# Kevin P. Clements > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kevin_P._Clements > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kevin_P._Clements.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_P._Clements > Source revision: 1328601900 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Australian social scientist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{independent sources|date=July 2016}} thumb|right|Clements in 2009 '''Kevin Paul Clements''' is an Emeritus Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the [University of Otago](/source/University_of_Otago), New Zealand. He was formerly Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies and Foundation Director of the Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies ([ACPACS](/source/ACPACS)) at the [University of Queensland](/source/University_of_Queensland). He has also been Secretary General of the [International Peace Research Association](/source/International_Peace_Research_Association) since January 2009. Since 2016 he was appointed Director of the Toda Peace Institute, Tokyo, Japan.{{cite web |title=Kevin Clements |url=https://toda.org/experts/kevin-clements.html |publisher=Toda Peace Institute |access-date=2 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250220081236/https://toda.org/experts/kevin-clements.html |archive-date=20 February 2025 |location=Tokyo |url-status=live}} ==Early life== Kevin Clements is the son of a conscientious objector. At the age of 13, Clements campaigned for [nuclear disarmament](/source/nuclear_disarmament) in New Zealand. He was also an opponent of the [Vietnam War](/source/Vietnam_War).{{cite news |last1=Francis |first1=Oscar |title=Lifetime of peace work recognised |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/lifetime-peace-work-recognised |access-date=2 May 2025 |work=[Otago Daily Times](/source/Otago_Daily_Times) |date=26 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909080401/https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/lifetime-peace-work-recognised |archive-date=9 September 2024 |url-status=live}} ==Academic career== *Director of the Toda Peace Institute, Tokyo Japan. *Foundation Director of the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (NCPACS) at the [University of Otago](/source/University_of_Otago), [Dunedin](/source/Dunedin). *Visiting Professor, Centre for the Analysis and Resolution of Conflict, University of Kent at Canterbury and Visiting Professor, PRIME, Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo Japan 2015-2016 * Secretary General of [International Alert](/source/International_Alert) *Board of the European Centre for Conflict Prevention and President of the [European Peacebuilding Liaison Office](/source/European_Peacebuilding_Liaison_Office) in [Brussels](/source/Brussels). * Vernon and Minnie Lynch Chair of Conflict Resolution at the [Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution](/source/Institute_for_Conflict_Analysis_and_Resolution) at [George Mason University](/source/George_Mason_University), USA 1994-2000, and Director of the Institute from 1994-1999. *Director of the [Quaker United Nations Office](/source/Quaker_United_Nations_Office) in Geneva and *Head of the Peace Research Centre at the [Australian National University](/source/Australian_National_University) in Canberra . *visiting or permanent academic positions at the [Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Oxford](/source/Institute_of_Commonwealth_Studies%2C_Oxford), the [University of Hong Kong](/source/University_of_Hong_Kong), the [University of Canterbury](/source/University_of_Canterbury), the [Institute of Southeast Asian Studies](/source/Institute_of_Southeast_Asian_Studies) at the [National University of Singapore](/source/National_University_of_Singapore), the [University of East Anglia](/source/University_of_East_Anglia), and the [University of Colorado Boulder](/source/University_of_Colorado_Boulder). *President of the [International Peace Research Association](/source/International_Peace_Research_Association) IPRA 1994-1998, *President of the IPRA Foundation from 1995-2000 *Secretary General of the [Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association (APPRA)](/source/Asia-Pacific_Peace_Research_Association_(APPRA)). Clements has been a consultant to numerous organisations, and advisor to the New Zealand, Australian, British, Swedish and Dutch governments. He was a member of the New Zealand Government's Defence Committee of Enquiry in 1985.{{Cn|date=May 2025}} After retiring as Emeritus Professor from the [University of Otago](/source/University_of_Otago)'s peace and conflict studies programme, Clements served as director of the Toda Peace Institute in Japan. In March 2022, Clements was awarded the Luxembourg Peace Prize. ==Views and positions== Following the [2025 Trump–Zelenskyy Oval Office meeting](/source/2025_Trump%E2%80%93Zelenskyy_Oval_Office_meeting) in late February 2025, Clements urged New Zealand to reconsider its traditional alliance with the United States in light of [United States President](/source/United_States_President) [Donald Trump](/source/Donald_Trump)'s [America First](/source/America_First_(policy)) foreign policy and overtures towards [Russian President](/source/President_of_Russia) [Vladimir Putin](/source/Vladimir_Putin).