American University
Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies
Carrie Trybulec, Coordinator
School of International Service
Washington, DC 20016-8071
Phone: 202-885-1622
Fax: 202-885-2494
E-mail: peace@american.edu

SIS offers an M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies as well as a concentration in International Politics. Focuses include: the theoretical study of organized violence, conditions for peace, and alternatives approaches to resolving conflict; hands-on skills training; the role of culture and cross-cultural communication in building cooperative global relationships. A course of study may be pursued through existing fields in SIS, or may be designed individually with any number of specialized emphases.


Antioch University
Peace Studies Concentration
Patricia Mische, Chair, Peace Studies Program
795 Livermore St.
Yellow Springs, OH 45387
Phone: 513-767-6321

A Master's Degree in Peace Studies can be designed by students in conjunction with a faculty committee. Possible areas of study are peace education, economic equality and peaceful societies, and the comparative global study of peace organizations.


Antioch University
Katherine Hale, Chair
M.A. Program in Conflict Resolution
McGregor School of Antioch University
800 Livermore Street
Yellow Springs, OH 45387
Phone: 513-767-6325

The program is a limited-residency, independent-learning approach to graduate education in conflict resolution focusing on both the theoretical dimensions and practical applications of conflict resolution. Through core sessions, individually-designed learning, practica, and a thesis, the program works to integrate these two components in a dynamic forum for applied learning.


Antioch University
M.A. Program in Environment and Community
McGregor School of Antioch University
800 Livermore Street
Yellow Springs, OH 45387
Phone: 513-767-6325

This is a limited-residency program, designed specifically for those who cannot or would prefer not to leave their jobs in order to pursue graduate study. The program provides a strong interdisciplinary framework for understanding and working constructively with the social, institutional, and economic structures that underlie environmental issues and problems. Students also develop skill in conflict resolution and other social-change processes.



Arcadia University
Peace Operations: Summer Institute: Critical Perspectives

Offered in conjunction with the Pearson Peacekeeping Center, the Royal Military College, and Arcadia University, this program focuses on developing problem solving skills and intellectual responses required by those involved in complex peacekeeping operations. The course is for graduate students, participants and managers of peace operations.

Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary
Ted Koontz
Peace Studies Program
3003 Benham Avenue
Elkhart, IN 46517
Phone: 219-295-3726
Fax: 219-295-0092

AMBS offers a two-year Master's Degree in Peace Studies which integrates biblical, church-historical, and theological studies with the contemporary Peace Studies field. The program includes social science perspectives on problems of war and peace, development of skills in conflict management, and field experience in peace and justice activities.


Australian National University
Research School for Pacific Studies
Ramesh Thakur or Andrew Mack
GPO Box 4
Canberra, ACT 2601 AUSTRALIA
Email: peace@coombs.anu.edu.au

An informal focus on peace issues can be arranged under the auspices of the Master and Diploma programs in Strategic Studies, which offer a basic strategic studies and defense analysis curriculum with primary emphasis on Pacific regional affairs. ANU's Peace Research Centre sponsors a busy lecture and visiting scholar programs in peace research, and publishes an international peace research newsletter.


Bancaja International Center for Peace and Development
Peace and Development Studies
Centro Internacional Bancaja para la Paz y el Desarrollo
C/Enmedio 82
12001 Castellsn
Spain
tel. +34-964-23 25 51
fax +34-964-23 02 12
email: eboix@guest.uji.es

An international peace institute with a specialised library and research facilities. Holds graduate courses and various lectures in Peace Studies, International Law and Development Studies.


Bhagalpur University
Dr. Janardan Pandey or Ramjee Singh
Department of Gandhian Thought
Bhagalpur-812007 INDIA
Phone: 91-641-20659

Objectives of this degree-granting program are to orient students toward nonviolence in social, economic, political, and educational spheres, and to assist in the formation of Peace Brigades. Field studies and field work in rural areas are compulsory parts of the program.


Bethany Theological Seminary
Peace Studies Program
Jeff Bach
615 National Road West
Richmond, IN 47374
Phone: 317-983-1818
Fax: 317-983-1840

This Brethren school addresses peace education and action from a Christian theological perspective, including the historical identity and ethos of the peace churches. Broad-based Master's in Theology/Peace Studies and Doctorate of Ministry/Peace Studies programs are designed to increase the competency of professional ministers. The proximity of the seminary to Earlham School of Religion and Earlham College provides additional opportunities.


Boston College
Social Economy and Social Justice Program
Charles Derber
Graduate Department of Sociology
Chestnut Hill, MA 02167
Tel: 617-552-4130
Fax: 617-552-4283

This M.A. and Ph.D.-granting program is designed for students who wish to combine academic work with active efforts in social economy and social justice. While graduate students can pursue research in all areas of sociology, the tilt of both faculty and graduate student interest stands at the intersection of social analysis and social change.


University of Bradford
Department of Peace Studies
Hazel Spratling, Post-Graduate Secretary
Rembroke Building
BD7 1 DP
Bradford, West Yorkshire
U.K.
Phone: 44-1274-236235
Fax: 44-01274-235240

Students can earn an M.A., M.Phil., or Ph.D. in Peace Studies oriented toward international politics, disarmament, and North-South relations, conflict and development, and conflict resolution. The Bradford Department, established in 1973, is the world's largest university peace studies center with over fifty researchers and more than 200 undergraduate and graduate students. It includes research units on conflict resolution, global security, and peace and social change.


