Dr. Lindner has a dual education as a Medical Doctor and a Psychologist, with a Ph.D. in Medicine (Dr. med.) from the University in Hamburg in Germany, and a Ph.D. in Psychology (Dr. psychol.) from the Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo in Norway. She is the founding president of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies (HumanDHS,), a global transdisciplinary fellowship of concerned academics and practitioners who wish to promote dignity and transcend humiliation around the world. She is also co-founder of the World Dignity University initiative, including Dignity Press and World Dignity University Press. She came to the MD-ICCCR in 2001, and was privileged to receive Morton Deutsch’s support from then on. Morton Deutsch wrote the Foreword for two of Lindner’s books and is the honorary convener of the annual Workshop on Transforming Humiliation and Violent Conflict since 2003. Due to the invaluable support of the MD-ICCCR, this workshop has emerged as a globally acknowledged landmark event. Lindner lives and teaches globally, and has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2015 and 2016. Her first book Making Enemies: Humiliation and International Conflict was honored as “Outstanding Academic Title” by the journal Choice in 2007. Desmond Tutu wrote the Foreword for her third book Gender, Humiliation, and Global Security. Her fourth book A Dignity Economy was published in 2012. Her fifth, Honor, Humiliation and Terror, is forthcoming. A full list of Evelin’s publications is available on the Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies website.From Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies:
Please be invited to share the honor! We warmly congratulate Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos for receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016 for his crucially important work, and the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet for receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 2015!
At the same time, we are still very thankful that also our global dignity work was nominated for the 2015, the 2016, and the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. We were nominated by a group of people who, out of appreciation for the prize, wishes to refresh awareness of its roots. We are celebrating all of the 25 remarkable individuals and groups (2015, 2016, 2017) who were nominated as candidates whose work is regarded to be in particular resonance with the will of Alfred Nobel and his inspirer Bertha von Suttner (see her 1889 book, Die Waffen nieder! or Lay Down Your Arms!). Nobel's intention was "that his prize should benefit the 'champions of peace,' he meant the movement and the persons who work for a demilitarized world, for law to replace power in international politics, and for all nations to commit to cooperating on the elimination of all weapons instead of competing for military superiority."
We are delighted that included in the list of 25, as representative of our Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies network, was Evelin Lindner, our Founding President. Her nomination is an affirmation of our global dignity work and her forty years of service and action to bring peace and dignity into the lives of all people, characterized by compassion, equal dignity, diversity, humility, and mutually beneficial collaboration. You can see her nomination for 2015 (nobelwill.org or here), 2016 (nobelwill.org or here), and 2017 (nobelwill.org or here)
Please know that Evelin's nomination for the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize is your nomination! As you know, our dignity work is based on the African Ubuntu philosophy of "I am because of you!" and YOUR dignity work is crucial for bringing more dignity into this world! This nomination has been an encouragement for us all.