Committees

After 36 years as an academic at the University of South Australia, Dale is now an adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy, where she was previously an Associate Professor, Head of School, the Director of Postgraduate Studies, Research Portfolio Leader, and the Program Director for the Masters/Graduate Diploma in Mediation and Conflict Resolution (from 1993) and the Doctor of Human Service Research.

Thilan Legierse is a (Dutch) lawyer and an accredited mediator. She started her career as an intern representing the International Commission for Jurists at the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva. She worked for five years as a barrister and a solicitor for Okkerse and Schop Advocaten in the Netherlands,

Shadia Marhaban was the only woman delegate to the 2005 Helsinki peace talks that ended 30 years of conflict between the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement. As a presidium member of the Aceh Referendum Information Center, she was forced to flee to the United States in 2003, when the central government declared martial law in Aceh.

Anna is the director of Peoples Partner for Development and Democracy (PPDD) and a human rights and poltical activist. Her work with non-governmental organisations ranges from being part of the technical staff doing mostly research and writing, coordinating advocacy activities and campaigns, training and fundraising.

Ms. Eriko Okanouchi has been working voluntary ever since to promote mediation as a citizens activity. The activities and mediation concepts used have been adapted to fit the specific characteristics of Japanese communication style and have been gradually recognized in the community supported by local city council with grants in 2009 and 2010.