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Key objectives

• to promote a better understanding of the conditions of peaceful change
• to be a centre of excellence in peace and conflict research
• to offer opportunities for undergraduate and postgraduate study and research
• to encourage the practical application of its work
• establish a framework for inter-faith dialogue and understanding

The wider community

The Institute seeks to serve the wider community by:

• carrying out research into peace processes, conflict resolution, and peace-building, and feeding back the results of its research to inform peace-making in practice;
• enabling postgraduates and undergraduates to acquire the intellectual and practical skills of conflict analysis and peace-making, which they can take into society in their subsequent careers.
• Undertaking applied peace-building activities in areas of conflict or potential conflict

Conflict Research Society Annual Conference 2011

We are delighted to announce that the Richardson Institute will be Co-Hosting the Conflict Research Society Annual Conference, which will take place at Lancaster University on 5-6 September 2011. A Call for Papers will be announced in due course. Enquires relating to this event should be made to the Conference Co-ordinator, Dr Steve Pickering, at s.pickering@lancaster.ac.uk