STEINAR Bryn
Date, place of birth : 21 August 1954, Oslo, Norway
Nationality: Norwegian
Address: Bekkefaret 8, 2613 Lillehammer, Norway
Tele phone : 00 47 61 26 54 15 (Work) ; 00 47 95 17 48 21 (Mobile) steinar@REMOVEnansen-dialog.no
Present position: Project director of “Dialogue and Peacebuilding” At the Nansen Academy, Lillehammer; Senior Consultant "Nansen Dialogue Network; Lecturer and dialogue facilitator
Social status: Married. Four children.
Education: Ph.D American Studies, University of Minnesota- Twin Cities , 1993
Current occupation:
1996- ongoing Project Director of “Dialogue and Peacebuilding. ”
1999- ongoing Senior Consultant “Nansen Dialogue Network”
2004 spring Visiting professor in "Conflict and Communication", Pacific Luteran University, Tacoma, Washington
As a project director for “Dialogue and Peacebuilding ” my responsibilities have been 1) to select participants (potential leaders) from former Yugoslavia to participate in training programs in Norway, 2) to design the training program and 3) to conduct the seminars. The challenging part of the job has been the follow-up work, which includes dialogue seminars in the region and the ongoing support of ten Nansen Dialogue Centers in Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo, Bosnia Herzegovina and Croatia.
As Senior Project Consultant - During the years 1997-2005 I have conducted more than 100 dialogue seminars, mainly between Serbs and Albanians from Kosovo and South Serbia, between Macedonians and Albanians from Macedonia, more general dialogue seminars in Montenegro and Bosnia Herzegovina., but also joint seminars with larger groups – including seminars in Betlehem and Jerusalem with Israelis, Arabs and Palestinians.
Extensive lists of publications and lectures at conferences in Europe and the United States.
Visiting lecturer at University of Texas, Austin, University of Washington, Seattle, Georgetown University, Washington DC, Amherst University, Massachusetts, Columbia University, New York, Concordia College, Fargo, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, St.Olaf College, Minnesota, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, Univeristy of North Dakota,Grand Forks.
AWARDS:
1998 The Nansen Academy received the Honourable Mention of the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education, in recognition of its outstanding contribution to the promotion of peace and tolerance.
1999 Received Amalie Laksow ’s Human Rights Prize
2004 Bridgebuilder Prize for 2004.

INGRID Vik
E-mail: ingrid@REMOVEnansen-dialog.no
Office address: Tordenskioldsgate 6b, 0550 Oslo. Norway
Office telephone: +47 22 47 92 32
Employment:
June 2004 – Director to the Nansen Dialogue Network
Januar 2003 – June 2004 University of Oslo. Institute for cultural studies
Januar 2003 – June 2004 Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Western Balkan Section
1999-2000 EU’s Monitory Mission (EUMM) At the Mission office in Skopje in Macedonia
1993-1999 Freelance. Journalist and Translator. Research of Islamic communities in Abidjan in Ivory Coast
Education:
- Ongoing PhD research on local and international involvement in inter-religious dialogue (2003-)
- Cand.Philol, MA in History of Religion, Institute for Cultural studies. University of Oslo 1999
- Bachelor Sociology of Religion 1994
- Bachelor in Literature
Relevant Publications:
- Dialogue in the name of God. Religious actors in the making of war and peace. University of Oslo 2006
- Inter-faith dialogue and cooperation in the Western Balkans: A study of Norwegians Church Aids inter-religious projects in Bosnia Herzegovina, Macedonia and Kosovo. 2004.
- Peacebuilding in the Western Balkans: A qualitative study of the Nansen Dialogue Project. 2003.
- Conflicting perceptions. A study of prevailing interpretations of the conflict in Macedonia among Albanian and Macedonian communities. The Norwegian Helsinki Committee, 2003.
- Divided Communities. A study of Inter-Ethnic Relations in Macedonia. The Norwegian Helsniki Committee 2001.
- The Oasis NGO-network in the former Yugoslavia. An evaluation.
Chr. Michelsens Institutt, On behalf of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs., 2001.
- Islam is my father, Africa is my mother. A study of religious practice in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. University of Oslo 1999

ERIK Cleven
was born in the United States in 1965.
He received a BA from St. Olaf College in Minnesota in 1987 and a MSc from the University of Oslo in 1992.
For the last 12 years he has been involved in dialogue and peacebuilding work and has held seminars on peacebuilding, conflict management and human rights in Russia, the North Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Great Britain, Denmark and the United States.
He has led a project to facilitate dialogue between Chechen and Russian civil society actors and has also been involved in interethnic dialogue work in the former Yugoslavia.
In the last three years he has been lecturing in peace studies in colleges and universities in Norway and the United States and was in 2004, 2005 and 2006 Kloeck-Jensen Visiting Assistant Professor at St. Olaf College.
He is based at Nansenskolen in Lillehammer, Norway, where he lives with his wife and four children.

VESNA Matović
Vesna Matovic was born in Zagreb, Croatia, and now lives in Belgrade. She graduated on the Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Psychology, University of Belgrade where she also gained her MA. She specialised in clinical psychology at the Faculty of Medicine.

She has been engaged in NGO activities from the early nineties, first on psychosocial programmes, and later on in the field of conflict transformation. She has worked at the Nansen Dialogue Centre in Serbia since 1999 as project coordinator on different programmes. She has experience in working in different conflict regions in Africa and Middle East, and experience in working with international groups on courses run by RTC in UK.

Vesna is the ACTS programme coordinator for the Balkans.

