Children and Peace: From Research to Action

Nikola Balvin, PsyD, is a peace psychologist who works in international development. She has held several research and evaluation roles with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) since 2010. Currently she is the Research & Evaluation Specialist at the UNICEF Country Office in India, where she manages a large portfolio of studies spanning a range of sectors/disciplines. Prior to joining the India office, she was the Knowledge Management Specialist at UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti from 2013-2018, ad prior to that she worked as a Research Officer on UNICEF’s flagship publication 'The State of the World's Children' at the New York headquarters. Before joining UNICEF, Nikola held a number of research positions in peace and conflict centres in Australia, including the Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (ACPACS) at the University of Queensland and the International Conflict Resolution Centre at the University of Melbourne. In 2011, she edited – with Di Bretherton – her first volume in the Peace psychology Series, titled ‘Peace Psychology in Australia’.

Daniel J. Christie is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Ohio State University. His scholarship and activism focuses on peace psychology with emphasis on initiatives and social movements that create a more just and humane world. He is the Editor and founder of the Peace Psychology Book Series and Editor-in-Chief of The Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology.