The following individuals and organisations have endorsed the Global Peace Index as a groundbreaking piece of research that will help form the basis for more rigorous research into peace. They all agree that without a world that is basically peaceful, it will be exceedingly difficult to solve many of the intractable problems facing humanity today.
NOBEL LAUREATES
- President Martti Ahtisaari
- Mr. Kofi Annan
- President Jimmy Carter*
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama*
- Professor Joseph Stiglitz*
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu*
- Mrs. Betty Williams*
- Professor Muhammad Yunus
- Amnesty International*
- The Grameen Bank
EMINENT INDIVIDUALS
RENOWNED ACADEMICS
- Professor Kevin Clements, Chair in Peace and Conflict Studies & Director, The National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Otago, New Zealand*
- Professor Sultan Barakat, Director, Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU), University of York
- Professor Peter Carey, Laithwaite Fellow and Tutor in History, Trinity College, Oxford University*
- Dr Sara Cobb, Director, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
- H.E. Ambassador Aly Maher El Sayed, Director, Institute for Peace Studies,Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt
- Professor James Galbraith, Professor of Economics Texas University & Chair, Economists for Peace and Security*
- Professor Andrew Mack, Director, Human Security Centre, University of British Columbia, Canada*
- Dr Manuela Mesa, Director,Centre for Education and Peace Research (CEIPAZ)& President, Spanish Association for Peace Research (AIPAZ), Spain*
- Gary J. Milante, Conflict Economist, World Bank Development Economics Research Group, The World Bank
- Emeritus Professor Stuart Rees, Sydney Peace Foundation, University of Sydney*
- Associate Professor Mohammed Abu-Nimer, School of International Service, American University, Washington DC*
- Dr Helen Caldicott,Founder & President of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute (NPRI)*
- Professor Jocelyn Chey, University of Sydney, former Australian Senior Diplomat*
- Professor Daniel Druckman, Visiting Scholar, Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (ACPCS), University of Queensland*
- Dr Neil Ferguson, Director, Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies*
- Dr Ronald J. Horvath, Honorary Associate, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney
- Dr Syed Rifaat Hussain, Executive Director, Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), Colombo, Sri Lanka*
- Professor Margot Light, Professor Emeritus of International Relations, LSE*
- Professor Jake Lynch and Annabel McGoldrick, Authors; "Peace Journalism"
- Professor Muli Peleg, Political Sciences and Communication, Tel Aviv University, Israel
- Professor Will Steffen, Director, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University*
- Professor David Throsby, Professor of Economics, Macquarie University, Sydney*
- Dr Michael Williams, Director, The Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, University of Queensland*
- Professor Tom Woodhouse, Director, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Bradford University,& Academic Director, Rotary World Peace Fellows Programme*
BUSINESS & COMMUNITY LEADERS
- Martin Bell, former BBC War Correspondent & Independent MP, UK*
- Harriet Mayor Fulbright, President & CEO, The Fulbright Center*
- Jerome Glenn, Co-founder and Director, the Millennium Project & Executive Director of the American Council for the United Nations University*
- Kerry Kennedy, Founder, The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights*
- Kumar Ketkar, Editor in Chief, Loksatta, India
- Leslie Liddell, Director, Bio-Watch, South Africa
- Olara Otunnu, former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict*
- Sundeep Waslekar, President, Strategic Foresight Group, India*
- Tony Wheeler, Founder, Lonely Planet Publications*
- Phillip Adams, broadcaster & journalist*
- The John Butler Trio*
- Gordon Cairns, Company Board Director & former CEO Lion Nathan
- Alan Cameron A.M., former Australian Ombudsman & Chairman of Australian Securities and Investment Commission & Chairman, Sydney Peace Foundation*
- Mary Cunnane, Literary Agent*
- Louise Diamond, Director, Where Peace Begins*
- Dan Dumitrescu, Vice President, Global Technology Practice, EWK&P*
- Bob Edgar, General Secretary, National Council of Churches, USA*
- Tim Flannery, Australian of the Year and Climatologist*
- Diane Grady, Company Board Director, Australia
- Nidal Foqaha, Executive Director, Palestinian Peace Coalition/Geneva Initiative*
- David Krieger, President, The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation*
- Rabbi Michael Lerner, Editor, Tikkun Magazine & Chair, The Network of Spiritual Progressives
- Rupert Myer, Chairman of the Myer Family Co Pty Ltd & Vice President of the Myer Foundation
- Andrew O’Hagan, Writer & UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador*
- Margaret Owen, Chair & Director, Widows for Peace Through Democracy*
- Munyaradzi Saruchera, Director, Member of Governing Council, IPRA, South Africa*
- Matthias Stiefel, CEO, PeaceFunds & Founder and Vice Chairman, Interpeace
- Paul Wand, Chairman, Rio Tinto Aboriginal Foundation*
ORGANISATIONS
* Indicates original endorser
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