Marie-Joëlle Zahar is professor of political science and research director of the Research Network on Peace Operations at the Université de Montréal
Marie-Joelle has written widely on the dynamics of political violence, mediation and institution building after violence across a range of cases, including Lebanon and the Balkans. Marie-Joëlle has crossed over between academia and practitioner activity in peacebuilding efforts, and from 2013-2015 served as Senior Expert on Power Sharing on the Standby Team of Mediation Experts at the UN Department of Political Affairs.
The title of Professor Zahar’s lecture is ‘The (in)efficiency of mediation in contemporary conflicts: A question of design?’ (view video by clicking the title of the lecture)