For the second consecutive year, the Kroc Institute will convene peacebuilders from around the world for the 2026 Strategic Peacebuilding Academy, to take place on campus Tuesday, May 26 through Saturday,…
“A neglected but devastating, low-intensity war is unfolding in our communities,” said A. Rashied Omar, as part of his presentation in the seminar, “Gangsterism…
As Colombia stands at a historic threshold in the implementation of its 2016 Final Peace Agreement, decisions made in the coming months will be important for shaping the continuity and long-term sustainability of the peace process amid a changing…
Debora Rogo, a peace studies and history doctoral candidate at the University of Notre Dame, was named the recipient of a 2026 Kellogg Institute Award for Outstanding Doctoral Student Contributions. The award, which includes…
Peace agreements often fail during the critical implementation phase, but new research from Notre Dame's Peace Accords Matrix shows how policymakers and practitioners can address this challenge.The study, which underscores how international partners strengthen accords, can inform the work of frontline negotiators.
Having grown up in both Louisiana and Morocco, Faiza Filali arrived at Notre Dame as a speaker of seven languages with plenty of global experience. So when she started planning her academic path in international politics, she could’ve easily gotten a head start in a number of specialties. But…
It wasn’t a "typical" spring break week, poolside or playing volleyball on the beach. Instead, Notre Dame students enrolled in the class “Peace Agreements: Global Perspectives and the Colombian Experience” headed south to Colombia, with time spent in Bogotá, the capital, followed by Medellín, in the…
This month’s work in Germany marks an international mediation win toward resolving the civil war in Sudan. Laurie Nathan, who directs the Mediation Program housed at the Keough School’s Kroc Institute…
Now in its 33rd year, the 2026 Notre Dame Student Peace Conference is set to take place Friday and Saturday, April 10-11 and again will offer a variety of presentations and talks on peacebuilding topics led by emerging scholars from the United States and…
As the much-anticipated annual Notre Dame Student Peace Conference approaches, I visited with its 2026 student organizers Coby McKeown (B.A. ’26 – majoring in English/Creative Writing and Peace Studies) and Faiza Filali (B.A. ’26 – a Glynn Family Honors Program…
Amid record levels of global conflict and reduced funding, the University of Notre Dame convened peacebuilding scholars and leaders March 10 in Washington, D.C., to explore strategies for adapting in a volatile world.
Following are questions posed to the Honorable Samantha Power, the 2026 featured speaker of the Hesburgh Lecture in Ethics and Public Policy, and her responses by email. This annual…
There are a lot of ways to make a difference. In times of crisis, some people take an on-the-ground approach, working to directly provide aid to those in need. Others assume a bigger picture perspective to solve problems, analyzing why they occurred in the first place and what can be...
Graduate Justice Fellow Joachim Ozonze pursues vocation of healing justice (The following article first appeared on Feb. 12, 2026, on the website of the Institute for Social Concerns at the University
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Roberto (Bear) Guerra, an award-winning photographer and visuals editor whose work contemplates human connections – to each other and to the natural world – has been selected as the recipient of the Kroc Institute’s 2026 Distinguished…
The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies has paired up with the Geneva Graduate Institute and its Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding to offer a summer Ph.D. course on international mediation. …
Four research scholars and practitioners from around the world have joined the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies in spring 2026, to begin their terms as visiting research fellows on campus. The opportunity to study at the Keough School of Global Affairs’ Kroc Institute comes from…
Thanks to the Kroc Institute-Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Peacebuilding Fellowship, three visiting scholars will join the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies on campus in spring 2026 to pursue independent…
