Jeremy Tomlinson is a British national but also holds a US passport. He has lived in Cambodia since he completed an MA in Post-war Recovery Studies at the University of York (UK) in 2011. For the past two and a half years, he has focused professionally on the Myanmar peace process. As Documentation and Learning Officer at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPCS), he undertook independent research, oversaw the organization’s publication agenda, and assisted the Myanmar peace process support program. During this time he also wrote and presented a paper on international third party support of the Myanmar peace process at the 1st Peace Practitioners Research Conference in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Subsequently, Jeremy has worked as an independent consultant for Plan International, KHANA, and the Foundation for Local Development. These assignments have included research projects, workshop coordination, conflict analysis, and, most notably, backstopping the Ethnic Peace Resource Project, Phases I and II, funded by the Norwegian and Swiss Ministries of Foreign Affairs. Jeremy completed a BA in International Studies from the University of East Anglia (UK) and the International Baccalaureate (I.B.) program at the United World College of the Atlantic (UWCAC ‘05-‘07). He has lived in Cambodia, India, Nigeria, South Sudan, the UK and the USA. Outside of his academic interests, which include mediation, negotiation, peace processes and transition, Jeremy is an avid motorcyclist.
