Dane supports Reboot’s programmatic work across a range of domestic and international projects.

Dane comes to Reboot off the heels of several unique international research stints. In South Africa and Mozambique, he explored local martial arts communities through fighters in training. As a Thomas J. Watson fellow in China, he conducted an ethnographic study of Chinese graffiti culture, which he is currently adapting into a book.

Dane has contributed significant research to the study of conflict. He worked at the International Campaign to Ban Landmines where he helped oversee the production of the Landmine Monitor and Cluster Munition Monitor annual reports. He also developed a database of landmine use by armed non-state actors. He holds a Masters of Research in War Studies from King’s College London, with a focus on Comparative Civil War. His dissertation unearthed new findings on the use of landmines by non-state actors in civil conflicts.

Dane speaks conversational French and still remembers the words for “spray paint” and “punch the log again” in Mandarin. They are 喷涂鸦 (pen tuya) and 再打木 (zai da mu), for the record.