Welcome, IPCR Program SIS-AU!

What motivated you (or your organization) to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?

Housed in the School of International Service at American University, International Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) is a program concerned with understanding the causes of war and organized violence, developing strategies for resolving conflict, and constructing conditions for peace. Peace, in this context, encompasses social justice and human rights, political pluralism, cultural diversity, ecological balance, and nonviolent conflict resolution and transformation.

Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs)

IPCR faculty members combine a wealth of field experience, teaching excellence, and scholarship. With a strong emphasis on the blending of theory with practice, peace studies with conflict resolution, and always with a search for alternatives to violence, IPCR stands apart as a reputable and unique academic and professional training program. In addition to the graduate degree programs, the undergraduate concentrations, the certificate program and the practical hands-on institutes, there are many related opportunities on and off campus including the Journal for Peacebuilding and Development, the Peacebuilding and Development Institute, the Mohammed Said Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace, and the American University Center for Global Peace.

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise

Middle East, Africa, Balkans, Canada, Latin America, Southeast Asia, Europe, Northern Ireland.

What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?

USA

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?

International Peace & Conflict Resolution

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)

http://www.aupeace.org

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)

http://www.aupeace.org/faculty/main

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?

Civil Society, Conflict Resolution, Democratization, Development, Education, Environment, Gender, Peacebuilding, Youth

Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?

Advocacy, Evaluation, Fundraising, Program Administration, Program Design, Training, Intervention

What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?

The study of International Peace and Conflict Resolution draws on a variety of academic disciplines. Our faculty members are trained in political science, cross-cultural communication, sociology, international relations, social psychology, anthropology, international law, and counseling. They are deeply engaged in some of the most pressing issues of our times, promoting dialogue in the Middle East and Africa, improving the participation of women in peacebuilding in the Balkans and Northern Ireland, transforming post-conflict societies in Latin America, and conducting hostage negotiations both in the United States and internationally.

If appropriate feel free to list several of your (or your organization's) publications

In their research and teaching of conflict and violence, IPCR Faculty examine alternative paradigms and analyses of how domestic and international policies and systems work in relation to peace and conflict. Thus, IPCR can integrate the study of cultural and psychological factors contributing to violent conflicts; social, economic, and political factors; and systemic forces that drive social systems toward violence. A constructive approach is also offered in studying the processes that can lead to nonviolent conflict resolution and transformation.

More at www.aupeace.org/faculty/main