In October 2014 Lynn Davies was awarded the Sir Brian Urquhart award for Distinguished Service to the United Nations and its goals by a UK citizen.Lynn is Emeritus Professor of International Education at the University of Birmingham, UK and Co-Director of ConnectFutures. Her background is in teaching at primary, secondary and teacher education levels, in Mauritius and Malaysia as well as UK. Research and consultancy interests lie in the broad field of education governance and equity, but with a particular focus on conflict, extremism and security across a range of international contexts. This involves consultancy and evaluation work in capacity development, in rights, citizenship and school democracy, to build education for resilience and social cohesion, particularly in contexts of fragility. Recent research has been interviewing former extremists (far right and Islamist) about their family backgrounds, and evaluating a project on mentoring Muslim prisoners. She is a co-editor of Gender, Religion and Education (2015), author of Unsafe Gods: Security, Secularism and Schooling (2014) and Educating Against Extremism (2008). In 2016, she completed a major review for UNICEF Sri Lanka on the Sri Lankan National Policy for Social Cohesion and Peace, and also supports UNICEF UK’s Rights Respecting Schools. With UNESCO, she has jointly delivered a Guidance document for policy makers on Preventing Violent Extremism, launched in November 2016. She is a Visiting Professor at the British University of Dubai and the University of South Africa, and serves on the Board of Africa Educational Trust. I have worked with UNESCO and OSCE on developing manuals relating to preventing violent extremism and countering racism, and with GIZ on social cohesion in Sri Lanka and on gender in Afghanistan. I was on the Board of UNICEF UK for 6 years, and am currently on the Boards of the Africa Educational Trust and the Georg-Ekert Institute for international textbook research. Previous experience:*Lecturer in international education at University of Birmingham. *Research and consultancy interests in education in conflict-affected or fragile states; education and extremism; and religion/secularism. *Delivered projects in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Angola, Malawi, the Gambia, Pakistan, Peru. More info: www.connectfutures.org