Funmi Olonisakin is Director of the Conflict, Security and Development Group (CSDG) at King’s College London. In this role she has established the CSDG Knowledge Building and Mentoring Programme that comprises the Peace and Security Fellowships for African Women and the CSDG/ECOWAS MA Studentship and Mentoring programme. Additionally, she has developed the Women, Peace and Security Program under which a study on the implementation of the UN SCR 1325 is being conducted. Prior to this, she was an adviser to the United Nations’ Secretary General’s Special Representative on Children and Armed Conflict. She studied at the University of Ife, Nigeria, where she obtained a bachelor degree in Political Science and at King’s College London, where she obtained a Masters degree and PhD in War Studies. Olonisakin has conducted extensive research and written extensively on international peace and security issues with a special focus on Africa. The following books are among her main publications: ‘Reinventing Peacekeeping in Africa’ (Kluwer, 2000), ‘Peacekeeping in Sierra Leone: The Story of UNAMSIL’ (Lynne Rienner, 2007), and ‘Global Development and Human Security’, co-authored (Transaction, 2007). She is an active member of the African Security Sector Network (ASSN).