Course 1: Applied Nonviolence<\/p>\n
Course instructor: \u00a0Dr. Jorgen Johansen\u00a0<\/a>visit his website here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Enroll for any of the three terms any time during the year check deadlines here!<\/a><\/em> The Gandhian concept of Nonviolence is much more than a political tool. A better\u00a0description could be “a philosophy of life”. What parts of the tradition from Gandhi are of\u00a0value to modern social movements of today? The\u00a0nonviolent handling of conflicts will be central to the course. Articles will\u00a0be distributed and must be read and used as references in the student’s papers.\u00a0The aim is for students to get a solution\u00a0indicative understanding of conflicts and acquire techniques of handling them nonviolently. To this end, cases of successful Nonviolent conflict-resolution\u00a0will be studied\u00a0– this of course is of immense value for the everyday experience both in private and professional contexts of all participants enrolled. This online seminar will also profoundly convey\u00a0the practical capacity of Nonviolent means to remove authoritarian regimes at the state level.<\/p>\n For more Information: ENROLL HERE FOR NONVIOLENCE WITH DR. JORGEN JOHANSEN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Course 2: Conflicts at the Micro-Level<\/p>\n Course instructor:\u00a0Kees Van der Veer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Enroll for any of the three terms any time during the year check deadlines here!<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Essentially, this\u00a0course will deal with causes of interpersonal conflicts<\/strong>, with attraction<\/strong> and relationships<\/strong>, with the development of social attachments.<\/strong> Attitude formation and behavior will be studied in order to better understand the influence of group membership as well as processes of social influence: Conformity, Compliance and Obedience. Furthermore, hostile intergroup behavior such as Prejudice, Stereotypes, Discrimination and Aggression will be discussed together with common traits of humanity such as Altruism<\/strong> and other forms of Prosocial<\/strong> behavior. Concepts of Morality and Competition, Justice and Cooperation will also be elaborated. \u00a0Content part two:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0The second part of the course will pay attention coping strategies and perspectives on conflict resolution in organizations<\/strong>. Relationships and conflicts at work and organizational power will be discussed in in view of politics and gender-factors. Culture conflicts in a cross-cultural perspective will also be discussed alongside conceptions of fairness and reconciliation.<\/p>\n For more Information: ENROLL HERE FOR CONFLICTS AT THE MICRO-LEVEL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Course 3:\u00a0Interventions in the Aftermath of Civil Wars<\/p>\n Course instructor: Dr. Claude R. Shema<\/a><\/p>\n Enroll for any of the three terms any time during the year check deadlines here!<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The \u201cinterventions in the aftermath of civil wars-<\/strong>\u201d course is tailored on fundamental strategies and approaches that are useful for reconstruction, rehabilitation and reintegration processes in war ravaged countries.<\/strong> The main objective of this course is to share pertinent information acquired through field experience<\/strong> and provide skills or useful knowledge to the learners and stakeholders , who are interested in the field of peace, rehabilitation<\/strong> on the ground. The course encompasses main points related to peace building in the aftermath of civil wars.<\/span><\/p>\n For more Information: ENROLL HERE FOR INTERVENTION IN THE AFTERMATH OF CIVIL WARS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Course 4: Methods of Analysis and Research for Peace<\/p>\n The goal of the course is for the participants to acquire creative, constructive and concrete ideas<\/strong> of how to carry out research<\/strong> which is aimed to better understand the reasons an causes of conflicts<\/strong>, how they can be overcome and especially how they can be prevented from escalating into violence.\u00a0A special emphasis is placed on “action-research”<\/strong> in the field. It is a kind of research that does not end with a written report, but works towards changing a given reality<\/strong> in the field towards a meliorative outcome<\/strong> regarding humanist and humane standards.\u00a0The participants at the end of the course should be able to plan and carry out research on a specific conflict, chosen by them, and should be able to produce an “action-research” programme<\/strong> which could , if not solve a given problem , at least enable them to de-escalate the intensity of the conflict chosen by them.<\/p>\n For more Information: ENROLL HERE FOR METHODS OF ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH FOR PEACE\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Course 5:\u00a0Democracy and Development<\/p>\n Enroll for any of the three terms any time during the year check deadlines here!<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Why democracy?<\/strong> What is democracy? Who does development benefit? What is the nature, scope, and impact of development?<\/strong> What is the causal link between development and democratization? These questions challenge us at a variety of levels. All writers on political theory are confronted by the contradictions and gaps that exist in almost all states that call themselves democratic. These contradictions and gaps raise more questions than they answer.