Besart Lumi works as a Western Balkans Programme Advisor at PeaceNexus (PN) Foundation.  Besart supports PN’ civil society organisations on Organisational Development and Conflict Sensitivity, while also partially supports the Foundation’s South East Asia team on transitional justice themes.  Besart is a researcher, human rights and transitional justice activist. For over a decade, he has had extensive experience working and serving in governance bodies of civil society organizations in Kosova. He has managed peacebuilding and human rights programmes in Kosova and the region and for some time also worked in public institutions.

Besart holds an MA in Conflict Resolution from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver and a BA in Political Sciences from the University of Prishtina.