University of California (all campuses)
Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation
Susan Shirk
La Jolla, CA 92093-0518
Phone: 619-534-3352

An interdisciplinary multi-campus research unit of the University established in , the IGCC supports research and education projects, dissertation fellowships and graduate internships for students and faculty from all nine U.C. campuses. While it does not offer any degree programs itself, the IGCC office can provide information about their various projects in support of graduate study, and provide contacts for specific graduate study opportunities at the University's Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz campuses.


California Institute of Integral Studies
Social and Cultural Anthropology Ph.D. Program
1453 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: 415-675-6100

The Ph.D. in Social and Cultural Anthropology focus is on three areas: integrating Eastern and Western philosophies and theories of peace, war, and global dynamics; exploring the personal, social, and global process of transformation from a cross-cultural and anthropological perspective; and examining the peace/war process from the personal to the global level.


Catholic University of Leuven
Center for Peace Research
Luc Reychler
Dept. Politieke Wetenschappen
Van Evenstraat 2B, 3000
Leuven, BELGIUM
Phone: 16-28-32-41

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Catholic University of Nijmegen
Peace Research Center
L. Wecke
P.O.Box 9108
Thomas van Aquinostraat 1, 6500 HK
Nijmegen, NETHERLANDS
Phone: (80) 515687

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Caux Scholars Program
Evelyn Ruffin
1156 15th Street NW, Suite 910
Washington, DC 20005-1704
Phone: 202-872-9077
Fax: 202-872-9137

The program offers an intensive one-month seminar on conflict transformation and peacemaking for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. The seminar takes place in Caux, Switzerland and is comprised of a highly international group of students.


University of Cincinnati
Department of Educational Foundations
Marvin J. Berlowitz
406 Teachers College (M.L.#2)
Cincinnati, OH 45221
Phone: 513-556-3608

The University of Cincinnati offers a Peace Education Certificate to students enrolled in the Education Program. The program encourages an intedisciplinary approach to the study of such areas as conflict resolution, structural violence, multicultural and global education. Students are required to complete a minimum of 30 credit hours and design their own concentrations.


City University of New York
Center on Violence and Human Survival
Michael Flynn
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
899 10th Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-237-8429
Fax: 212-237-8468

This research center, devoted to the study of deeper sources of violence, is particularly interested in the connections between forms of violence, including the individual, the social, the national and international, and the violence of nuclear threat. The Center is not a degree-granting entity but hosts approximately 20 seminars, conferences, and other scholarly gatherings each academic year.


Claremont Graduate School
James W. Gould
Humanities Building, Room 221
Claremont, CA 91711
Phone: 909-621-8612

Concentrations in peace studies are available through the M.A. and Ph.D. programs in International Relations, Public Policy, and Religion. Several students each year pursue this option, working closely with selected faculty members from the Graduate School and the four undergraduate colleges.


Clark University
International Development and Social Change
Barbara P. Thomas-Slayter
Worcester, MA 01610
Phone: 508-793-7201

The interdisciplinary M.A. in International Development and Social Change is one of only a few of its kind in the United States. Sponsored by the departments of Geography, History, Economics, and Government, the program focuses on Africa, yet is flexible enough to accommodate a variety of interests. Courses address development and social change in both local and global contexts. Most students are involved in field research and training in the Third World.

University of Colorado, Boulder
Graduate Program in Criminology and Deviance
Conflict Research Consortium
AnnJanette Rosga, Professor of International Human Rights
Department of Sociology, Box 327
Boulder, CO 80309
Phone: 303-492-6427
Fax: 303-492-8878

As part of the graduate Sociology program, the Conflict and Change Group combines theoretical analysis of social conflict, empirical studies of conflict, and the practice of conflict management. The Program works closely with the Conflict Resolution Consortium, a program of conflict resolution research, education, and application at the Boulder, Denver, and Colorado Springs campuses of the University of Colorado.


Columbia University
International Security Policy Program
Center for International Conflict Resolution
Richard K. Betts
School for International Affairs
420 West 118th Street
MC 3325
New York, NY 10027
Phone: 212-854-5623
cicr@columbia.edu

The International Security Policy specialization within the M.A. program in International and Public Affairs is designed to develop expertise in the analysis of problems facing policy makers and analysts concerned with contemporary military affairs, international conflict and diplomacy, multilateral peacekeeping, and arms control.


Columbia University, Teachers College
Peace Education Program
Betty Reardon
Teachers College Box 171
New York, NY 10027
Phone: 212-678-3972
Fax: 212-678-4048

Teachers College offers Ed.M. and Ed.D. degrees in Education, which can be complemented by a specialization in Peace Education. Individually-designed programs facilitate interdisciplinary study of educational aspects of world peace, human rights, the environment, alternative security systems, and related global issues. The program offers intensive institutes, research opportunities, a core seminar and courses, and major conferences in association with other education and peace research organizations.


University of Connecticut
Peace Studies Program
Robert Luyster, Director of the Council on Peace Education
Storrs, CT 06269
Phone: 203-486-4104/1285

Students may concentrate in peace studies, human rights education, international development education or any other areas offered by the department. The Center focuses on bilingual, multicultural, international and global education for the purpose of urban international development education. Students carry out a practicum or internship in schools, development agencies, or overseas with projects and programs.


University of Copenhagen
Center of Peace and Conflict Research
Kobenhavns Universitet
Vandkunsten 5
1467 Copenhagen K, DENMARK
Phone: 1-32-64-32

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Cornell University
Peace Studies Program
180 Uris Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: 607-255-6484

A graduate-level Peace Studies minor can be integrated into several traditional Ph.D. programs, most often in Government. The program offers an interdisciplinary policy-focused approach to problems of peace and war, arms control and disarmament, and foreign policy.