When Alberto Solís Castro and Emily Tatum graduated from Notre Dame’s Master of Global Affairs program in 2023, they gained more than prestigious professional degrees — they found in each other a partner for life. A friendship…
The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) have announced the call for applications for their annual summer Ph.D. course on international mediation. “International Mediation: Theory, Cases and Skills” will take place in person…
Anna Romandash is an award-winning journalist from Lviv, Ukraine and a 2022 graduate of the Keough School of Global Affairs’ Master of Global Affairs program. Romandash, who works as a research associate at the school’s Pulte Institute for Global Development, continues to report on Russia’s war in Ukraine and how...
Uzra Zeya, most recently the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights for the U.S. Department of State, has joined the advisory board of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, part of the Keough…
Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, who served from 1977 to 1981, and the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, died on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 29, at his home in Plains, Georgia. He was 100. Carter lived longer than any president in U.S. history and celebrated his 100th...
When it comes to peace processes and negotiations, U.N. Women highlights a stark reality: All too often, women remain invisible and excluded. But a new study by University of Notre Dame political scientist Madhav Joshi draws on evidence from Colombia to show that addressing gender-related issues helps peace agreements succeed.
Notre Dame’s Peace Accords Matrix-Mindanao initiative has made significant strides in supporting the Philippines peace process, marking a critical year of policy impact. The work, which builds upon Notre Dame’s ongoing efforts to support the Colombian…
The 2025 Notre Dame Student Peace Conference is gearing up for an exciting and transformative event! This year, the theme is "Unified Paths for Peace: Empowering Collaborative Peacebuilding," and it calls for a collective approach to peacebuilding that transcends…
H.B. Cardinal Pizzaballa with the Notre Dame team that included Lisa Caulfield, director of Notre Dame Kylemore, Daniel Schwake, director of Notre Dame…
Northern Ireland has long struggled to reckon with the trauma of the Troubles, a 30-year conflict that killed approximately 3,700 people — many of them civilians — through sectarian violence. Experts in the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs recently influenced the design of a Northern Ireland...
Black men on buses and trains — whether as passengers or transit workers — face hostile encounters that threaten their sense of safety and well-being, according to a new study by a Keough School of Global Affairs sociologist. By reinforcing racist tropes that they are dangerous or invisible, these encounters...
Peacebuilding activists Nidal Foqaha, Tehila Wenger and Ezzeldeen Masri joined the University of Notre Dame’s Lisa Schirch on Nov. 11 for a discussion in DeBartolo Hall about how to resolve the ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians in a way that provides peace, security and equal rights for all people...
Protest movements that reject political parties have an unintended consequence, according to research co-authored by a Keough School faculty expert: They empower savvy politicians, who channel them to shake up the status quo. The findings provide a framework for understanding recent global political realignments and offer lessons for activists who want...
Thanh Nguyen won kudos this fall, being recognized as an emerging leader in peacebuilding and one to watch. In September 2024, during the annual Alliance for Peacebuilding conference in Washington, D.C., Nguyen was honored with the prestigious Rick…
African migrant men working in South Korea are disproportionately harmed by societal pressures to conform to gender norms, according to a new study co-authored by Keough School sociologist Sharon Yoon. The study which was published in Gender, Work & Organization, detailed the experiences of men who work in physically demanding and...
Honoring the legacy of legendary University of Notre Dame President Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., the 2024-25 Notre Dame Forum will host “Fr. TED Talks: Ideas from the Catholic Social Tradition That We Find Inspiring,” a two-night festival on Oct. 28 and 29.
Colombia is at the halfway point with implementation of its 2016 peace accord, and collected data indicates there are serious challenges to achieving goals established to guarantee the rights of ethnic communities in the peace process. A new…
