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Thinking about Peace Research in 21st Century Latin America

News - April 2013

Special issue of Peace, Conflict & Development at University of Bradford released

With the end of military dictatorships in the Southern Cone and the signing of peace accords that followed the civil wars in Central America, most violent conflicts in Latin America have been considered to belong to the past. Consequently, the region has been overlooked by peace researchers.

World military spending falls, but China, Russia’s spending rises

News - April 2013

New SIPRI data on military expenditure

According to figures released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on 15 April 2013, the Global Day of Action on Military Spending, world military expenditure totalled $1.75 trillion in 2012, a fall of 0.5 per cent in real terms since 2011.

Civilian Peacebuilding Course 2013/14

News - April 2013

Certifcate of Advanced Studies offered by swisspeace and University of Basel. Applications close 31 May

In 25 days spread over one year, the course explores the state of the art in selected peacebuilding fields and reflects critically on peacebuilding practices.

Right to Peace

News - April 2013

UN Human Rights Council Working Group seeks to codify right to peace

The first session of the Open-ended Working Group took place from 18 to 21 February 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland. In her opening speech, Chairperson of the Group Mona Zuficar said that "despite differences, there is growing consensus that the right to peace we are seeking to codify, does not only include negative peace (absence of direct physical violence and war) but also positive peace which addrsses the conditions for just and sustainable peace and enables building an environment conducive to social justice, respectful of human dignity and protective of all human rights" (source)

2 PhD scholarships

News - April 2013

CfA: Centre for Resolution of International Conflicts at University of Copenhagen

Applications are invited for two PhD scholarships at the Centre for Resolution of International Conflicts (CRIC), Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen; one of these is based at the Department of Political Science at Aalborg University (in Copenhagen). Employment is to begin 1 August 2013 or as negotiated.

Peacebuilding in small spaces. Too little or enough?

News - March 2013

New issue of 'New Routes - A journal of peace research and action' on civil society and the concept of ‘peacebuilding in small spaces’

The opening article reflects on the relations between governments and civil society, especially in peacbuilding. In another article, Roger W. Foster and Jayne S. Docherty, Eastern Mennonite University, point to situations when ‘smallness’ in itself is an advantage. James A. Paul, Global Policy Forum, and Henning Melber, Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, in their respective articles, picture the UN’s and governments’ attitude towards civil society.

Sweden

Ph.D. Fellowship Competition

News - February 2013

Call for Applications for Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS)

Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) invites applications to its Ph.D. program. The program will commence on September 1st, 2013. Successful applicants for our Ph.D. fellowships will pursue a topic in one of BIGSSS' three Thematic Fields.

MA Peace and Conflict Studies (Kent, Marburg)

News - February 2013

Call for applications to double university degree. Deadline for applications: end of June 2013

The University of Kent and University of Marburg are now accepting applications for the international double degree programme Peace and Conflict Studies for the 2013-2014 year. This international double award is jointly offered by the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent and the Centre for Conflict Studies at the University of Marburg. Upon successful completion of the programme students will be awarded an MA degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from Kent University and an MA degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Marburg.

CfP: Hybrid (Post-)Conflict Configurations: The Interplay Between the Local, the National and the International Level

News - January 2013

Panel at 7th ECPR General Conference in Bordeaux. Deadline for submissions: 1 February 2013

Continuity and discontinuity characterise a (post-)conflict environment. Certain aspects of pre-war configurations persist throughout an armed conflict, others change drastically. In most cases, however, not least due to the intervention of external actors, the (post-)conflict configuration presents an opportunity for local and national actors to (re-)position themselves.

Memories Without Borders

News - January 2013

Turkish-Armenian-Azerbaijani documentary online

Memories Without Borders is a unique Turkish-Armenian-Azerbaijani 54-minute documentary, looking at the impacts of troubled histories on individual lives today. At the meeting point between official history and personal lives Memories Without Borders challenges audiences to ask: what do we choose to remember about others, and what do others choose to remember about us?