Francisco Diez has been appointed as a senior advisor with the Mediation Program of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. Mediation Program Director Laurie Nathan says the Program will benefit greatly from Diez's extensive mediation experience in Latin America. Diez is currently a member of the United Nations Standby...
Kroc Institute Mediation Program Director Laurie Nathan is pleased to announce that Fiana (Syeda) Arbab has been appointed as a student associate with the Mediation Program. This appointment will strengthen the Program's efforts to promote social justice at Notre Dame and in the South Bend community.…
On Friday, February 28, George A. Lopez, the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute, will facilitate two sessions during the 2020 War No More conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
In her newly published book, “Marxism and Intersectionality,” Ashley Bohrer explores the connections between oppression and exploitation by drawing on the socioeconomic tradition of Marxism and intersectionality, the theory that the overlap of various social identities, such as race, gender, sexuality, and class, contributes to the ways systemic oppression and...
New resources published by Kroc Institute Scholar in Residence Josefina Echavarría Alvarez provide tools to equip scholar-practitioners and academics to teach courses in peace studies, conflict transformation, and peacebuilding. Echavarría is co-director of the Research Centre for Peace and Conflict at the University of Innsbruck in Austria.
After three years of in-depth study and coursework covering history, science, theology, and the application of new research methodologies, the first group of young Islamic studies scholars to participate in the Madrasa Discourses program said their goodbyes during the July 2019 Madrasa Discourses Summer Intensives in India and Pakistan.
In Catherine Bolten’s recently published book, "Serious Youth in Sierra Leone," she presents findings on generational preconceptions and their impact on young men in Makeni, Sierra Leone. Her research has implications for everything from development to post-conflict reconstruction to how millennials are perceived and engaged around the world.
The new faculty — Ashley Bohrer, Joshua Eisenman, Alejandro Estefan, Patrizio Piraino and Rachel Sweet — bring extensive international teaching and field research experience to the Keough School, which opened its doors in 2017.
The 12th Annual Summer Institute for Faculty at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies will be held June 8-12, 2020, at the University of Notre Dame. The event centers on the theme, “Teaching Peace in the 21st Century.”
The Kroc Institute is pleased to announce that four scholars began their terms as visiting research fellows at the start of the 2019-2020 academic year. Kroc Institute’s Visiting Research Fellows Program brings outstanding scholars focused on peace research to the University of Notre Dame for a semester or a full academic year. Visiting...
Laura Miller-Graff, an assistant professor of psychology and peace studies, along with co-principal investigator Kathryn Howell of the University of Memphis and a team of Notre Dame faculty members, will evaluate the intervention program through a randomized, controlled trial involving more than 200 women and their infants.
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Con motivo del video publicado por miembros reincidentes de la otrora guerrilla de las FARC, el Instituto Kroc, en su calidad como miembro del componente internacional de verificación de la implementación del Acuerdo Final…
In “Days of Awe: Reimagining Jewishness in Solidarity with Palestinians," Atalia Omer traces the development of American Jewish solidarity with Palestinians and the diverse social movements that have shaped this advocacy. She also explores the implications of this developing solidarity for Jewish tradition and identity now and into the future.
A two-day seminar assessing the Colombian peace process after two years and the role of the Kroc Institute’s Peace Accords Matrix (PAM) program in monitoring and supporting implementation drew over 120 attendees to the Keough School of Global Affairs Washington office from June 10-11. Attendees included government officials from both...
Fifty-five faculty from twelve countries around the world attended the eleventh annual Summer Institute (SI) for Faculty at the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies from June 10-14th. The SI is a week-long training for individuals who want to launch or strengthen peace studies programs at...
In May, Laurie Nathan, Director of the Kroc Institute’s Mediation Program and professor of the Practice of Mediation, participated in a consultation and validation workshop to consider the draft protocol on preventive diplomacy and mediation, prepared for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD).
Professor Emmanuel Katongole was energized by his participation in an April 4-5 meeting at the Vatican focused on laying a theological, ethical, and pastoral foundation for a possible encyclical revising the Catholic church’s position on Just War and nonviolence.
For his work in the classroom, Verdeja has been selected to receive the 2018 Sheedy Excellence in Teaching Award — the highest teaching honor in the College of Arts and Letters — which will be presented at a reception in his honor on May 7 at 3:30 p.m. in the...
Peter N. Wallensteen, the Richard G. Starmann Sr. Research Professor of Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, will be honored with the James A. Burns, C.S.C., Award.
John Paul Lederach, Professor Emeritus of International Peacebuilding, has been named by Brandeis University as the 2019 winner of the Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize.
Implementation of South Sudan’s 2018 peace agreement faces critical challenges at the six-month mark, according to an April 11 report released by three researchers at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, within the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs. Although both parties in South Sudan are...
“La implementación del Acuerdo de Paz sigue progresando, y debe concretarse en mejorar la calidad de vida de los colombianos en los territorios más afectados por la violencia” afirma el Instituto Kroc.
Catherine Bolten, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Peace Studies and Director of Doctoral Studies, was featured in Notre Dame's International Women's Day celebration, Women Lead.…
David Cortright’s book, Governance for Peace: How Inclusive, Participatory and Accountable Institutions Promote Peace and Prosperity (Cambridge University Press), was named to Choice’s prestigious Outstanding Academic Titles list for 2018. Cortright is Director of Policy Studies and the Peace Accords Matrix at the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for...
Laura Miller-Graff and her co-author, graduate student Caroline Scheid, found that breastfeeding through the first six weeks of life acts as a protective factor, effectively negating the risk of IPV the mother experienced during pregnancy on early infant difficult temperament.
The Madrasa Discourses project, an effort to equip Islamic religious leaders with the tools necessary to confidently engage pluralism, modern science and new philosophies, has received a two-year grant extension from the John Templeton Foundation.
