Dr Saber Ahmed Chowdhury is Chairman of the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh. With expertise in human rights, governance, and public policy, he holds an MPhil from the University of Bergen, Norway and PhD from La Trobe University, Australia. Dr Chowdhury has consulted for UNDP, government bodies, and NGOs, contributing to projects on democracy and peace, and has published widely on human rights and democratic institutions.