{{cite news |last1=Clements |first1=Kevin |title=US on one path, we need our own |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/us-one-path-we-need-our-own |access-date=2 May 2025 |work=[Otago Daily Times](/source/Otago_Daily_Times) |date=20 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250323234459/https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/us-one-path-we-need-our-own |archive-date=23 March 2025 |url-status=live}} ==Select publications== *{{cite book |last1=Clements |first1=Kevin |title=Back from the Brink: The Creation of a Nuclear Free New Zealand |date=1988 |publisher=[Allen and Unwin](/source/Allen_and_Unwin) |location=Wellington and London |isbn=9781869403201 |url=https://www.bwb.co.nz/books/back-from-the-brink?srsltid=AfmBOopqGTvgkPv2Ql4J1K19ln9Q7LSwafdXGE-eFS6vwB3oMkrBiAUa|access-date=2 May 2025}} *{{cite book |last1=Boulding |first1=Elise |last2=Brigagao |first2=Clovis |last3=Clements |first3=Kevin |title=Peace Culture And Society Transnational Research And Dialogue |date=1991 |publisher=[Westview Press](/source/Westview_Press) |location=[Boulder, Colorado](/source/Boulder%2C_Colorado) |isbn=9780367297947 |url=https://www.routledge.com/Peace-Culture-And-Society-Transnational-Research-And-Dialogue/Boulding-Brigagao-Clements/p/book/9780367297947?srsltid=AfmBOork0Lt-T3Zq8EaqNo333vVS4SZjEAICqGNokaxm7VANGqnwd-Yw |access-date=2 May 2025}} *{{cite book |last1=Clements |first1=Kevin |title=Peace and security in the Asia Pacific region: post cold war problems and prospects |date=1993 |publisher=United Nations University |location=Tokyo |isbn=0864691726 |url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000100403 |access-date=2 May 2025}} *{{cite book |last1=Clements |first1=Kevin |title= UN Peacekeeping at the Cross Road |date=1994 |publisher=[Australian National University](/source/Australian_National_University) Peace Research Centre |location=Canberra |isbn=0731520092}} *{{cite book|editor-last1=Clements |editor-first1=Kevin |editor-last2=Wards |editor-first2=Robin |title=Building International Community: Cooperating for Peace: Case Studies |date=1994 |publisher=Allen and Unwin |location=Sydney |isbn=1863738002 |url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000101144 |access-date=2 May 2025}} *{{cite book |last1=Haryono |first1=Endi |last2=Clements |first2=Kevin |title=Teori Pembangunan:dari kiri ke kanan (From Right to Left in Development Theory) |date=1997 |publisher=Pustaka Pelajar |location=Yogyakarta |isbn=9799075025}} *{{cite book|editor-last1=Clements |editor-first1=Kevin |editor-last2=Mizner |editor-first2=Nadia |title=The Centre Holds: Reform of the United Nations in the 21st Century|date=2008|publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781412807784 |url=https://www.routledge.com/The-Center-Holds-UN-Reform-for-21st-Century-Challenges/Mizner/p/book/9781412807784?srsltid=AfmBOooBXeg8SB3EpRPIJepTp3FeUQgG0tZpXskOjk5CEMY7drDwKrK_|access-date=2 May 2025}} *{{cite book|editor-last1=Clements |editor-first1=Kevin |editor-last2=Urbain |editor-first2=Olivier |title=Risk and uncertainty: Understanding and dialogue in the 21st century|date=2012|publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781412847728 |url=https://www.routledge.com/Risk-and-Uncertainty-Understanding-and-Dialogue-in-the-21st-Century/Urbain/p/book/9781412847728?srsltid=AfmBOorWnoo4WrW_ftubA2oaCN9WMs-xsH9pmSQU1kUWJRaZ-Y0G-i3U|access-date=2 May 2025}} *{{cite book|editor-last=Clements |editor-first=Kevin |title=Identity, trust, and reconciliation in East Asia: Dealing with painful history to create a peaceful present |date=2017|publisher=[Palgrave Macmillan](/source/Palgrave_Macmillan) |location=Cham, Switzerland |isbn=9783319548968 |url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-54897-5 |access-date=2 May 2025}} *{{cite book |last1=Clements |first1=Kevin |last2=Ikeda |first2=Daisaku |title=Toward a century of peace: A dialogue on the role of civil society in peacebuilding |date=2018 |publisher=Routledge |location=Abingdon, UK |isbn=9781138585744 |url=https://www.routledge.com/Toward-a-Century-of-Peace-A-Dialogue-on-the-Role-of-Civil-Society-in-Peacebuilding/Clements-Ikeda/p/book/9781138585744?srsltid=AfmBOoppr-UAkpp-uwboS2v4KDemoBcrq92b2L4NLIumyIggzXjcipWJ|access-date=2 May 2025}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{URL|https://www.toda.org|Toda Peace Institute}} *{{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20070902011200/http://www.uq.edu.au/acpacs/| Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies}} *{{URL|http://www.otago.ac.nz/ncpacs/staff/otago014259.html| Personal profile at National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Otago}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Clements, Kevin}} Category:Living people Category:Academic staff of the University of Queensland Category:Australian social scientists Category:Academics of the University of East Anglia Category:Academic staff of the University of Otago Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:New Zealand Quakers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kevin P. 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