Lisa Schirch

Dr. Lisa Schirch is Richard G. Starmann Sr. Endowed Chair and Professor of the Practice of Peacebuilding at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs where she directs the Peacetech and Polarization Lab. Schirch is also a Research Fellow for the Social Media, Technology, and Peacebuilding program for the Toda Peace Institute. A former Fulbright Fellow in East and West Africa, Schirch is the author of eleven books, including Social Media Impacts on Conflict and Democracy. She has worked in the field of peacebuilding for 30 years in over 20 countries to design public processes for depolarization, social cohesion, and peacebuilding.