Prof Dr. Dr. hc mult Johan Galtung, wobadwa mu 1930 ku Oslo, adayambitsa Peace Studies monga maphunziro a maphunziro mu 1958. Iye wasindikiza mabuku 143 omasuliridwa m'zinenero za 34, zolemba zoposa 1,500 zokhudzana ndi mtendere ndi zokhudzana nazo, ndikuyimira pakati pa 100. mikangano padziko lonse lapansi. Anayambitsa TRANSCEND-A Network for Peace, Development and Environment (www.transcend.org) mu 1993 ndipo anali rector woyamba wa TRANSCEND Peace University. Amalemba mkonzi wa mlungu uliwonse wa TRANSCEND Media Service (www.transcend.org/tms). Mabuku ake aposachedwa akupezeka ku TRANSCEND University Press (www.transcend.org/tup). Akhoza kupezedwa kudzera mwa wothandizira wake, Antonio C. S. Rosa ([imelo ndiotetezedwa]).