UPM 6001 |
UPEACE Foundation Course
UPM 6001-UPEACE Foundation Course3CreditsThe UPEACE Foundation Course provides a critical and concise introduction to the broad field of “Peace Studies” for students in all UPEACE programmes. It initially addresses key conceptual and theoretical underpinnings of the origins and development of peace studies as an interdisciplinary area within the fields of international relations and political economy, as well as a basic understanding of conflict analysis. Based on a critical analysis of policies, strategies, policies, institutions, organizations, and movements, the course then examines a range of core issues, dimensions, perspectives, and paradigms for understanding the root causes of conflicts and violence and constructive strategies to address them and build peace in contemporary global, international, regional, national and local contexts, including conflict management, conflict resolution, and conflict transformation; alternative discourse analysis; militarization and disarmament; human rights violations and promotion; gender inequalities, gender-based violence and gender mainstreaming; structural violence, human security, development and globalization; environmental sustainability; corporate social responsibility; cultural and religious identities; media’s role in conflict and peacebuilding; strategies of nonviolence; and peace education. This Foundations course will be essential in catalyzing the awareness, understanding, and motivation of UPEACE students from diverse academic programmes to relate, ground, or intersect their specific areas of academic and practitioner interest with core theoretical, conceptual, and analytical ideas in peace studies.
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Mandatory |
UPEACE Resident Faculty()
Amr Abdalla(Egypt/United States)
Amr AbdallaEgypt/United States
Professor Emeritus, University for Peace
Dr. Abdalla is a Professor Emeritus at the University for Peace (UPEACE), and the Scholar in Residence at the Baker Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies at Juniata College, Pennsylvania. He is also the Senior Advisor on Conflict Resolution at the Washington-based organization KARAMAH (Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights).
From 2014 to 2017, he was the Senior Advisor on Policy Analysis and Research at the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) of Addis Ababa University. In 2013-2014, he was Vice President of SALAM Institute for Peace and Justice in Washington, DC. From 2004-2013 he was Professor, Dean and Vice Rector at UPEACE. Prior to that, he was a Senior Fellow with the Peace Operations Policy Program, School of Public Policy, at George Mason University, Virginia. He was also a Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution at the Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences in Leesburg, Virginia.
Both his academic and professional careers are multi-disciplinary. He obtained a law degree in Egypt in 1977, where he practiced law as a prosecuting attorney from 1978 to 1986. From 1981-1986, he was a member of the public prosecutor team investigating the case of the assassination of President Sadat and numerous other terrorism cases. He then emigrated to the US, where he obtained a Master’s degree in Sociology and a Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University. He has been teaching graduate classes in conflict analysis and resolution and has conducted training, research, and evaluation of conflict resolution and peacebuilding programs in numerous countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas.
He has been an active figure in promoting inter-faith dialogue and effective cross-cultural messages through workshops and community presentations in the United States and beyond. He pioneered the development of the first conflict resolution teaching and training manual for Muslim communities titled (“…Say Peace”).
He also founded Project LIGHT (Learning Islamic Guidance for Human Tolerance), a community peer-based anti-discrimination project funded by the National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ). In 2011, he established with Egyptian UPEACE graduates a program for community prevention of sectarian violence in Egypt (Ahl el Hetta). In 2018 he led the publication of the first Arabic Glossary of Terms in Peace and Conflict Studies in cooperation with UNDP-Iraq and the Iraqi Amal Association.
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3 |
3 weeks (Including one double session. Friday 15 September 2023 is a Holiday) |
28-Aug-2023 14-Sep-2023 |
8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
Council Room |
PCS 6013 |
Gender and Peacebuilding
PCS 6013-Gender and Peacebuilding3CreditsThe role that gender plays in conflict situations is increasingly being recognized as an aspect that needs to be explored in order to better understand and work towards effective changes in conflict and post-conflict situations. This introductory course focuses on gender inclusivity in the process of peacebuilding, and seeks to enable students to analyze how gendered perspectives influence conflict, how gender relations are impacted by acts of violence and extremism, and the ways in which a gendered lens can be instrumentalized to achieve peace.
