In 2011, Sally Carlton completed a PhD in French History at the University of Western Australia (UWA). She spent 2011-2012 working as a Research Fellow at the Nepal Institute for Policy Studies (NIPS) on issues of human security, democratization, and peacebuilding. She has since moved to Christchurch, New Zealand, where she is working at the Canterbury Refugee Council and conducting her own research into the city’s post-earthquake urban regeneration and human rights situation. She is an Associate of the Peace and Collaborative Development Network and member of many research and international affairs committees.