Hardy Merriman is a Senior Advisor to the International Center and has worked in the field of strategic nonviolent conflict since 2002. He was director of programs and research at ICNC from 2005 to 2007. Prior to this, Mr. Merriman worked at the Albert Einstein Institution and contributed to and edited the book Waging Nonviolent Struggle: 20th Century Practice and 21st Century Potential by Gene Sharp. More recently, Mr. Merriman has contributed to works such as Civilian Jihad: Nonviolent Struggle, Democratization, and Governance in the Middle East (2010) by Maria Stephan (ed.) and has also written about the role of nonviolent action in countering terrorism. He also co-authored "A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle," a training curriculum for activists.

Mr. Merriman has worked with activists from around the world and has made presentations on various topics related to strategic nonviolent conflict at the Australian Center for Peace and Conflict Studies (University of Queensland), Cambridge University (UK), the Center for Victims of Torture (Minneapolis, Minnesota), the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University), Harvard University, Middlebury College, Monterey Institute for International Studies, Oberlin College, Stanford University, Swarthmore College, the United States Institute of Peace, Wesleyan University, and other venues. He also is on the Board of Advisors of Meta-Activism Project.  He is a graduate of Oberlin College.

You can learn more about his work at http://hardymerriman.com.