John Paul Lederach

John Paul Lederach is an American Professor of International Peacebuilding at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, and concurrently Distinguished Scholar at Eastern Mennonite University. He has written widely on conflict resolution and mediation. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Colorado. In 1994 he became the founding director for the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University where he was a professor. He currently works for the foundation Humanity United.

John Paul Lederach
Born
John Paul Lederach

(1955-04-17) 17 April 1955
Indiana, United States of America
NationalityAmerican
EducationBA History and Peace Studies Bethel College; Ph.D. Sociology University of Colorado
OccupationProfessor
Known forauthor of several books on Conflict Transformation, founder of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, professor of conflict studies
Awards2000 - Community of Christ International Peace Award
2002 - Keys to Access Award from CADRE (the National Center for Dispute Resolution in Special Education)
2006 - Martin Luther King Order of Peace Medal
2009 Pax Christi Award - St. John's University and Abbey
2009 Reinhold Neibuhr Award from the University of Notre Dame
2014 Distinguished Scholar Award - International Studies Association
2019 Niwano Peace Prize
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