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Kroc Institute hosts Colombian digital archive at the University of Notre Dame
The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame has launched the…
Bolten wins prestigious NEH fellowship to explore toll of climate change in Sierra Leone
Notre Dame anthropologist Catherine “Cat” Bolten has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship to support the writing of her book that examines links between food insecurity, human population growth and wildlife depletion, land politics and degradation, and climate change in Sierra Leone. The associate professor of anthropology...
'But I Go On'
Editor’s Note: The new year dawned amid more destruction in Ukraine. Anna Romandash, a Ukrainian journalist and recent graduate of the Keough School of Global Affairs, offers this dispatch about her home country’s resilience, echoing…
Peace Can Happen
“Allow me to tell you, from my own experience,” said Juan Manuel Santos, delivering the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize Lecture as the president of Colombia, “that it is much harder to make peace than to…
MGA graduate raises awareness of nuclear issues among new audiences
Lenai Taylor Johnson (MGA ’22) isn’t sure how much people know about peace and security issues related to nuclear weapons, but she is working to ensure they know more—even using Instagram…
Afghan voices call for inclusive aid, development, and governance
The international community should leverage the insights of everyday Afghans to design bottom-up approaches to aid and development and negotiate a political settlement that promotes government accountability. That was the consensus among speakers at a recent panel discussion at the …
Kroc Ph.D. student awarded Alejandro Angel Escobar Prize
Isabel Güiza-Gómez, (Ph.D. student in Peace Studies and Political Science) was recently awarded an Alejandro Angel Escobar Prize in Human and Social Science by Fundación Alejandro Ángel Escobar for her…
Valerie Hickey to receive 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award
Valerie Hickey, a 2000 graduate of the International Peace Studies Master’s program at the University of Notre Dame, has been selected to receive the Kroc Institute’s 2022 Distinguished Alumni…
Kroc Institute welcomes 15 new Master of Global Affairs, International Peace Studies students
The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, part of the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, has welcomed 15 new students pursuing a master of global affairs with a concentration in international peace studies (MGA-IPS). These students are part…
Peace Studies students among Center for Social Concerns Graduate Scholars inaugural cohort
The Center for Social Concerns introduced its inaugural cohort of 14 Notre Dame graduate students to the Graduate Scholars program. Among those selected were two current…
Gwendolyn Purifoye joins core Kroc Institute faculty
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Kroc Institute welcomes five new Ph.D. students, names fellowship recipients
Five new students representing four disciplines recently began the Kroc Institute’s interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Peace Studies. Incoming students were selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants from around the world.
Kroc Institute welcomes five visiting researchers
The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies is pleased to announce that five scholars began their terms as visiting research fellows at the start of the 2022-23 academic year.
New faculty brings peacebuilding experience to Business on the Frontlines
Notre Dame Peace Studies grad Drew Marcantonio is bringing his expertise in peacebuilding and environmental research to one of Mendoza's most prominent programs: Business on the Frontlines.
Former president of Colombia to teach in Keough School of Global Affairs, deliver public lecture
Juan Manuel Santos will teach in the Keough School’s Master of Global Affairs and undergraduate programs, and will deliver the 29th annual Hesburgh Lecture in Ethics and Public Policy at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 13 (Tuesday) in the Decio Theatre at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. The lecture is free but ticketed,...
New book explores “wicked problems” facing peace studies scholars and practitioners
The new edited volume Wicked Problems: The Ethics of Action for Peace, Rights, and Justice (Oxford University Press, 2022) brings together interdisciplinary authors to explore the ethical…
Master’s students partner with peacebuilding organizations in the field
Beginning this month, second-year Keough School of Global Affairs (MGA) students with a concentration in International Peace Studies…
Peace Studies students among Lucy Family Institute 2022-2024 Graduate Scholars
The Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society introduced its inaugural cohort of 10 Notre Dame Ph.D. students to the Lucy Scholars program. Among those selected were two current Peace Studies doctoral students at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Cat Gargano and…
Catholic peacebuilders bring hope amid world crises
The virtual conference "Catholic Peacebuilding in Times of Crisis: Hope for a Wounded World…
Peace studies Ph.D. graduates secure strong placements
Two recent graduates from the Peace Studies Ph.D. program at the University of Notre Dame have secured strong academic placements at universities across the country.
Student trip highlights: Religion, identity, and peacebuilding at the periphery of Europe
A group of Notre Dame and Bosnian students used a May 18-28 trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina to study religion, identity, and peacebuilding. See photos of their journey, and read reflections from participants.
Gathering brings together scholar-practitioners for new project on environmental violence and justice
From April 29-30, 28 multi-disciplinary scholar-practitioners gathered for a virtual session centered on learning from and about one another as part of a new initiative focused on facing the challenges of environmental violence. The diverse group gathered as part of the first phase of an initiative…
Mediation Program co-sponsors Ph.D. course on international mediation
From May 30-June 3, the Mediation Program of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, together with the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) Research School on Peace and Conflict, hosted doctoral candidates for a Ph.D.-level course on international mediation at the PRIO campus in Oslo.…
Kroc Institute releases sixth report on Colombian Peace Agreement implementation
Haga clic aquí para leer el comunicado de prensa en español Five years after the signing of the 2016 Final Agreement between the Colombian government and the former FARC-EP, implementation has not stopped, despite facing numerous obstacles. A new…
2022 Notre Dame Student Peace Conference explores ideas for reimagining justice
The 2022 Notre Dame Student Peace Conference, the first-ever conference in a hybrid virtual and in-person format, engaged 118 individuals from 21 colleges and universities.
Congratulations, Peace Studies Class of 2022
The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies celebrates the graduation of 18 undergraduate seniors who completed either a supplementary major or minor in peace studies, 5 undergraduate students who completed the supplementary major in global affairs with a concentration in international peace…
Peace Studies senior wins Political Science essay award
Dinah Lawan, a Balfour scholar and a graduating University of Notre Dame senior majoring in political science with a minor in peace studies, was awarded the 2022 Gary F. Barnabo Political Science Writing Prize by the Notre Dame Department of Political Science. Each year, this award recognizes the best paper...
Peace Studies seniors named 2022 Yarrow Award in Peace Studies recipients
University of Notre Dame seniors Duncan Donahue and Madeline Ward have been named the recipients of the 2022 Yarrow Award in Peace Studies. The award is given annually by the Kroc Institute…
Kroc Institute releases special report on implementation status of ethnic approach within Colombian Peace Agreement
Haga clic aquí para leer la noticia en Español >>> The Peace Accords Matrix (PAM) at the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies…
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