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Mandatory |
Uzma Rashid(Pakistan)
Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies and Academic Coordinator of MA in Gender and Peacebuilding, MA in Gender and Development and MA in Religion, Culture, and Peace Studies Programmes
Dr. Uzma Rashid serves as Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, and Academic Coordinator for the Gender and Peacebuilding; Gender and Development; and Religion, Culture, and Peace Studies Masters programmes at the University for Peace (established by the UN General Assembly), Costa Rica. Prior to joining UPEACE, she worked as Chair at the Department of Sociology, and Associate Dean for Research of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. Dr. Rashid has done her PhD as a Fulbright scholar from the interdisciplinary Language, Literacy, and Culture program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA, and has extensive teaching, training, and research experience in a variety of contexts. Her academic work and research interests have consistently been interdisciplinary in nature, with the aim of working towards equity and justice by furthering an understanding of power relations in the intersections of gender, sexuality, religion, race, ethnicity, caste, ability, and class at the multiple levels on which they operate. She is also a certified trainer for conducting self-defense trainings with a holistic view of tackling violence, especially sexual and gender based violence. Currently, she is also a KAICIID International Fellow for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, implementing a project for capacity building towards ensuring that interfaith dialogue spaces can be made more inclusive and nonviolent for queer communities. She is always open to ideas for collaborations that are aimed at creating such just futures for all. She can be reached at urashid@upeace.org
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3 |
3 weeks |
20-Sep-2023 10-Oct-2023 |
8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
Classroom #3 |
UPM 6003 |
The United Nations System and...
UPM 6003-The United Nations System and UPMUNC (Part I)2CreditsThe course is intended to familiarize students with the creation, objectives, evolution, main entities, and principal areas of work of the United Nations system. The course will look in some detail at the United Nations Charter and the functions of the UN’s principal organs before delving into the UN’s work in spurring cooperation to address a number of key contemporary global challenges, such as those in the areas of sustainable development, international migration and large-scale refugee flows, and climate change and environmental degradation.
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Mandatory |
Mihir Kanade(India)
Dr. Mihir Kanade (India) is the Academic Coordinator of UPEACE, the Head of its Department of International Law, and the Director of the UPEACE Human Rights Centre. He is also the academic co-coordinator of the LLM programme in Transnational Crime and Justice offered jointly by UPEACE and UNICRI in Turin, Italy. He holds an LL.B. from Nagpur University (India) and a Master degree and Doctorate from UPEACE. He is an adjunct/visiting faculty at Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio (Spain), Cheikh Anta Diop University (Senegal), Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia) and Long Island University (United States). His principal area of academic research and study is International Law, Human Rights and Globalization, covering several themes within that interface including armed conflicts, trade and investment, sustainable development, forced migration, indigenous peoples’ rights, public health, amongst others. He currently serves as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council's Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development in representation of the Asia-Pacific region. He also chairs the group of international experts mandated to elaborate the draft convention on the right to development. He has previously served on the International Advisory Board of the International Bar Association on the topic of Business and Human Rights. He leads an e-learning project of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on promoting the Right to Development. Prior to his pursuit in academia, Mihir practiced as a lawyer at the Bombay High Court and at the Supreme Court of India.
Guest Speakers()
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2 |
2 weeks |
16-Oct-2023 27-Oct-2023 |
8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
Council Room |
PCS-6006-1 |
Critical Seminars - First Critical...
PCS-6006-1-Critical Seminars - First Critical Seminar0CreditsCritical seminars are an opportunity for each academic programme to meet on a regular basis in order to:
- Make the connections between the teaching and learning of their various courses
- Critically reflect on course content and its relationship to their own lived experiences
- Critically analyze existing research
- Use metacognition to improve learning.
