Experts

Akiko HORIBA, Ph.D., is Director of Center for Mediation Support. She specializes in conflict analysis, peacebuilding, and Southeast Asian Area Studies. She received a doctorate in Area Studies from Sophia University Japan, and a Master of Theological Studies at Weston Jesuit School of Theology (currently Boston College), USA. Served as a Policy Secretary to a Member of the House of Representatives. Since 2015, Senior Program Officer at the Sasakawa Peace Foundation. Seconded to The Nippon Foundation before returning to the current position. She is a lecturer at Institute of Science Tokyo, Hosei University and Rikkyo University. She is a board member of Japan Platform, an international emergency humanitarian aid organization. Fellow at Georgetown Institute of WPS, Member of NATO-Civil Society Advisory Panel for WPS.