Johannes John-Langba, PhD, MPH, is an associate professor of social work and the academic leader of Research and Higher Degrees in the School of Applied Human Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in Durban, South Africa. A recipient of the SSRC’s Africa Peacebuilding Network (APN) Individual Research Grant (IRG) in 2015, his current research focuses on mental health, migration and health, health systems strengthening, sexual violence and exploitation, social policy and development, and the intersections of public health, peace, and security.