the International Conflict Resolution Centre at the University of Melbourne. She also taught conflict resolution at La Trobe University and Victoria University. From 2005 to 2010 Nikola was a committee member of Researchers for Asylum Seekers at the University of Melbourne, where she worked to spread knowledge and advocate for the fair and compassionate treatment of refugees and asylum seekers in Australia. Nikola completed her doctorate studies at the University of Melbourne in 2007 and published her first edited book (with Di Bretherton) titled 'Peace Psychology in Australia' in 2012 and in 2013 her efforts to integrate research and activism were recognised by being selected as the recipient of the 2012 Early Career Award of the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Division of Peace Psychology, American Psychological Association. Specialties: Research, evaluation, children's rights, research uptake, evidence strategy, peace psychology, conflict resolution.
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Children and Peace
This open access book brings together discourse on children and peace from the 15th International Symposium on the Contributions of Psychology to Peace, covering issues pertinent to children and peace and approaches to making their world safer, fairer and more sustainable. The book is divided into nine sections that examine traditional themes (social construction and deconstruction of diversity, intergenerational transitions and memories of war, and multiculturalism), as well as contemporary issues such as Europe’s “migration crisis”, radicalization and violent extremism, and violence in families, schools and communities. Chapters contextualize each issue within specific social ecological frameworks in order to reflect on the multiplicity of influences that affect different outcomes and to discuss how the findings can be applied in different contexts. The volume also provides solutions and hope through its focus on youth empowerment and peacebuilding programs for children and families. This forward-thinking volume offers a multitude of views, approaches, and strategies for research and activism drawn from peace psychology scholars and United Nations researchers and practitioners. This book's multi-layered emphasis on context, structural determinants of peace and conflict, and use of research for action towards social cohesion for children and youth has not been brought together in other peace psychology literature to the same extent. Children and Peace: From Research to Action will be a useful resource for peace psychology academics and students, as well as social and developmental psychology academics and students, peace and development practitioners and activists, policy makers who need to make decisions about the matters covered in the book, child rights advocates and members of multilateral organizations such as the UN.
