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Peace Research Foundation
Applied Conflict Transformation Studies Programme (ACTS) | Report Error | | Geographical Location: Global | | Degrees Offered: Masters Degree in Conflict Transformation | | Description: ACTS is a world-wide programme offering a part time Masters course in Conflict Transformation. The ACTS course combines theory, practice and action-research, and will both complement and challenge existing academic graduate courses on governance, rights, conflict and peace. Each two-year course includes practical study, advanced conflict intervention skills, analysis and strategy development, plus specialised action-research into areas of peacebuilding and conflict transformation which relate to participants" work. | | http://www.globalacts.org/ | Date Added: 10/16/2005 |
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| Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security (ACDIS), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Report Error | | Geographical Location: Champaign, Illinois | | Degrees Offered: N/A | | Description: 'The Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security (ACDIS) is an interdisciplinary, research, teaching, and public service program at the University of Illinois. Established in 1978, the program's primary areas of focus are: energy uses of technology and security; South Asia; democratization in Russia and Eastern Europe; globalization; human rights; and military history. ACDIS is a unit of International Programs and Studies and receives funding from the State of Illinois, private foundations, and federal government agencies. ACDIS maintains a research library, organizes seminars, workshops, and conferences, and produces and distributes a variety of publications featuring faculty and student research. It participates in the U.S. Air Force National Defense Fellow program, hosting an officer for a year of advanced research and training.' | | http://www.acdis.uiuc.edu/ | Date Added: 12/6/2003 |
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| Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary | Report Error | | Geographical Location: Elkhart, Indiana, USA | | Degrees Offered: Master of Arts in Peace Studies | | Description: 'The purpose of the Master of Arts in Peace Studies (MAPS) program is to provide the environment for a deepening understanding of and commitment to the biblical vision of peace and justice and its embodiment in the world. The program is grounded in the assumption that Christ calls us to become part of a new community whose mission is to participate in God's reconciling work throughout the world. While not designed for a specific profession, the MAPS program prepares students for peace and justice ministries from congregational to worldwide levels.' | | http://www.ambs.edu/php/academi | Date Added: 11/30/2003 |
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| Canadian Forces Peace Support Training Centre | Report Error | | Geographical Location: Ontario, Canada | | Degrees Offered: N/A | | Description: 'To keep pace with the ever-changing training requirements of peace support operations (PSO), the Peace Support Training Centre was stood up in July 1996 at McNaughton Barracks, CFB Kingston, Ontario. Mandated by the Deputy Chief of Defence Staff, our role is the preparation of Canadian Forces personnel for deployment anywhere in the world for any peace support operation. We do this through the conduct of courses, the provision of training assistance, and the development of PSO related material.' | | http://armyapp.dnd.ca/pstc-cfsp | Date Added: 12/6/2003 |
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| Center for Applied Conflict Management (CACM), Kent State University | Report Error | | Geographical Location: Kent, Ohio, USA | | Degrees Offered: Bachelor in Applied Conflict Management | | Description: 'The Center for Applied Conflict Management (CACM) developed one of the earliest conflict resolution undergraduate degree programs in the United States, and has contributed to the development of the dynamic and rapidly growing fields of conflict resolution and peace studies. The mission of the Center for Applied Conflict Management is to conduct research, develop theory, and offer education, training, and public service in the field of conflict resolution. As an applied center, the Center's research, teaching, and public service activities are integrally connected. The public service projects provide a setting for research data collection, theory building, and testing. In turn, the knowledge and experience gleaned through research and service inform the teaching component of the Center. In addition to offering an undergraduate major and minor in Applied Conflict Management, the Center offers occasional continuing education seminars for professionals in law, education, and human services.' | | http://dept.kent.edu/cacm/ | Date Added: 11/27/2003 |
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| Center for Nonviolence, St. Bonaventure University | Report Error | | Geographical Location: St. Bonaventure, New York, USA | | Degrees Offered: Minor | | Description: 'The Center for Nonviolence offers a unique academic program that emphasizes nonviolence as both a technique and a way of life. The core of the program is an education in the philosophy of nonviolence as conceived by such people as Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. But the program also allows students to explore in theory and in practice such pragmatic nonviolent techniques as mediation, arbitration, vegetarianism, nonviolent political action, international relations, and social action.
Students may participate in the Center in several ways: by taking individual course offerings through the Center; by participating as volunteers in any programs sponsored by the Center; by pursuing a secondary concentration (a minor) in nonviolence through the Center's course offerings; or by designing an inter-departmental major with a focus on nonviolence, utilizing the courses offered through the center.' | | http://web.sbu.edu/nonviolence/ | Date Added: 12/6/2003 |
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| Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Wayne State University | Report Error | | Geographical Location: Detroit, Michigan | | Degrees Offered: Master of Arts in Dispute Resolution | | Description: 'The Center for Peace and Conflict Studies was established at Wayne State University in 1965 to sponsor programs, activities, and publications in areas of scholarship related to peace, war, social justice, arms control, global issues, and conflict resolution. The Center enjoys a national reputation as a principal innovator in the field of dispute resolution studies and research.' | | http://www.pcs.wayne.edu/ | Date Added: 10/12/2003 |
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| Center for Peace and Development Studies, College of Humanities, University of Limerick | Report Error | | Geographical Location: Limerick, Ireland | | Degrees Offered: MA in Peace and Development Studies | | Description: 'The Masters Degree is a one-year, full-time programme offered by the College of Humanities. A prime responsibility of the course is to provide individuals with expertise in peacebuilding and development issues and to provide objective, informed and committed personnel to contribute effectively in these areas at a professional level. A Centre for Peace and Development Studies supports postgraduate teaching and research activities in peace and development studies.' | | http://www.humanities.ul.ie/sub | Date Added: 10/12/2003 |
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Half of World's Refugees are Children
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