Mary Lilian Akhere Ehidiamhen is presently a doctoral researcher and assistant at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. She majors in Theological Ethics with specific interest in Social and Peace Ethics, Personalistic Ethics, Contextual theology, (African) Theology of Liberation and Transformation, Religion and Social Transformation. Her academic orientation involves paying attention to the experiences of human beings and their frame of reference (context) and its relationship to their belief system. This is realized through paying attention to people’s needs and bringing them into dialogue with academics in an interdisciplinary manner. Mary Lilian is interested in contributing to the realization of SDG 4 and 16 goals of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Thus her research focuses on how Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication can contribute to peacebuilding and peace education in Nigeria and African social context in order to promote life enriching education, social justice, peace and strong institutions.
