Nicholas Turner
Senior Programme Coordinator
- INSTITUTE:
- UNU-ISP
- OFFICE:
- UNU Center, 53-70, Jingumae 5-chome, Shibuya-ku 150-8925, Tokyo
- E-MAIL:
- PHONE:
- +81 3 5467-1317
- NATIONALITY:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Research Interests
Human rights and ethics
International peace and securityEducation
M.A. (with Distinction), International Relations (Human Rights), University of Kent
B.Sc. (Hons), Business and Computer ScienceAppointments
Peer reviewer for DFID grant applications
Technical editor for ADB publicationsBiographical Statement
Nicholas Turner holds an M.A. in international relations (with distinction) from the University of Kent at Canterbury, as well as a B.Sc. (Hons) in business and computer science. Prior to joining UNU he worked for local government and several NGOs in Hampshire and Kent, for QinetiQ Ltd. on the Defence Review Programme for the UK Armed Forces, and in Japan as Chief of European Affairs at a centre supporting Japanese students studying abroad.
His responsibilities at UNU-ISP include programme and project management, research and funding development, internal and external reporting, communications, and strategic planning and analysis. His own research interests lie in international peace and security, human rights and ethics, with a particular focus on just war theory, the responsibility to protect, post-conflict development and humanitarian crisis response. Nicholas has published the peer-reviewed books World Religions and Norms of War (co-editor, UNU Press, 2009) and Foreign Direct Investment in Post-Conflict Countries (co-editor, Adonis & Abbey, 2010), as well as chapters in Human Rights Regimes in the Americas (UNU Press, 2010), Legality and Legitimacy in International Order (Oxford University Press, 2011) and An Institutional Approach to The Responsibility to Protect (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming), among others.
Peer-reviewed Book Chapters
- Igbokwe, V., Turner, N. and Aginam, O. (eds.) Foreign Direct Investment in Post-Conflict Countries: Opportunities and Challenges. (London: Adonis & Abbey, 2010)
- Popovski, V., Reichberg, G. and Turner, N. (eds.) World Religions and Norms of War. (UNU Press, 2009)
- Gregory M. Reichberg, Nicholas Turner, and Vesselin Popovski, “Norms of War in Cross-religious Perspective”, in World Religions and Norms of War, Gregory M. Reichberg, Vesselin Popovski, Nicholas Turner, eds., (UNU Press, 2009).
- Nicholas Turner and Vesselin Popovski, “Human Rights in the Americas: Progress, Challenges and Prospects”, in Human Rights in the Americas, Mónica Serrano, Vesselin Popovski, eds., (UNU Press, 2010).
- Nicholas Turner and Obijiofor Aginam, “Post-Conflict Countries and Foreign Investment: Benefits and Obstacles”, in Virtus C. Igbokwe, Nicholas Turner and Obijiofor Aginam, eds, Post-Conflict Countries and Foreign Investment (London: Adonis and Abbey, 2010).
- Nicholas Turner and Vesselin Popovski, “Legitimacy as Complement and Corrective to Legality”, in Legality and Legitimacy in International Order, Richard Falk, Vesselin Popovski, eds., (Oxford University Press, 2011).
- Nicholas Turner, “The Responsibility to Protect and the Role of the UN Secretary-General”, in An Institutional Approach to The Responsibility to Protect (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming)
Technical Papers, Policy Briefs, etc
- Nicholas Turner and Nanako Otsuki, “The Responsibility to Protect and the Problem of the Kin State”, UNU Policy Brief No. 2, 2010
- Nicholas Turner, Obijiofor Aginam and Vesselin Popovski, “Post-Conflict Countries and Foreign Investment”, UNU Policy Brief No. 8, 2008
- Vesselin Popovski and Nicholas Turner, “Legality and Legitimacy in International Order”, UNU Policy Brief No. 5, 2008
- Vesselin Popovski and Nicholas Turner, “Religious Perspectives on the Use of Force”, UNU Research Brief No. 1, 2007
- Vesselin Popovski, Nicholas Turner and Gregory Lowden, “Human Rights Regime in the Americas”, UNU Policy Brief No. 3, 2008
- Robert Zuber, Nicholas Turner and Christina Ayo, “Maximizing the Impact of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, 10 Years On”, UNU Policy Brief No. 8, 2010
Other Publications (Conference Proceedings, etc)
- Nicholas Turner, “Intercultural Leadership and Change” in Pathways Towards a Shared Future: Changing Roles of Higher Education in a Globalized World (conference proceedings, UNESCO 2007)
- Nicholas Turner, “Education and Learning”, in Globalization and Languages: Building on Our Rich Heritage (conference proceedings, UNESCO 2008)
- Nicholas Turner, “International Science Workshop on Assessments for the Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services” (co-lead author), UNU-ISP, 2010
- Nicholas Turner, Kei Otsuki and Mitsuko Suzuki, “Climate Change, Global Health and Human Wellbeing in West Africa”, CECAR-Africa Workshop Final Report, UNU-ISP, 2011
