Michael Olufemi Sodipo works as a Project Coordinator for the Peace Initiative Network (PIN), a Nigerian peacebuilding organisation that since 2004 has been conducting a range of peace education, advocacy, and training activities in schools and through extracurricular programmes in several northern Nigerian states. He has spoken widely on the role of civil society organisations in promoting peace among diverse youth populations, including at conferences in Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Jordan, and the United States. Michael has also travelled with graduates of PIN programmes, including to a youth parliamentary debate in the UK House of Commons.