SINIŠA Bjeković
Sinisa Bjekovic was born in Pljevlja (Montenegro) on April 12,2006 graduating at Law Faculty of University of Montenegro in 1987. The very beginning of his professional experience was at the Public Revenue Agency of Montenegro where he worked as a law clerk for a year. Since 1991 till 2000 he worked at the Institute for Development and Safety at Work Researches as the Head of Administration and Legal Adviser in researching programs, when after he came to University of Montenegro Human Rights Center (Recently Law Faculty Human Rights Center) where he works now.

The main research activities he performed were in the field of human rights, where the most of his works were concerned to the issues suchlike the concept of ESC rights, institutional protection of HR, compatibility of the Montenegrin Law with the European law standards, thought, conscience and belief, minorities, torture and children rights.

During the last ten years he published several books and many articles concerning issue of human rights standards and practice in Montenegro.

Languages: English and Italian, fluently

VESNA Matović
Vesna Matovic was born in Zagreb, Croatia, and now lives in Belgrade. She graduated on the Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Psychology, University of Belgrade where she also gained her MA. She specialised in clinical psychology at the Faculty of Medicine.

She has been engaged in NGO activities from the early nineties, first on psychosocial programmes, and later on in the field of conflict transformation. She has worked at the Nansen Dialogue Centre in Serbia since 1999 as project coordinator on different programmes. She has experience in working in different conflict regions in Africa and Middle East, and experience in working with international groups on courses run by RTC in UK.

Vesna is the ACTS programme coordinator for the Balkans.

AMANDA Elizabeth Feller
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Humanities, 2002; California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA; Emphasis: Transformational learning and change;
M.A. Cultural Anthropology, 2000; California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA; Emphasis: Human and organizational transformation;
M.S. Speech Communication, 1995; Portland State University, Portland, OR; Emphasis: Critical thinking and dialogue in personal action; understanding democratic principles in Western theory and philosophy
B.A. English/Theatre, 1990; University of Denver, Denver, CO; Major: Theatre; Minor: Speech Communication; Emphasis: Production/Design of Theatre. Actor coaching and training
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
Assistant Professor, Experiential Learning (2005-present); Department of Communication & Theatre; School of Arts & Communication; Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA; Assistant Professor, Co- Director of Forensics (2000–2004); Department of Communication & Theatre; Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA; Instructor & Director of Forensics (1996 – 2000); Department of Communication Portland State University, Portland, OR; Adjunct (1995 – 1996), Department of Communication; Portland State University, Portland, OR; Adjunct (1995); Department of Communication; Marylhurst College, Lake Oswego, OR; Co-Director of Forensics (1994 – 1995); Department of Speech, Clackamas Community College, Clackamas, OR; Adjunct (1994 – 1995), Department of Speech, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR; Assistant Director of Forensics (1993 – 1995); Department of Speech, Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA; Adjunct (1993 – 1995); Department of Speech and Theatre; Portland Community College, Portland, OR; Assistant Director of Forensics (1992 – 1993); Department of Speech Portland Community College, Portland, OR; Forensics Coach (volunteer 1990 – 1992) Tigard High School, Tigard, OR
OTHER EMPLOYMENT & CONSULTING:
Communication Consultant (1993 – 2000) Quantum, Inc., Portland, OR; Public Relations and Promotions (1994 – 1997); Bettencourt’s Taekwon-Do, America, Portland, OR; Quality Control / Insurance Tester (1996 – 1997), Agency Automation, Portland, OR; Theatre Technical Support and Box Office (1988 – 1990), Hunger Artists Ensemble Theatre, Denver, CO; ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS:
Feller, Amanda & LaVoie, Nolan (March 2003). Transcending Purity: A Case for the Integrated Educational Design. Conference Paper. Northwest Communication Association, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Ehrenhaus, Peter; Feller, Amanda; Harney, Diane; & Lisosky, Joanne (April 2003). “Faculty Research in the Communication Field”. Faculty panel presentation for Communication & Theatre Week, Pacific Lutheran University. Feller, Amanda (December 2002). Creating an On-line MA Program at a Traditional University: An Action Research Case Study . Dissertation. San Francisco, CA: California Institute of Integral Studies. Feller, Amanda & Myers, Gerry (September 2002). “Information Technologies and the Classroom, On-line and Face-to-face”. Faculty Fall Conference, Pacific Lutheran University. Ehrenhaus, Peter; Feller, Amanda; & Lisosky, Joanne (April 2002). “Faculty Research in the Communication Field”. Faculty panel presentation for Communication & Theatre Week, Pacific Lutheran University. Feller, Amanda (Fall 2001). "What makes an online classroom effective?" A presentation for Pacific Lutheran University's School of Business, etc.
AWARDS AND HONORS:
Fellow, International Canadian Summer Institute (January 2005) Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Consortium; Wang Center Grant Recipient (2005). International Internship and Arts Outreach Development in Canada; Outstanding Teaching Award (May 2004). School of the Arts, Pacific Lutheran University; Inspirational Woman Award (March 2004). Women’s Center, Pacific Lutheran University; Teagle Grant Recipient (2003). International Internship Development. “Understanding and Implementing International Internships”, workshop by Steve Langerud of Grinnell College held at Pacific Lutheran University; Outstanding Alumni of the Year (June 2000). Friends and Alumni of Communication Studies, Portland State University; Judge/Educator of the Year Award, Nominee (1999 & 1998). Northwest Forensics Conference; Martial Arts Tournament Management Awards (1995 – 1999). The Pacific Taekwon-Do Championship Tournament, Portland, OR; etc.