Councillor Biographies
Dr. Rama Mani, Senior Research Associate, Centre for International Studies (University of Oxford); Director of the Global Project 'Responsibility to Protect: Southern Cultural Perspectives'
An internationally renowned expert on peace, justice and human security, Dr. Rama Mani is a Councillor of the World Future Council. She is a Senior Research Associate of the University of Oxford’s Centre for International Studies, and Director of the Carnegie Corporation-funded project: 'Responsibility to Protect: Southern Cultural Perspectives'. She is an Associate Faculty Member and former Director of the New Issues in Security Course at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP).
She was previously Executive Director of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies in Colombo, Sri Lanka. She served the Commission on Global Governance as their Senior External Relations Officer. She was Oxfam GB's Africa Strategy Manager and Regional Policy Coordinator for Oxfam (GB) based in Ethiopia and Uganda, and she has extensive peace building experience as a practitioner and scholar across Africa, Asia and Latin America. She is the initiator of Justice Unlimited, a small non-profit that promotes peace and justice through creative and cultural wisdom, and supports other innovative initiatives. She is the author of "Beyond Retribution: Seeking Justice in the Shadows of War" (Polity/Blackwell, 2002/2007), and numerous academic articles on peace and security. She serves on the Boards of several international institutions and journals. A French national and Indian Overseas Citizen, she holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Cambridge and an M.A. in International Affairs from Johns Hopkins University.
