Several Kroc fellows explore the cultural and political dynamics of conflict and conflict transformation from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives. Research in this areas seeks to understand the conditions that give rise to violent conflicts and to identify local and international responses able to transform conflicts and encourage peacebuilding.

Kroc faculty and faculty fellows working on conflict issues include:

• Scott Appleby (role of religion in conflict and peacebuilding)
• Mark Cummings (psychology of family conflict)
• John Darby (ethnic conflict, the conflict in Northern Ireland)
• Alan Dowty (international politics of the Middle East)
• Larissa Fast (dynamics of conflict and conflict transformation)
• Barbara Fick (alternative dispute resolution techniques)
• Rev. Patrick Gaffney, C.S.C. (history and structure of the civil turmoil centered in the Great Lakes region of Africa)
• John Paul Lederach (conflict transformation, peacebuilding strategies)
• George Lopez (conflict resolution theory and practice)
• Cynthia Mahmood (cultural contexts of violence)
• Daniel Myers (sociology of riots and collective violence)

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