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Peace Research Foundation
| Institute for Justice and Peacebuilding (IJP) | Report Error | | Geographical Location: | | Description: 'The Institute for Justice and Peacebuilding (IJP) is the applied and research arm of the Conflict Transformation Program. The mission of the Institute is to foster the construction of justice and peace through the empowerment and mobilization of people, institutions, and resources in context, and to promote the transformation of unjust structures and relationships through integrative and culturally appropriate approaches to practice and learning.'
| | http://www.emu.edu/ctp/ijp.html | Date Added: 8/7/2003 |
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| Institute for Peace Research and Security Studies | Report Error | | Geographical Location: Hamburg, Germany | | Description: The Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH), established in 1971, is a non-profit-making foundation funded by the city of Hamburg with the aim of promoting balanced and innovative academic research, training, and teaching and publishing its research results.
Central Research Interests include: Common European Foreign and Security Policy (CEFSP)/Common European Security and Defence Policy (CESDP), Arms Control and Disarmament, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
| | http://www.ifsh.de | Date Added: 5/6/2004 |
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| Institute for Peace Science Hiroshima University (IPSHU) | Report Error | | Geographical Location: Japan | | Description: 'The Institute for Peace Science Hiroshima University (IPSHU) was established on 8 July 1975 as an intramural university-wide facility for the collection of data and research into peace science. At that time the Institute for Peace Science was the first academic research body of its kind in Japan, and still remains today the only peace research institute among Japan's national universities. In order to realize its objectives of data collection and research into peace science, the Institute for Peace Science has placed emphasis upon the following three activities: (1) the promotion of national and international cooperation between researchers and research institutions relating to peace science, (2) the accumulation and processing of data relating to peace science, and (3) the dissemination of information and research output relating to peace science.' | | http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/h | Date Added: 9/21/2003 |
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| International Boundaries Research Unit | Report Error | | Geographical Location: Durham, United Kingdom | | Description: 'IBRU works to enhance the resources available for the peaceful resolution of problems associated with international boundaries on land and at sea, including their delimitation, demarcation and management. Since its foundation in 1989 IBRU has built up an international reputation as a leading source of information and expertise on boundary and territorial issues around the world.' | | http://www-ibru.dur.ac.uk/ | Date Added: 12/15/2003 |
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| International Conflict Resolution Centre, University of Melbourne | Report Error | | Geographical Location: Melbourne, Australia | | Description: 'The International Conflict Resolution Centre is a thriving interdisciplinary learning community committed to the development of cultures of peace. The aim of the Centre is to research, teach, and disseminate information about the theory and practice of non-violent conflict resolution, with a particular focus on cultural aspects of conflict resolution strategies in Australia and the Asia Pacific Region. This involves interdisciplinary research on alternative dispute resolution strategies such as negotiation and mediation at the international, national, community, and individual levels. Additionally, the Centre provides practical training for professionals who need to expand their conflict resolution skills. An objective of the Centre is to establish and foster links with scholars and practitioners in comparable fields in other countries.' | | http://www.psych.unimelb.edu.au | Date Added: 12/15/2003 |
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| International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) | Report Error | | Geographical Location: London, United Kingdom | | Description: 'Since it was founded in 1958, the IISS has been devoted to the study of the problems of conflict, however caused, that have, or potentially have, an important military content. To this end, the Institute’s research programme has been concerned not just with the military aspects of security but also with the social and economic sources of conflict, as well as the political and moral implications of the use and existence of armed force. The Institute’s current research activities fall broadly into six categories: Conceptual Issues; Strategic Implications of the ‘new terrorism’; Defence Policy, Arms Control and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD); Conflict Resolution, Peace Operations and Humanitarian Intervention; Science, Information Technology and International Security; and
Regional Security Studies.'
| | http://www.iiss.org/aboutiiss.p | Date Added: 10/13/2003 |
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| International Peace Research Association | Report Error | | Geographical Location: Belgium | | Description: "The purpose of IPRA is to advance inter and transdisciplinary research into the conditions of sustainable peace and the causes of war and other forms of violence. IPRA encourages worldwide cooperation designed to assist the advancement of peace research and, in particular: to promote national and international studies and teaching related to the pursuit of world peace; to facilitate contacts and cooperation between scholars, educators and practitioners throughout the world; and to encourage worldwide dissemination of results of peace research." | | http://soc.kuleuven.be/pol/ipra | Date Added: 5/6/2005 |
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| International Peace Research Institute, PRIO | Report Error | | Geographical Location: Oslo, Norway | | Description: ''PRIO was founded in 1959 and became a fully independent institute in 1966. It was one of the first centres of peace research in the world, and is Norway’s only peace research centre. Its foundation and early influence were instrumental in projecting the idea of peace research.''
| | http://www.prio.no | Date Added: 8/8/2003 |
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| International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) | Report Error | | Geographical Location: Herzlia, Israel | | Description: 'The International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) was established in 1996 at the academic Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya (IDC) in Israel. ICT is unique in that it focuses solely on the subject of counter-terrorism. All of its efforts and resources are dedicated to approaching the issue of terrorism globally - that is, as a strategic problem that faces not only Israel but other countries as well.' | | http://www.ict.org.il/ | Date Added: 12/15/2003 |
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