Melanie Flowers, M.A. in Political Science/International Relations and New English Literature, Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen, Germany, and faculty member of the Flowers School of Technology and Management, researches in conflict resolution, international institutions and migration. Melanie and her husband Michael live in the South of Germany. Her pastimes include swimming, reading novels of the 18th and 19th centuries and spending time with family and friends.