Philip Snyder

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Philip Snyder
Philip Snyder
Title Fulbright Scholar
Visiting Scientist
Key Project(s) Cyprus Conflict Resolution Trainers Group
CYBER KIDS
Future Worlds Center Evolution
Degree(s) PhD in Anthropology with Specialization in the study of place
University(ies) Cornell University
Specialization(s) Conflict Resolution
Environment and Sustainability
Organizational and Program development



Dr. Philip Snyder was a Fulbright Scholar in Cyprus who between 1997-1998 implemented a number of conflict resolution workshops in Cyprus and supported peace builders in their early efforts to formalize a peace building organization. He collaborated with the Technology for Peace project of the Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute. After his scholarship run out, he was hired by CYBER KIDS as Head of the CYBER KIDS Internationalization Unit. Ever since he left Cyprus in 2000, he continues to visit every few years to see old friends and to support Future Worlds Center in its strategic challenges.


Dr. Snyder is currently a Senior Research Associate and Consultant as well as a member of the N.E.T.S Board of Trustees.

Short Bio

Philip has a doctorate from Cornell University in anthropology and a specialization in the study of place. He served as executive director of several complex NGOs for more than twenty-three years, including a large, multifaceted center at Cornell University (the Center for Religion, Ethics and Social Policy), a regional land conservancy (Finger Lakes Land Trust), and the International Office of the Global Ecovillage Network based in Denmark (www.ecovillage.org). He was awarded a Senior Fulbright Fellowship for the year of 1997 to coordinate the citizen conflict resolution program of the Fulbright Commission, working with Turkish and Greek communities in the divided island of Cyprus. A key contribution Dr. Snyder made was a series of workshops about sustainability and the environment with activists from both sides of the Green Line. Philip combines a background in all facets of organizational and program development together with ongoing research and consulting work in sustainable development, environmental regeneration, and the human relationship with landscape. He is currently a Fellow with the Dorothy Cotton Institute, Building Global Community for Civil and Human Rights Leadership.

Doctorate from Cornell University in Anthropology.


Former executive director for over 23 years on several large complex NGOs, also taught as an adjunct professor for 18 years.


Senior Fulbright Scholar coordinating the Cyprus Fulbright Commission conflict resolution program (1997); also worked the next year in the international program of CYBERKids.


Consultant in sustainable development, ecological land use and organizational development. Currently a Fellow of the Dorothy Cotton Institute, Building Global Community for Civil and Human Rights Leadership