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Advanced Master or Certificate Program in Peace and Conflict Studies
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Dear fellow community members I have been a teacher at this course for many years and would like to recommend it warmly to anyone interested in peace, development, security, human rights, etc. It ... Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by czelizer Mar 10.

Research Project on Government Peace Commissioners/Ministries of Peace

Dear Craig - would just direct your attention to the MA thesis by Francesco Marelli that TFF just published - about the EU and a possible Commissariat for peace etc...on the front page of www.trans... Continue

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New Film Power of Forgiveness

Dear Jelena, dear Craig Thanks for sharing such interesting insights. The little I have seen and heard to cultural life in Belgrade is just plain impressive - it was even during the war when every... Continue

Tagged: thomas moore, the power of forgiveness, thich nhat hanh, film, forgiveness

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What motivated you to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?
I had teachers who opened my eyes to the potentials of nonviolence. The Vietnam War. My encounter with people like Hakan Wiberg, Johan Galtung, Elise and Kenneth Boulding, etc. Being a young student in Somalia (at war) 1977 to 1981. My education in Yugoslavia from 1974. A lot of reading, peace research and Gandhi in particular.
And the belief that with more research and education at all levels, we can learn to understand conflicts better - and when we do, there will be less "conflict illiteracy" and thus, other tools in the toolbox than a hammer and a chain saws...
Finally, as a conflict 'doctor', I like to combine the idea of alleviating suffering, confronting power nonviolently and suggesting alternatives - pro-peace and not anti-war only...
Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself (no more than 3 paragraphs)
About me here
Write to me:
oberg@transnational.org
Please list the countries and/or regions in which you have direct and significant expertise
All of former Yugoslavia since 1974
Iraq since 2002
Burundi since 1999
Somalia 1977-81
Japan since the 1980s
Sweden and Denmark
- and a few other places
What is your current country of residence?
Sweden
What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?
Director of TFF - The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research
What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)
www.transnational.org
What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)
www.youtube.com/TFFVideo
Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise?
Peacebuilding, Conflict Resolution, Education, Civil Society
Which are your primary skills areas?
Training, Advocacy, Intervention, Research
What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?
- Former Yugoslavia - What Should Have Been Done (working on a book with Johan Galtung and Hakan Wiberg)
- Reconciliation and forgiveness - Burundi
- Peacebuilding - Iraq
- Nonviolence or "peace by peaceful means"
- World order and governance
- Nuclear abolition and alternative defence
- Peace research in general - co-editor with Lester Kurtz of the "Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict"
If appropriate feel free to list several of your publications
All available at
TFF - The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research
And I would like to recommend the books of TFF Associates that you find on that homepage under "Publications".
In addition! Of course the websites of TFF are my favourites. I put a lot of effort into making them, content first but also aesthetics. On TFF you'll find all our favourite websites under "Features". We use them every day to supply YOU with important analyses of global developments.

Welcome here! Visit other TFF Associates' sites too...

Jan Oberg's Blog

Burundi's foreign minister on 3 TFF Videos: Foreign policy - Women - Media

Posted on May 6th, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments (Add)

Early warning: Burundi !

Posted on April 28th, 2008 at 10:09am — 2 Comments (Add)

Diary from Burundi # 2

Posted on April 2nd, 2008 at 1:00am — 4 Comments (Add)

Diary from Burundi # 1

Posted on March 24th, 2008 at 3:00pm — 2 Comments (Add)

Nuclear dictatorship, mega-terrorism or Britney Spears

Posted on March 6th, 2008 at 12:00pm — No Comments (Add)

Can the European Union become a peace-maker in the world? In Kosovo?

Posted on February 29th, 2008 at 5:00am — No Comments (Add)

Our experiment with the media on Kosovo's secession

Posted on February 20th, 2008 at 6:00am — 1 Comment (Add)

Kosova's secession: Part 2 - What can happen after this?

