Jeremy Tomlinson, S-CAR PhD Student

Jeremy Tomlinson started the PhD program at S-CAR in the fall of 2014. “I chose the program because it was one of the very few institutions that offered a unique blend of academics with practice in the field of conflict resolution” he said.  Jeremy is a dual citizen of the U.S. and U.K. and has also lived and worked in many places all over the world including Nigeria, Cambodia, India, and South Sudan.  “One of my favorite places to visit and eventually work was Cambodia, where I experienced first hand how the people showed resilience in rebuilding their society after the genocide they experienced.”

Jeremy moved to Cambodia after he completed an MA in Post-war Recovery Studies at the University of York (UK) in 2011. For over two years, he worked as the Documentation and Learning Officer at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPCS), where he undertook independent research, oversaw the organization’s publication agenda, and assisted the Myanmar peace process support program. “I became interested in the Myanmar peace process because, of its complexity and uniqueness. Working with the non-state armed groups on the Thai-Myanmar border, I was impressed by their revolutionary thinking and their genuine desire to negotiate a lasting peace.” In addition to that, Jeremy has worked as an independent consultant for Plan International, KHANA, and the Foundation for Local Development. These assignments included research projects, workshop coordination, conflict analysis, and, most notably, backstopping the Ethnic Peace Resource Project Phases I and II, funded by the Norwegian and Swiss Ministries of Foreign Affairs.

Jeremy describes his experience at S-CAR so far as being very exciting and enlightening. "It's great to be around such a diverse faculty and student body, with a broad range of experiences and research agendas." After completing his PhD, he would like to devote his time both in the classroom and the field, where he hopes to mediate conflicts between armed groups and governments. Outside his academic and professional experience, Jeremy likes to explore the world on his motorcycle.