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Summer Peace Institute

The University of California at Berkeley (UCB) and the United Nations mandated University for Peace (UPEACE) jointly offer the summer course on Human Security and Peacebuilding

Human Security Course Deepen your understanding of the changing landscape of contemporary international relations and sharpen your critical thinking and communication skills by participating in the Summer Peace Institute at the United Nations-mandated University for Peace (UPEACE) in Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica. The Summer Peace Institute will bring together a diverse international group of students with the purposes of inquiry and dialogue on current world issues related to peacebuilding and human security - "problems without passports" in the phrase coined by Kofi Annan during his tenure as Secretary General of the United Nations. As a leader in the progress toward the human security/basic needs standards encompassed in the UN Millennium Development Goals, Costa Rica offers an ideal setting for the study of sustainable peace and peacebuilding practice. Through lectures and interactive seminars you will be exposed to and have the chance to discuss foundational concepts, current controversies and case studies. You will also have the opportunity to more deeply explore what you learn in the classroom through the undertaking of a research assignment and in-class presentation of your findings. An intensive two-week field study assignment will provide you with the opportunity to interact with a variety of both governmental and non-governmental institutions and actors working in the areas of environment, health, food security, education, development, gender equity, conflict resolution and other human security issues.

Programme Director and course Professors

Dr. Jerry W. Sanders, Chair, Peace and Conflict Studies. University of California at Berkeley. His current course offerings include War, Culture and Society; Global Change and World Order; International Conflict: Analysis and Resolution; Peace Theory, and Building Global Peace: Critical Analysis and Constructive Action. Dr. Sanders’ teaching and research interests include cosmopolitan theory; globalization and governance; human security and peacebuilding; and neo-conservatism in American political culture and foreign policy. He is the author of Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and The Politics of Containment (South End Press, 1983), a co-founder of the World Policy Journal, and a contributing author to the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace (Oxford University Press, 2010). In addition to his academic writings, he has published articles in World Policy, The Nation, The Progressive, In These Times, and Mothers Jones. Dr. Sanders received the Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley (1980) and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Colombia (1967-69). He has also taught abroad in Spain, Mexico, Sweden, and Argentina.

Dr. Victoria Fontan (France) is Director for Academic Development, and Head, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies
PhD, MA, Peace and Development Studies, University of Limerick, Ireland; Doctor of Education (candidate), Universidad De La Salle, Costa Rica; BA in Politics, University of Sussex, United Kingdom. Disciplines: post-liberal peace, terrorism and insurgency studies.

Dr. Juan Carlos Sainz-Borgo (Venezuela) is Associate Professor of International Law at the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Professor of Humanitarian International Law at the Universidad Sergio Arboleda in Colombia, and Associate Professor at UPEACE. He will teach the module on International Migration and Human Rights.

Brian Dowd-Uribe (United States) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environment, Peace and Security. Brian received his interdisciplinary PhD in Environmental Studies from the University of California at Santa Cruz. He is also a co-founder of the New Roots Institute for the Study of Food Systems, an educational nonprofit based in Santa Cruz, California dedicated to interdisciplinary research and education on food systems. Before joining UPEACE, Brian was a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions at Columbia University’s Earth Institute.

Dr. Claudio Ansorena (Uruguay) Prof. Ansorena holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Massachusetts, USA. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the National University of Costa Rica. The University of Massachusetts also granted a Master in Economics. Since August 2011 will be Associate Professor at the University for Peace and have the responsibility of conducting the Master of Arts Programmes in Responsible Management and Sustainable Economic Development.

Dates
3 June to 12 July, 2013

Requirements and Tuition Fees
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