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Institutes involved in Peace and Conflict Studies
- The Åland Islands Peace Intitute. An Institute, established in an autonomous and demilitarized province of Finland, whose research projects and activities are focused on issues concerning minorities, demilitarization, neutrality, and autonomy.
- Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, is a centre of research and practice excellence in the areas of conflict analysis, prevention and management, alternative dispute resolution, peace-building and development and post-conflict reconstruction.
- Bancaja International Centre for Peace & Development, in Castellón, Spain. A center established to promote research and teaching on Peace and Development issues. It offers a Master of Arts Program in Peace and Development Studies, accredited by Universitat Jaume I.
- Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management. An organization whose work is aimed at identifying constructive methods for dealing with ethnic and cultural conflicts in Europe, and at providing scientific analysis of, and support for, the practical application of such methods. (The Center is located in Berlin, Germany). Web-site includes the Berghof Handbook for Conflict Tansformation.
- Bradford School of Peace Studies. The largest department involved in peace studies teaching in the UK and in the world.
- The Carter Center. (at Emory University, in Atlanta, GA).
- Center for International Development and Conflict Management of the Univ. of Maryland at College Park. (This Center hosts the Minorities at Risk Project.)
- Conflict Research Society Network for conflict researchers in UK
- Fund for Peace. A nonprofit organization that promotes education and research on global problems that threaten human survival, and proposes practical solutions. The Fund conducts core activities and nurtures the development of semi-autonomous projects that promote scholarship, education and action for peace, justice and a secure world.
- INCORE: Initiative on Conflict Resolution & Ethnicity, in Coleraine, N. Ireland.
- Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University.
- Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation at the University of California, San Diego.
- International Boundaries Research Unit (IBRU): An organization, located at the Univ. of Durham, in Durham, UK, that works to enhance the resources available for the peaceful resolution of international boundary problems. Its site includes a searchable news database.
- PRIO: The International Peace Research Institute in Oslo, Norway. An independent center for peace research -- one of the first such centers in the world.
- Seeds of Peace. An organization that is working to secure peace in the Middle East by bringing together Arab and Israeli teenagers, by encouraging them to nurture lasting friendships that become the basis of mutual understanding and respect. and by training these youngsters in effective conflict-resolution techniques.
- United States Institute of Peace (in Washington, DC.)
- http://www.peacebuilding.anu.edu.au/ Peacebuilding Compared at ANU