Kate Lonergan

Kate Lonergan is a PhD Candidate with the Hugo Valentin Centre and the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University. Her research focuses on reconciliation and peacebuilding after mass violence and atrocities. Kate has a Master’s degree from the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, where she was a Rotary Peace Fellow, and a Bachelor’s Degree from George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. Kate has previously worked with the United States Institute of Peace on reconciliation and atrocity prevention, with the World Bank on justice and development issues, and conducted research on community reintegration of ex-combatants in northern Uganda. She has also worked with community conflict resolution and restorative justice initiatives in the Washington, DC area.