Roddy Brett is Coordinator of the M.Litt in Peace and Conflict Studies, Lecturer with the School of International Relations and a member of the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence and the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of St. Andrews. He was awarded his Ph.D. at the University of London in 2002, and subsequently lived for twelve years in Latin America, principally in Guatemala and Colombia, working as a scholar-practitioner. His fields of research include conflict and peace studies, transitional justice, political violence, genocide studies and indigenous rights. He has been Advisor to the United Nations Development Programme in both Colombia and Guatemala, and to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Guatemala. Dr. Brett also worked with the Centre for Human Rights Legal Action in Guatemala, as a member of the original team that prepared the evidence for and political strategy of the legal case filed against three former presidents of Guatemala and their military high commands of the 1980s for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. This led to the conviction by a Guatemalan court of former dictator General Efraín Ríos Montt in May 2013. He has published a total of eight books, including four monographs and three co-edited volumes, as well as articles on these themes. His latest book, The Origins and Dynamics of Genocide: Political Violence in Guatemala, was published by Palgrave Mac Millan in 2016.