Peter Uvin (born 1962) is a Belgian-born American political scientist. He is a professor of Government at

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. He was the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty. He resigned that position on 28 August 2020. He is the author of four books, including ''Aiding Violence: The Development Enterprise in Rwanda'', which won the

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of the

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in 1999.

Education and career

Uvin earned a licentiate in diplomatic science from the

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in 1984, and a second licentiate in political science from the same university in 1985. After studying at the

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, he earned a PhD in political science at the

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in 1991. After several visiting positions he joined

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as Joukowsky Family Assistant Professor in 1994. Uvin became Henry Leir Professor in Humanitarian Studies at

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in 2000, and academic dean of the

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at Tufts from 2007 to 2013. He was a

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in 2006. In 2013 he was hired by

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as its first provost. He moved again to Claremont McKenna in 2015.

Books

Uvin is the author of: *''The International Organization of Hunger'' (Kegen Paul International, 1994) *''Aiding Violence: The Development Enterprise in Rwanda'' (

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, 1998) *''Human Rights and Development'' (

, 2004) *''Life After Violence: A People's Story of Burundi'' (Zed Books, 2013)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Uvin, Peter Living people Belgian emigrants to the United States Ghent University alumni University of Geneva alumni Claremont McKenna College faculty Belgian political scientists American university and college faculty deans Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies alumni 1962 births Historians of Rwanda Historians of Burundi Belgian Africanists American Africanists ASA Best Book Prize winners 21st-century American political scientists 20th-century American political scientists