Dr. Komey is a Sudanese scholar, civil activist, and consultant with focus on peace, conflict resolution, and state-society relations. He is an Associate Professor, at College of Humanities and Center for Peace and Development Studies, Universities of Juba and Bahri. Komey holds BA and PhD from the University of Khartoum; and MA from the International University of Japan in 1991. Komey was senior research fellow at Institute of Social Anthropology and the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Germany (2005 -2012); and visiting professor at the University of San Francisco in 2013. Komey served as Peace Advisor at the Office of the Prime Minister Dr. Abdalla Hamdok (2020 - 2021). Currently, Komey works with The Carter Center as Deputy, Senior Country Representative, and Head of Peace Programs Office in Sudan.