<\/p>\n For more Information: ENROLL HERE FOR DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Course 6: Just War\/ Just Peace<\/p>\n Course instructor: Prof.Paul D. Scott<\/a><\/p>\n Enroll for any of the three terms any time during the year check deadlines here! <\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Iraq, Syria, Libya, Rwanda, Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia, Sierra Leone, the Congo \u2013 these markers of extraordinary violence begs the question of how the international community has reacted<\/strong> and more importantly should respond to genocides, ethnic cleansings, politicides, and mass killings<\/strong>. This is a core issue in not only international law but also in the behavior of individual states and global institutions.<\/p>\n This course will explore the process of how not only what Responsibility to Protect<\/strong> is but how it has been operationalized.<\/p>\n For more Information: ENROLL HERE FOR JUST WAR\/JUST PEACE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Course 7:\u00a0Civil-Military Relations<\/p>\n Course instructor:Dr. Bishnu Pathak<\/a><\/p>\n Enroll for any of the three terms any time during the year check deadlines here!<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The study on Civil-Military Relations (CMR)<\/strong> is recognized as one of the principal components of human security studies.<\/strong> The CMR course has been particularly designed to describe the relationship of the people and civil society as a whole with the military authority and\/or its organization\/s. The CMR in a democracy is based on a three-polar flying buttress, called Trinity Theory that consists of Civilian Control, Effectiveness and Efficiency.<\/p>\n For more Information: ENROLL HERE FOR CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Course 8: Education for Peace<\/p>\n Course instructor:Prof. Dr. H.B. Danesh<\/a><\/p>\n Enroll for any of the three terms any time during the year check deadlines here!<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n Education for Peace (EFP) <\/strong>course integrates the concept of unity,<\/strong> in the context of diversity,<\/strong> into contemporary peace education, peace-building, community development, leadership, and governance practices.<\/strong> This course will provide a basic introduction on the theory and practice of EFP,<\/strong> and explores the application of unity-centered methodologies<\/strong> to inter-personal, organizational, inter-group, and global contexts.<\/p>\n Topics covered include: concept of unity, definition and classification of worldview, the intersections of developmental psychology with peace and peace-building, theories of social change, and the skills of peace-based education and relationships in the family, school and the community.<\/p>\n For more Information: \u00a0ENROLL HERE FOR EDUCATION FOR PEACE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Course 9: Advanced Conflict Transformation<\/p>\n Course instructor: Prof. Dr. Johan Galtung<\/a><\/p>\n Enroll for any of the three terms any time during the year check deadlines here!<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The course, will give an insight into the method of conflict transformation<\/strong> (including conflict theory, conflict analysis & peace theory).\u00a0By the end of the course participants should:<\/p>\n –recognize socio-dynamic contradictions<\/strong> and assess the importance of their dialectics<\/strong> for the diagnosis, prognosis and therapy of conflict formations.<\/strong> At the core of this solution oriented course on conflict transformation, concepts of violence, peace and equity<\/strong> will be studied at the meso (between and within groups), macro (between and within States and Nations) and mega level (between and within Civilizations).<\/p>\n -be able to use these concepts to evaluate the capacity of the various approaches of peace-building, peace-keeping and peace-making to solve conflicts nonviolently.<\/strong><\/p>\n -own methods and heuristic tools which will allow them to improve their professional competencies in the field and enhance their skill-sets as conflict transformation specialists. For more Information: ENROLL HERE FOR ADVANCED CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Course 10:Social and Political Transformation in the digital age<\/p>\n Course instructor: Prof.Paul D. Scott<\/a><\/p>\n Enroll for any of the three terms any time during the year check deadlines here!<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n This course examines the implications of broadcast and digital media on the social and political transformation associated with the term globalization.<\/strong> The course considers the critical issues raised by global information technologies<\/strong> and how they impact on notions of the nation as well as represent new avenues for empowerment<\/strong> as well as manipulation<\/strong>. Some of the key issues covered in the course include international media and content flow, nationalism, new media technologies, diaspora communities, and media regulation.<\/p>\n For more Information: ENROLL HERE FOR SOCIAL AND POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Course 11:\u00a0Introduction to Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding<\/p>\n Course instructor:\u00a0Antonino Drago<\/a><\/p>\n Enroll for any of the three terms any time during the year check deadlines here!<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The course presents a grassroots viewpoint<\/strong> on international interventions<\/strong> in crisis areas. Then develops according to three political assumptions; the need to ban nuclear weapons<\/strong>, the need to empower the UN<\/strong> as the present best opportunity for a socially empowering world government, and non-violence<\/strong> as the most valuable motivation inside the participants to the Peace movement.<\/p>\n For more Information: ENROLL HERE FOR INTRODUCTION TO PEACEKEEPING AND PEACEBUILDING\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Course 12: SABONA- Searching for Good Solutions – Learning Solving Conflicts<\/p>\n Course instructor: Syn\u00f8ve Faldalen<\/p>\n Enroll for any of the three terms any time during the year check deadlines here!