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About & biographyA life given to understanding between people.
Scholar, author, speaker and peacebuilder. His career arc spans four decades in track-II diplomacy, interfaith dialogue, academic publishing and civic engagement.
Mediator, editor, teacher and civic voice.
Dr. Kaufmann has worked in international relations and peace mediation for 42 years: negotiations during the Gulf War, conflict zones in Israel and Palestine and in India and Kashmir, refugee camps in Croatia, the Eritrea–Ethiopia border, and revolutionary centers of the southern Philippines and Sri Lanka.
He completed his doctoral studies at Vanderbilt University, is widely published, and serves on the boards of several international peace organizations. He is editor in chief of New World Encyclopedia and president of The Settlement Project, Twelve Gates Foundation, the Professors World Peace Academy and the Values in Knowledge Foundation.
Five decades of building bridges
Select any era to open the milestones.
Honors & distinctions
Visionary of Peace Award
Presented by the Interfaith Roundtable of Ireland.
Of 650 journals
Dialogue and Alliance, under his editorship, was ranked by an independent panel commissioned by the American Theological Library Association.
Honorary degree & ordination
Commencement address and honors from All Faiths Seminary International, New York.
