Owen is a Quaker Peace & Social Witness Peaceworker placed at ForcesWatch and War Resisters' International. His focus since September has been on the way the military engages with young people. He has just finished editing and producing WRI's latest book - 'Sowing Seeds: The Militarisation of Youth and How to Counter It' - and is writing a ForcesWatch report on the presence and influence of the UK military in UK universities.