Lisa Schirch Social Media Impacts on Social & Political Goods 27 The Author Lisa Schirch, PhD is North American Research Director for the Toda Peace Institute and Senior Policy Advisor with the Alliance for Peacebuilding. Schirch is the editor of “The Ecology of Violent Extremism” (2018) co-author of “Synergizing Nonviolent Action and Peacebuilding” with US Institute of Peace (2018). In 2015, Schirch finished a 3 year project coordinating a global network to write a Handbook on Human Security: A Civil-Military-Police Curriculum and set of 40 peacebuilding case studies on Local Ownership in Security. Schirch works with a global network of civil society, government, and U.N. partners devoted to expanding social and political goods. Toda Peace Institute The Toda Peace Institute is an independent, nonpartisan institute committed to advancing a more just and peaceful world through policy-oriented peace research and practice. The Toda Peace Institute commissions evidence-based research, convenes multi-track and multi-disciplinary problem-solving workshops and seminars, and promotes dialogue across ethnic, cultural, religious and political divides. It catalyzes practical, policy-oriented conversations between theoretical experts, practitioners, policymakers and civil society leaders in order to discern innovative and creative solutions to the major problems confronting the world in the twenty-first century (see www.toda.org for more information). The Toda Peace Institute provided funding for this policy brief series and works in collaboration with the Alliance for Peacebuilding. Contact Us Samon Eleven Bldg. 5th Floor 3-1 Samon-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0017, Japan Web Address: www.toda.org Email: contact@toda.org Alliance for Peacebuilding The Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP) is a membership network of over 100 organizations. Our members include some of the world’s largest development organizations, most innovative academic institutions, and the most powerful peacebuilding groups. We bring together coalitions in key areas of strategy and policy to elevate the entire peacebuilding field, tackling issues too large for any one organization to address alone. Contact Us Web Address: https://allianceforpeacebuilding.org Email: afp-info@allianceforpeacebuilding.org