Unless otherwise specified, the seminars will take place on the afternoons of the following dates:
I Semester:
- Critical Seminar 1: Thursday 19 October 2023
- Critical Seminar 2: Thursday 23 November 2023
II Semester:
- Critical Seminar 3: Thursday 8 February 2024
- Critical Seminar 4: Thursday 25 April 2024
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Adriana Salcedo(Ecuador/United States)
Adriana SalcedoEcuador/United States
Biography
Head and Assistant Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, Academic Coordinator of M.A. in International Peace Studies and M.A. in International Peace Studies with specialization in Media, Peace and Conflict Studies programmes
Dr. Adriana Salcedo currently serves as Head of the Peace and Conflict Studies Department at the University for Peace in Costa Rica and Academic Coordinator of the Masters in International Peace Studies (IPS) and International Peace Studies with specialization in Media, Peace and Conflict Studies (IPS-MPCS) programmes. She is a scholar-practitioner in the field of conflict transformation and peacebuilding with a focus on conflict, gender, identity and migration. She holds a Doctorate in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from The Jimmy and Rosslyn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University, in Virginia, United States. For this degree, she conducted extensive research on forced migration, conflict and the social integration of refugees in the Colombian-Ecuadorian borderlands and in inner cities in Ecuador. She is deeply committed to achieving positive social change through non-violent means and to strengthening social actors including grass-roots organizations, indigenous communities and minority groups through her research and practice. Adriana has taught courses at The Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University in Washington D.C., at Boston University and at the Simón Bolívar Andean University in Quito, Ecuador in conflict analysis, collaborative methodologies for building peace, mediation, identity conflicts, gender and migration.
As a practitioner, Adriana has provided training for the Northern Virginia Mediation Center (as a Certified Instructor/Mediator) and for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Rediálogo and Oportunidades Acción Ciudadana (Venezuela) as well as for the Canadian Embassy in the Dominican Republic and the Observatory of Migration in the Caribbean (OBMICA). With more than fifteen years of experience in analyzing and transforming social conflicts, her professional practice has covered the Amazon basin, the Galapagos Islands and the Andean region (Ecuador, Colombia and Bolivia), the United States, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Costa Rica. She has conducted research and collaborated with various public, grassroots and civil society organizations across the Americas and the Caribbean.
Biografía
Directora y Profesora Asistente, Departamento de Estudios de Paz y Conflicto, Coordinadora Académica de los programas de Maestría en Estudios Internacionales de Paz y la Maestría en Estudios Internacionales de Paz con especialización en Estudios de Medios, Paz y Conflicto
La Dra. Adriana Salcedo actualmente se desempeña como Directora y Profesora Asistente del Departamento de Estudios de Paz y Conflicto de la Universidad para la Paz en Costa Rica. Además, es Coordinadora Académica de los programas de Maestría en Estudios Internacionales de Paz y la Maestría en Estudios Internacionales de Paz con especialización en Estudios de Medios, Paz y Conflicto, que ofrece este Departamento.
La Dra. Adriana Salcedo es una profesional que combina la teoría y práctica en el campo de la transformación de conflictos y la construcción de la paz con un enfoque en conflictos, género, identidades y migración. Obtuvo su Doctorado en Análisis y Resolución de Conflictos de la Escuela de Análisis y Resolución de Conflictos de Jimmy and Rosslyn Carter de la Universidad George Mason, en Virginia, Estados Unidos. Para esto, realizó una extensa investigación sobre la migración forzada, los conflictos y la integración social de refugiados/as en las tierras fronterizas colombo-ecuatorianas y en las ciudades del interior de Ecuador. Está profundamente comprometida a lograr un cambio social positivo a través de medios no violentos y a fortalecer a los actores sociales a través de su investigación y práctica (principalmente organizaciones de base, las comunidades indígenas y los grupos minoritarios).
Adriana ha impartido cursos en la Escuela Carter para la Paz y la Resolución de Conflictos en la Universidad George Mason en Washington D.C, en la Universidad de Boston y en la Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar en Quito, Ecuador sobre análisis de conflictos, metodologías colaborativas para construcción de la paz, mediación, género y migración. Fue profesora visitante en el Departamento de Estudios de Paz y Conflicto de la Universidad para la Paz (UPAZ) en Costa Rica durante tres años consecutivos (2017-2019) antes de unirse a la UPAZ como profesora residente.