Posted on February 17th, 2008 at 6:26pm — 10 Comments (Add)

Kosova's secession: Part 1 - What is conveniently forgotten

Posted on February 17th, 2008 at 6:00pm — 5 Comments (Add)

More than anti-war: Plan for peace in and with Iraq

Posted on February 13th, 2008 at 7:00am — 4 Comments (Add)

What's so super about Super Tuesday in the United States?

Posted on February 5th, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments (Add)

If Dennis Kucinich had no chance, does the United States?

Posted on February 1st, 2008 at 4:36am — 5 Comments (Add)

The campaign against Arun Gandhi: Time to support him

Posted on January 31st, 2008 at 5:00pm — 2 Comments (Add)

January 30: 60 years ago, Gandhi was assassinated

Posted on January 27th, 2008 at 11:00am — No Comments (Add)

Welcome to TFF ! Welcome to my blog and more

Posted on January 27th, 2008 at 4:17am — 3 Comments (Add)

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At 4:30am on April 21st, 2008, Rais Neza Boneza said…
hullo thanks again, no problem for the African village
At 3:42am on April 17th, 2008, Rishita Rao said…
Hello Professor Oberg,
Thank you for adding me! I look forward to your course next semester.
Hope all is well,
Rishita
At 7:23am on April 14th, 2008, Francis Acquah Junior said…
Hi Jan. Thanks for adding me as a friend.

Francis
At 3:31pm on April 13th, 2008, Karsten Mathiasen said…
Dear Jan
Thank you for making me join this interesting network
Love from
Karsten
At 7:51pm on April 12th, 2008, Globalciti said…
Hi Jan! Great to find you here. I hope you are doing well. What is new with TFF these days?
At 7:51am on March 29th, 2008, Annette Schiffmann said…
Jan-San - wonderful!
You didn't hear from me in time since I was pretty devastated over the court ruling in Mumia Abu-Jamal's case that came out on Thursday: death sentence lifted BUT no new trial to prove his innocence.
Oh oh..
But wonderful to hear from you this way,
springtime Heidelberg greetings to whatever time in Burundi,
Annette
At 2:01am on March 27th, 2008, czelizer said…
Hi Jan
Greetings from San Francisco, am here for a conference for a few days. Hope things are going well in Burundi. I appreciate the feedback on the site. They did some overall upgrades and changes to the entire system so it is not possible to go back to the old style of presentation. But if you do have specific comments of how you want to see this new format change in future upgrades I can pass that along.
Best
Craig
At 1:36am on March 25th, 2008, JP Vaijaeyonth said…
thank you for your human touch !!!!!!!!!!!!!
you are unique in human remember that always so we too follow you.
have good days ahead.
At 8:29am on March 21st, 2008, Chris LeGore said…
Hello.

I hope to open a line of communication with you. It seems we share some common interests so I wanted to make my introduction. I'm Chris from New Orleans. I'm studying Comparative legal systems at Tulane Law School and am very interested in Human Rights and Mediation and Negotiation. Given our common interests this might be a good way to start communication so we can refer to each other in the future. Please take a minute to view my page and leave a message if you like.

peace.

P.S. I am currently working on a legal paper about the responsibility of the UN to third parties harmed in the Rwandan Genocide. If you have any insight or can suggest any research materials it would be greatly appreciated. I am currently knee deep in Moeshe Hirche's book on the subject.
At 6:42am on March 19th, 2008, Kesab Prasad Bastola said…
Dear Jan,

Thanks for your immediate response.

I would like to invite you to work for Nepal so that Nepali people could get some things from your vast experiences in the field of peace and conflict. The conflict of Nepal is totally different from the conflict of Kosovo. Nepali people are trying hard to solve their problem by themselves without having out side intervetions.

In Nepal, NGO are very active in peace and conflict research and you rightly pointed out the they are limiting themselves within their bounaries to provide training and practical skills. So there is a gap between NGO and rest of the community including the government in Nepal. Some of them doing hard but majority of them are getting money doing only for them. This is the reality. Anyway, I am very much pleased to see your resourceful profile and linkages. Thanks again.
 
 

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