Mats Berdal#

Educational & Professional Background

Mats Berdal, BSc (London), DPhil (Oxford), is Professor of Security and Development in the Department of War Studies at King's College London. From 2000 to 2003 he was Director of Studies at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London. Mats Berdal is a Visiting Professor at The Norwegian Defence Command and Staff College and a Consulting Senior Fellow at the IISS. He is a Member of the Academia Europaea.

Editorial Boards — current:

• Member of the International Editorial Board of International Peacekeeping, 1994 - present
• Member of Editorial Board, International Security (MIT)
• Member of Editorial Board, Global Governance, 2002-2005
• Member of Editorial Board, The Journal of Conflict Security and Development
• Member of International Advisory Board of The Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding (Taylor & Francis)
• Member of Advisory Board, Palgrave/Macmillan Book Series Global Conflict and Security Since 1945

• Editor of The Journal of Conflict Security and Development, 2006-2010
• Editor, Adelphi Paper Series (IISS), 2000-03
• Acting Editor of Strategic Comments (IISS), September-, December 1996
• Editor of "Strategic Geography" section in Strategic Survey (IISS), 1996-00
• Founding co-editor of The Oxford International Review, 1990

• Member of Advisory Board ofthe Institute for Post-Conflict and Development Law, Geneva (since 2005)
• High—Leve1 Advisory Panel established by the United Nations Association-UK (since 2006)