Cedric de Coning

Cedric de Coning is a research professor in the research group on peace, conflict and development at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). He co-directs the NUPI Center on United Nations and Global Governance, and the Climate, Peace and Security Risk project. He coordinates the Effectiveness of Peace Operations Network (EPON) and contributes to the Training for Peace programme, the UN Peace Operations project (UNPO) and several others. He is also a senior advisor for ACCORD.

He has 30 years of experience in research, policy advice, training and education in the areas of conflict resolution, peacekeeping, peacebuilding and peace and conflict studies. Cedric has a PhD in applied ethics from the Department of Philosophy of the University of Stellenbosch, and an MA (cum laude) in conflict management and peace studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.