Osman Mohamed Osman Ali is assistant professor at the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Faculty of Economic and Social Studies, University of Khartoum. He has been teaching many academic courses at both under- and post-graduate levels at different academic institutions within and without Sudan on sociological and anthropological theories, methods of social research, community development, systems of belief, rural communities, Islamic and Middle Eastern societies, peace and conflict studies, social problems, and other issues. He also facilitated a considerable number of short training courses on issues like: scientific research methods, research proposal writing, research report writing, leadership, conflict transformation and peace-building, trust and trust building, and public service capacity development. He supervised and examined many under- and post-graduate dissertations/ theses. These were in addition to a considerable two-decade research experience via the involvement in a number of feasibility studies and research projects and surveys on various topics, such as: Islam and systems of belief in Sudan, use of wild foods in famine-hit areas in Darfur, transformations in the agro-pastoral structures and activities in Tokar Area of Eastern Sudan, conflict survey and mapping analysis in Sudan, girls’ education in Sudan, faith-based peace-building in Sudan, role of religion and custom in conflict and peace in Darfur, Shari‛a debates and their perception by Christians and Muslims in selected African countries, and most recently roadside and travel communities in Africa (Sudan and Ghana). Moreover, Osman participated with papers related to most of the above-mentioned research topics at about 20 international conferences. Osman’s CV Also shows about 20 recently published pieces of academic work.