Backer MemberBasil Ugorji, Ph.D.
Backer MemberDetails
| Username | bugorji |
| First Name | Basil |
| Last Name | Ugorji, Ph.D. |
| Job Position | President and CEO |
| Organization | International Center for Ethno-Religious Mediation (ICERMediation), New York |
| Country | USA |
| Experience | Dr. Basil Ugorji is the Founder and CEO of International Center for Ethno-Religious Mediation (ICERMediation), a nonprofit organization in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Founded in 2012 in New York, ICERMediation is dedicated to identifying ethnic, racial, and religious conflicts, strategizing solutions, working on prevention, and mobilizing resources to support peace in countries around the world. As a peace and conflict scholar, Dr. Ugorji’s research focuses on how to teach and discuss controversial traumatic memories of war and violence in order to deepen, if not complete, national reconciliation in postwar, transitional societies. Equipped with outstanding research and practice experience of over a decade, Dr. Ugorji uses cutting-edge multidisciplinary methods to study controversial public issues embedded in ethnicity, race, and religion. As a convener, he engages in critical dialogue with diverse group of scholars and students to advance research. As a scholar, he bridges theory, research, practice and policy. As a trainer, he mentors students with lessons learned and best practices to foster transformative learning and collaborative action. As an administrator, he develops and manages innovative projects to address historical and emerging conflicts, secures funding, and encourages local ownership and community engagement in peacebuilding. Dr. Ugorji’s current projects include: International Conference on Ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding held every year at Manhattanville College in New York; Ethno-Religious Mediation Training; International Divinity Day; Living Together Movement (a nonpartisan community dialogue project hosted in a safe place of encounter to promote civic engagement and collective action); Virtual Indigenous Kingdoms (online groups created on the ICERMediation App to facilitate the preservation and transmission of indigenous cultures, traditions and languages, and to connect indigenous leaders with their people abroad and in their home countries); and Journal of Living Together (a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes a collection of articles that reflect various aspects of peace and conflict studies). To achieve his long-term goal of building civic bridges, Dr. Ugorji recently launched a civic bridge-building web and mobile application known as ICERMediation. This social media website is similar to Facebook and LinkedIn except that it is a technology of nonviolence. The author of “From cultural justice to inter-ethnic mediation: A reflection on the possibility of ethno-religious mediation in Africa,” Dr. Ugorji has published many peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, including “Black lives matter: Decrypting encrypted racism,” published by Ethnic Studies Review, and “Ethno-religious conflict in Nigeria,” published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. A talented public speaker and policy analyst, Dr. Ugorji has been invited by intergovernmental organizations such as the United Nations in New York and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, to share his expertise on violence and discrimination against ethnic and religious minorities. He has been interviewed by local and international media, including France24. |
| Education | Dr. Basil Ugorji holds a PhD in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Master of Arts in Philosophy from Université de Poitiers, France; Diploma in French Language Studies from Centre International de Recherche et d’Étude des Langues (CIREL), Lomé, Togo; and Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from University of Ibadan, Nigeria. |
| Projects | A transformative learning of the Nigeria-Biafra War history.
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| Publication | Books
Book Chapters
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Doctoral Dissertation
Public Policy Papers
Work in Progress
Conference Papers
Speeches/Lectures
Media Interviews
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