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Srdja Popovic is the Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Applied Nonviolent Actions and Strategies (CANVAS), located in Belgrade, Serbia.

Recognized as one of the world's leading voices for the creative use of nonviolent activism for social change, Popovic was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2012 and listed in 2011 as a "Top 100 Global Thinkers" by Foreign Policy Magazine. In 2014 the World Economic Forum in Davos named him a "Young Global Leader."

In 1998, Popovic founded the student movement “Otpor!” (“Resistance!”) which played a crucial role in ousting former Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic. After Milosevic was defeated in 2000, Popovic served in the Serbian Parliament from 2000-2004.

Popovic then went on to found CANVAS, where he serves as its executive director. CANVAS was created with the intent of teaching people all over the world how to be successful in nonviolent conflict. The organization has worked with activists from 46 different countries, spreading the knowledge of the nonviolent strategies and tactics used by Otpor! worldwide.

Popovic is the author of Blueprint for Revolution and co-author, with Sophia McClennen, of Pranksters vs Autocrats: Why Dilemma Actions Advance Nonviolent Activism. In 2020, he received the Brown Medal for Democracy from Penn State's McCourtney Institute. His latest collaborative research on the efficacy of creative tactics appeared in The Journal of Democracy.