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…
When Professor Ernesto Verdeja approached the Kroc Institute about co-sponsoring the 17th Biennial Conference of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS), it was an easy yes. "We’re a…
Uzra Zeya, president and CEO of Human Rights First and a member of the Kroc Institute Advisory Board, was named the recipient of the 2025 F. Allen “Tex”…
Mass migration has become an urgent issue in all regions of the world, and one of the most challenging issues of our time. Factors such as war, poverty, and climate change are driving vulnerable people to leave their homelands, and feeding a growing backlash in countries that are receiving…
Fifty global experts gathered at the Vatican's historic Casina Pio IV on October 16–17 to explore how artificial intelligence can advance peace, social justice, and human dignity. The conference, “Digital Rerum Novarum: Artificial Intelligence for Peace, Social Justice, and Integral Human Development,"…
The following is adapted from the Kellogg Institute's website article that ran on Nov. 10, 2025. Kroc Institute alum Isabel Güiza-Gómez (Ph.D., '25) was named the recipient of the 2025…
Laurie Nathan, director of the Mediation Program housed within the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, part of the Keough School of Global Affairs, co-authored the op-ed below, "Religious and secular mediators need each other." The piece first ran Oct. 16 on Peace…
Three visiting research fellows have joined the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, kicking off the Institute’s Visiting Research Fellows Program for the 2025-26 academic year. The program brings outstanding peace studies scholars…
Connection, listening, empathy, voice, resolution, understanding – these are words that aptly describe the center of Laurie Nathan’s work as a mediator and as the director of the Kroc Institute’s Mediation Program. His professional focus is aimed at…
On Oct. 21, the Catholic Peacebuilding Network (CPN) released a new report, Catholic Approaches to Mining: A Framework for…
Mediation Program Director Laurie Nathan will represent the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, part of the Keough School of Global Affairs, at the 2025 Geneva Peace Week conference, to be held Oct. 13-17 in Switzerland. Nathan is…
