About
Babak Bahador is a Research Professor at the School of Media and Public Affairs (SMPA) at George Washington University (GW) and an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. Babak’s current research focuses on the overlap of media and international relations, with primary focus on peacebuilding. At GW, Babak also directs the Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication and the Media and Peacebuilding Project, which both aim to bridge the gap between academic research and practice. He is also a faculty member at GW’s Institute for Data, Democracy and Politics and Humanitarian Action Initiative. Babak also leads a peace journalism initiative called Peace News Network, which produces stories about peace builders and peacebuilding from conflict fragile environments.