Douglas Irvin-Erickson is Fellow of Peacemaking Practice at The School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University, USA, where he directs the Genocide Prevention Program and teaches in the field of conflict analysis and resolution.
Peter C. Phan, who has earned three doctorates, is the inaugural holder of the Ignacio Ellacuria Chair of Catholic Social Thought at Georgetown University, USA. His research deals with the theology of icon in Orthodox theology, patristic theology, eschatology, the history of mission in Asia, and liberation, inculturation, and interreligious dialogue. His writings have been translated into Arabic, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Spanish, Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, and Vietnamese, and have received many awards from learned societies.