Tim Epple

Tim Epple is a trained peace mediator working at the intersection of conflict resolution research and practice. Tim advises conflict parties and mediators on peace process design, security sector reform, and climate change issues. He has previously supported mediation efforts and analysis in Lebanon, Myanmar, South Sudan, and Sudan.

Tim’s research on peace mediation and climate, peace and security has been published by Environment and Security, the British Academy, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, and the Center for International Peace Operations, among others. His research has informed the work of the United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Berghof Foundation, and the European Institute of Peace.

Next to his doctoral research and mediation advisory work, Tim is a Senior Advisor to the Scottish Peace Platform which he helped set up in 2025. Since 2016, he has been a Steering Committee Member of the Oxford Network of Peace Studies.

From 2022 to 2026, Tim was Managing Director and Co-Investigator of the Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform (PeaceRep) at Edinburgh Law School. Prior to PeaceRep, Tim worked with the United Nations at headquarters in New York, US and in Juba, South Sudan; the Political Settlements Research Programme at Edinburgh Law School; the University of Oxford’s Centre for Socio-Legal Studies; the Global Public Policy Institute; and the private sector.

Tim holds an MSc (Distinction) in African Studies from the University of Oxford and he is a co-recipient of the Mary Somerville Medal, Royal Society of Edinburgh.