Francis Onditi is Associate Professor of Conflictology and Dean, School of International Relations and Diplomacy, Riara University, Kenya. He was recently enlisted as a distinguished research author and professor of research at the Institute for Intelligent Systems (IIS), University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He is the 2019 recipient of the AISA Fellowship awarded by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), South Africa. Prof. Onditi is a widely published pan-African researcher specializing in the geography of African conflict and evolutionary nature of conflict. He has published more than 70 articles in peer reviewed journals, contributed 20 chapters to edited volumes, and authored/co-edited 6 university level books. His epistemic research affiliation is conflictology specialising in the geography of conflict, institutional evolution theory , regional integration, and civil-military relations. Prof. Onditi’s main contribution is in modelling, thinking uncharted models, and development of theoretical frameworks and concepts, including, most recently, the ‘dominatarian theory of regional integration’, and ‘Technology for Peaceful Society’ (T4PS).