Erin Corcoran, Executive Director at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and Associate Teaching Professor in the Keough School of Global Affairs, was interviewed in the Marketplace broadcast “DACA ruling protects recipients and allows for new applicants.”
George A. Lopez, Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies, was interviewed in the Texas Public Radio broadcast “How Will The Biden White House Tackle Foreign Policy, Diplomacy In The Wake Of Trump's 'America First' Agenda?”
George A. Lopez, the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace studies, and Frank Aum, senior expert on North Korea at the U.S. Institute of Peace, write on strategies for U.S. diplomacy with North Korea in War on the Rocks.
In the latest episode of The Kroc Cast podcast, Laurie Nathan, Mediation Program director and professor of the practice of mediation, talks with Nicholas Haysom about his role as a mediator and lessons he's…
For Alisher Khamidov, the awareness of conflict is not new. Growing up in Kyrgyzstan, he was a first-hand witness to acts of violence and lived in a context that was fraught with ethnic conflict since before his birth. However, it was these very experiences with violence that laid the groundwork...
When searching for an organization to work with during her second year of studies at the University of Notre Dame, Helina Haile knew that she wanted to work alongside an organization focused on systemic racism in the United States. Her search led her to the Chicago Torture Justice Center (CTJC),...
Gerard Powers,Director, Catholic Peacebuilding Studies and Coordinator, Catholic Peacebuilding Network , was quoted in the Crux article “Religious…
The 2021 Notre Dame Student Peace Conference Committee has announced this year’s conference theme, “Beyond the Surface: Moving the Needle on Global Peace.” Due to the ongoing global pandemic, this year’s conference will take place virtually April 15-17, 2021.
This summer, as a renewed wave of protests for racial justice spread across the United States following the murder of George Floyd, Pam Blair, academic programs assistant at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, began dreaming…
On October 15, Laurie Nathan, professor of the practice of mediation and Mediation Program director at the Kroc Institute, was the keynote speaker at the 29th Annual Africa and Diaspora International Conference, hosted by the Center for African Peace and Conflict Resolution at California State University,…
A new podcast from the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies will take an introspective look at teaching and research through decolonial and intersectional lenses. The podcast, Pedagogies for Peace, is hosted by two Kroc Institute faculty members: Ashley Bohrer, assistant professor of gender and peace studies, and Justin de...
When he began his Ph.D. program in Peace Studies and Theology at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Michael Yankoski couldn’t have imagined the ways his training at the University of Notre Dame would combine with his background in computer science to land him a unique postdoctoral position. Beginning...
On October 9, 2020, Laurie Nathan, professor of the practice of mediation and director of the Mediation Program at the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, presented a research report to the United Nations Security…
The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the United Nations World Food Programme for its efforts to provide food assistance and eliminate hunger worldwide, especially in the midst of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Atalia Omer, Professor of Religion, Conflict and Peace Studies, was quoted in the Forbes article "The…
In August, the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs welcomed its fourth cohort of Master of Global Affairs students, including five students who have chosen to pursue a concentration in International Peace Studies and are classified as Kroc Scholars.
“No justice, no peace” is a slogan that appears in the many protests organized recently by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) Movement for racial justice, arguably the largest and most diverse mass movement for social justice in U.S. history. In peace studies, we know that positive sustainable peace depends…
The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies has received an award from the Special Forum of Women for the Implementation of the Gender-Based Approach in the Colombia Peace Agreement. The award recognizes the impact of the Institute’s continued work to monitor implementation at the local level, and the Institute’s support...
Emmanuel Katongole, Professor of Theology and Peace Studies, was interviewed in the Plough article "Deep Solidarity."
George Lopez, Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies, and David Cortright, Director of the Global Policy Initiative; Special Advisor for Policy Studies; Professor Emeritus of the Practice, wrote The Hill op-ed "Donald…
As they have every July for the past three years, second-year Keough School Master of Global Affairs students with a concentration in International Peace Studies (IPS) began internships with partner peacebuilding…
At the Kroc Institute we honor the legacy of two civil rights giants who passed away last Friday: Representative John Lewis, a nonviolent student civil rights leader in the 1960s who later served for more than 30 years as a member of the U.S. Congress, and Rev. Cordy Tindell…
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.…