En su práctica profesional, Adriana ha brindado capacitación para el Centro de Mediación del Norte de Virginia (como Instructora / Mediadora Certificada) y para el Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (UNICEF), Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), Rediálogo y Oportunidades Acción Ciudadana (Venezuela), así como para la Embajada de Canadá en la República Dominicana y el Centro para la Observación Migratoria y el Desarrollo Social del Caribe (OBMICA). Con más de quince años de experiencia en el análisis y transformación de conflictos sociales, su práctica profesional ha cubierto la cuenca del Amazonas, las Islas Galápagos y la región andina (Ecuador, Colombia y Bolivia), los Estados Unidos, la República Dominicana y Haití. Ha realizado varias investigaciones y colaborado con varias instituciones públicas, privadas y de la sociedad civil en la región de las Américas y del Caribe.
Uzma Rashid(Pakistan)
Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies and Academic Coordinator of MA in Gender and Peacebuilding, MA in Gender and Development and MA in Religion, Culture, and Peace Studies Programmes
Dr. Uzma Rashid serves as Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, and Academic Coordinator for the Gender and Peacebuilding; Gender and Development; and Religion, Culture, and Peace Studies Masters programmes at the University for Peace (established by the UN General Assembly), Costa Rica. Prior to joining UPEACE, she worked as Chair at the Department of Sociology, and Associate Dean for Research of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. Dr. Rashid has done her PhD as a Fulbright scholar from the interdisciplinary Language, Literacy, and Culture program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA, and has extensive teaching, training, and research experience in a variety of contexts. Her academic work and research interests have consistently been interdisciplinary in nature, with the aim of working towards equity and justice by furthering an understanding of power relations in the intersections of gender, sexuality, religion, race, ethnicity, caste, ability, and class at the multiple levels on which they operate. She is also a certified trainer for conducting self-defense trainings with a holistic view of tackling violence, especially sexual and gender based violence. Currently, she is also a KAICIID International Fellow for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, implementing a project for capacity building towards ensuring that interfaith dialogue spaces can be made more inclusive and nonviolent for queer communities. She is always open to ideas for collaborations that are aimed at creating such just futures for all. She can be reached at urashid@upeace.org
Stephanie Knox Steiner(United States)
Stephanie Knox SteinerUnited States
Assistant Professor and Academic Coordinator of Peace Education Programme, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies
Stephanie Marie Knox Steiner, PhD (she/her) is Assistant Professor and Academic Coordinator of the Peace Education programme at the University for Peace (UPEACE), established by the UN General Assembly. She earned her doctorate in the Community, Liberation, Indigenous, and Ecopsychologies specialization from Pacifica Graduate Institute and holds a masters in Peace Education from the University for Peace. She has taught college-level courses on peace and conflict studies and developed peace and nonviolence education programmes for organizations such as Teachers Without Borders and the Metta Center for Nonviolence. She co-founded and coordinates the Jill Knox Humor for Peace Fellowship programme, which offers professional development to peace studies scholars through the Humor Academy of the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor with the intention of building peace through humor. She is a student of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, an ordained member of the Order of Interbeing, and a member of the Earth Holder Community caretaking council. Her teaching and research interests currently lie at the intersection of peace education, decolonial pedagogies, and unschooling/deschooling/self-directed education.
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1 day |
19-Oct-2023 19-Oct-2023 |
12:45 p.m.-3:45 p.m. |
Earth Charter Auditorium |
GPB 6042 |
Gender in Everyday Life
GPB 6042-Gender in Everyday Life3CreditsThis course deals with the dynamics of gender in everyday life, how it shapes a sense of who we are and determines the ways in which we engage with the world around us. It will explore the concepts of sex and gender, femininities and masculinities, the workings of gender in institutions of socialization such as family, education, and work. It will also enable students to explore structural inequalities based on gender, along with understanding gender identities in their intersections with other aspects of identity such as race, class, ethnicity, and religion, among others.
