Southern Philippines, Southern Thailand
Coordinator of the Research and Education for Peace at University Sains Malaysia as well as the Regional Coordinator of the Southeast Asian Conflict Studies Network. He is also Associate Professor at the School of Social Sciences at University Sains Malaysia.
PhD in Conflict Resolution from the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, UK
MA in Government from the University of Texas at Austin
He has written and edited a few books on the subject including Understanding and Managing Militant Movements in Southeast Asia (2005), The Mindanao Conflict (2005), and Our Culture of Peace (2006).