SPEAKERS
Mr Chris Abbott
Programme Coordinator and Researcher, Oxford Research Group
United Kingdom
Chris Abbott is the Programme Coordinator and Researcher at Oxford Research Group (ORG), where he leads the Sustainable Security Project.
Previously he has worked as a campaigner and researcher on a number of social and environmental issues, and has a background in psychology and anthropology.
In addition to two influential ORG reports, Rights and Responsibilities: Resolving the Dilemma of Humanitarian Intervention (September 2005) and Global Responses to Global Threats: Sustainable Security for the 21st Century (June 2006), his articles on global security issues have appeared in various publications, both in the UK and abroad.
His first book, Beyond Terror: The Truth About the Real Threats to Our World, was published by Random House in April 2007.
