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Mission Statement
The Peace Research Foundation is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated
to the creation, application, and general dissemination of a body of knowledge
concerning the subject of peace, through the recognition of peace studies as a
multidisciplinary concern within the international academic community.
In addressing the subject of peace, the Peace Research Foundation considers a
wide array of issues that contribute to a worldwide understanding of peace. The
Peace Research Foundation undertakes these considerations without advocating any
political, religious, or nationalistic position related to peace.
To that end, the Peace Research Foundation solicits and distributes funds to
promote research, study, and teaching related to peace; facilitates contacts,
cooperation, and coordination among researchers, educators, and scholars on the
subject of peace; encourages worldwide dissemination of results of peace
research; supports and coordinates dialogue among educators, historians, social
scientists, public officials, and policy makers; publishes and distributes
materials for study of peace in educational institutions around the world.
Through its activities, the Peace Research Foundation will enable researchers,
teachers and scholars to improve their understanding of peace through
multidisciplinary studies. Among the activities to which the Peace Research
Foundation will apply its financial and intellectual resources are:
- Develop and maintain a resource base for Peace Studies to be included on
the Internet.
- Creation, planning, and management of conferences and symposia on subjects
related to peace research and peace studies.
- Granting of scholarships and fellowships for the study of peace at the
graduate level.
- Creation and operation of a Speakers Bureau of peace scholars.
- Development and maintenance of a resources base for peace studies through
the creation of a Peace Archives.
- Development of interdisciplinary classroom resource and learning materials
for K-12 teachers/students and undergraduate college students to incorporate
peace studies across the curriculum.
- Provision of K-12 teacher education opportunities through development of
and/or financial support for workshops, in-service programs, conferences,
and graduate-level course work.
- Dissemination of books, videos, computer programs, films and other media
on the subject of peace to a variety of schools, libraries and individuals.
- Use of information and communication technologies, including computers,
television and radio, and other media, to provide global, interactive
opportunities for coverage of peace related events, long distance education,
scholarly discourse and teleconferences.
- Establishment of endowed research and teaching chairs of Peace Studies at
public and private educational institutions that demonstrate a commitment to
expanding the body of knowledge on peace studies by encouraging research,
publication, and teaching of issues associated with peace.
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