Melinda Davis

Melinda Davis is a Research Associate for the Peace Accords Matrix program in Mindanao, Philippines. She holds a Master of Studies degree in Diplomatic Studies from the University of Oxford, during which she researched the presence of the human security paradigm in diplomatic fora. Previously, through the Catholic Peacebuilding Network, she worked for the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development as a coordinator for the Vatican COVID-19 Commission's peace and security sector, which aimed to respond to Pope Francis's call to respond to social and political issues revealed and exacerbated by the pandemic through the lens of Catholic social thought. She has also interned with the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations.

 

Melinda is a graduate of the Kroc Institute's undergraduate program, having completed her BA in psychology and peace studies.