Hugh Miall is Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of Kent, and Chair of the Conflict Research Society. His research covers theories of conflict and violence, conflict resolution, conflict prevention, peacemaking and peacebuilding, and the United Nations.

Anna King is Professor of Religious Studies and Social Anthropology and Director of Postgraduate Research in the University’s high-impact Centre for Religion, Reconciliation and Peace. Anna’s current research is focussed on Peace and Conflict Studies, and on the relationship between the religious, secular and postsecular, the role of religious and faith-based actors in peacebuilding and conflict transformation, and the links between theory and practice in religious peacebuilding and reconciliation processes.