Velma Saric
Researcher, Journalist, and Human Rights Defender in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Founder and President of The Post-Conflict Research Center (PCRC); Sarajevo Project Manager of the WARM Foundation; Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Balkan Diskurs; Global Ambassadors mentee for 2016.
Previous work experience include working with the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), Transitions Online, Institute for Research of Crimes Against Humanity and International Law in Sarajevo, International Association for Genocide Studies, and GlobalPost (GroundTruth reporting fellowship).
In May 2012, together with Leslie Woodward, Velma founded the Post-Conflict Research Centre (PCRC) in Sarajevo. PCRC’s mission is to cultivate an environment for sustainable peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the greater Balkans region using creative multimedia projects that foster tolerance, moral courage, mutual understanding, and positive change.