<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The course, which spans 6 weekends covering a total of 12 weeks, will give participants insight into the pedagogical\u00a0method of conflict transformation in daily life in families, schools and at the workplace<\/strong>. SABONA is a Zulu word standing for “I See You”. In this seminar, the quintessential concept is that of\u00a0EMPATHY. This course will discuss and showcase tools that allow participants to systematically recognize patterns of\u00a0interaction inclined to\u00a0generate constructive & legitimate thoughts and actions of\u00a0reciprocity. RECIPROCITY is a central variable\u00a0for\u00a0conflict transformation be it within the school<\/strong> system or in situations of daily life. Participants will learn how to see and solve conflicts within their own couples and family, at work and generic social situations. This course helps participants understand what happens in conflicts, how conflicts can be solved and how more equitable and empathic relations of conviviality are built.<\/p>\n For more Information: ENROLL HERE FOR SABONA-SEARCHING FOR GOOD SOLUTIONS-LEARNING SOLVING CONFLICTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Course 13:\u00a0Peace by African Peaceful Means<\/p>\n Course instructor:Rais Neza Boneza<\/a><\/p>\n Enroll for any of the three terms any time during the year check deadlines here!<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n This course is meant to provide a greater understanding of politics, peace and conflict in African societies and regional blocks.<\/strong> The course also attempts to provide with Africans theoretical tools and concepts to evaluate peace building in Africa<\/strong> with a deep insight on African cosmologies. The course promote a creative understanding of the different interpretations,<\/strong> discourses and policies on history, politics, conflict and development in Africa, and their application to contemporary issues both at micro, meso and macro level and their consequences. You will acquire specific knowledge and understanding of methodologies of conflict analysis, management, resolution and peace-building with an African perspective.<\/strong> The participants will attempt to remedy problems of conflict and under-development facing African societies but also giving a reflection on how Africa can contribute to peace in the world.<\/p>\n For more Information: ENROLL HERE FOR PEACE BY AFRICAN PEACEFUL MEANS\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Course 14:Nonviolent Movements<\/p>\n Course instructor:Dr. J\u00f8rgen Johansen<\/a><\/p>\n Enroll for any of the three terms any time during the year check deadlines here!<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Nonviolent movements<\/strong> have frequently and successfully fought for development of basic democratic rights and freedoms all over the world. Historical cases will be studied in order to understand the present movements like Occupy, environmental-\u00ad, animal rights, and peace-\u00admovements.<\/strong> The strategies and tactics used will be analysed and explained. How unarmed movements can win against states with armed police and military is one central part of this, but also how violence can backfire and destroy the goals.<\/strong> Students will be trained to use analytical tools on complex societal conflicts and suggest nonviolent actions to create awareness, build a movement, and achieve the goals.<\/p>\n The goal is to give the students a deep understanding of the nonviolent movements dynamic, theories to understand the complexity, and skills to start acting.<\/p>\n For more Information: ENROLL HERE FOR NONVIOLENT MOVEMENTS\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Course 15: Economic-Development-Conflict: The Indien Experience<\/p>\n Course instructor: Vithal Rajan<\/a><\/p>\n![\"nonviolence\"](\"https:\/\/www.galtung-institut.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/nonviolence-214x300.png\")
<\/a>ENROLL HERE:\u00a0 NONVIOLENCE (for field-practitioners) <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nENROLL HERE:\u00a0CONFLICTS AT THE MICRO-LEVEL<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nENROLL HERE: INTERVENTIONS IN THE AFTERMATH OF CIVIL WARS<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a>ENROLL HERE: METHODS OF ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH FOR PEACE\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nCourse instructor: Prof. Dr. Alberto L’Abate<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n
Enroll for any of the three terms any time during the year check deadlines here!<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nENROLL NOW: DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT<\/a><\/h3>\n
Course instructor: Prof. Paul D. Scott<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nENROLL NOW: JUST WAR\/ JUST PEACE\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nENROLL NOW: CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nENROLL NOW: EDUCATION FOR PEACE\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nENROLL NOW: ADVANCED CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n
\nThe course provides the necessary toolkit for analyzing conflicts<\/strong> and investigating pathways to solutions, through the lens of nonviolence, empathy and creativity.<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"scott](\"https:\/\/www.galtung-institut.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/scott-3-214x300.png\")
<\/p>\nENROLL NOW: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nENROLL NOW: INTRODUCTION TO PEACEKEEPING AND PEACEBUILDING<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nENROLL NOW: SABONA-SEARCHING FOR GOOD SOLUTIONS-LEARNING SOLVING CONFLICTS<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nENROLL NOW: PEACE BY AFRICAN PEACEFUL MEANS\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nENROLL NOW: NONVIOLENT MOVEMENTS<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nENROLL NOW: ECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENT-CONFLICT: THE INDIAN EXPERIENCE\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n