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Mandatory |
Uzma Rashid(Pakistan)
Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies and Academic Coordinator of MA in Gender and Peacebuilding, MA in Gender and Development and MA in Religion, Culture, and Peace Studies Programmes
Dr. Uzma Rashid serves as Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, and Academic Coordinator for the Gender and Peacebuilding; Gender and Development; and Religion, Culture, and Peace Studies Masters programmes at the University for Peace (established by the UN General Assembly), Costa Rica. Prior to joining UPEACE, she worked as Chair at the Department of Sociology, and Associate Dean for Research of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. Dr. Rashid has done her PhD as a Fulbright scholar from the interdisciplinary Language, Literacy, and Culture program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA, and has extensive teaching, training, and research experience in a variety of contexts. Her academic work and research interests have consistently been interdisciplinary in nature, with the aim of working towards equity and justice by furthering an understanding of power relations in the intersections of gender, sexuality, religion, race, ethnicity, caste, ability, and class at the multiple levels on which they operate. She is also a certified trainer for conducting self-defense trainings with a holistic view of tackling violence, especially sexual and gender based violence. Currently, she is also a KAICIID International Fellow for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, implementing a project for capacity building towards ensuring that interfaith dialogue spaces can be made more inclusive and nonviolent for queer communities. She is always open to ideas for collaborations that are aimed at creating such just futures for all. She can be reached at urashid@upeace.org
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3 |
3 weeks |
30-Oct-2023 17-Nov-2023 |
8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
Classroom #4 |
PCS 6011 |
Tools for Conflict Resolution and...
PCS 6011-Tools for Conflict Resolution and Transformation3CreditsAs far as historical and archaeological records indicate, armed violence has been a feature of human social life, and so have been efforts at resolving violent conflict. Since the end of the Second World War, the overwhelming majority of wars have been fought within the internationally recognised boundaries of sovereign states – so-called internal armed conflicts, low-intensity conflicts, or, simply, civil wars. The causes of these conflicts, as well as the political goals pursued by the parties, have been diverse, and the conflicts themselves are often highly complex and protracted. The need to bring these conflicts to an end has inspired a large body of research and practical work.
Tools for Conflict Resolution and Transformation is a practice-oriented course with a pronounced theoretical foundation. After a brief overview of the history of the field, the primary focus of the course will be on conflict transformation, particularly in the context of internal armed conflicts and post-conflict situations.
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Mandatory |
Balázs Kovács(Hungary)
Balázs Áron Kovács is an independent peace-building consultant. Earlier he was the Country Director in the Philippines of forumZFD – Forum Civil Peace Service, a German NGO working in the field of conflict transformation. He completed his PhD at the University of New England, Australia in Peace Studies/Politics and International Studies. Prior to this he worked as an instructor at the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at the UN-mandated University for Peace, as a programme officer at Freedom House Europe, a Washington DC-based NGO, and a civil servant at the Hungarian Ministry of Justice. He also holds a Juris Doctorate from the Faculty of Law and Political Science, Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, and a Master’s Degree in International Peace Studies from the University for Peace.
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3 |
3 weeks (Including one double session. Friday 1 December 2023 is a Holiday) |
20-Nov-2023 08-Dec-2023 |
8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
Council Room |
PCS-6006-2 |
Critical Seminars - Second Critical...
PCS-6006-2-Critical Seminars - Second Critical Seminar0CreditsCritical seminars are an opportunity for each academic programme to meet on a regular basis in order to:
- Make the connections between the teaching and learning of their various courses
- Critically reflect on course content and its relationship to their own lived experiences
- Critically analyze existing research
- Use metacognition to improve learning.
Unless otherwise specified, the seminars will take place on the afternoons of the following dates:
I Semester:
- Critical Seminar 1: Thursday 19 October 2023
- Critical Seminar 2: Thursday 23 November 2023
II Semester:
- Critical Seminar 3: Thursday 8 February 2024
- Critical Seminar 4: Thursday 25 April 2024
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Mandatory |
Adriana Salcedo(Ecuador/United States)
Adriana SalcedoEcuador/United States
Biography
Head and Assistant Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, Academic Coordinator of M.A. in International Peace Studies and M.A. in International Peace Studies with specialization in Media, Peace and Conflict Studies programmes
Dr. Adriana Salcedo currently serves as Head of the Peace and Conflict Studies Department at the University for Peace in Costa Rica and Academic Coordinator of the Masters in International Peace Studies (IPS) and International Peace Studies with specialization in Media, Peace and Conflict Studies (IPS-MPCS) programmes. She is a scholar-practitioner in the field of conflict transformation and peacebuilding with a focus on conflict, gender, identity and migration. She holds a Doctorate in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from The Jimmy and Rosslyn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University, in Virginia, United States. For this degree, she conducted extensive research on forced migration, conflict and the social integration of refugees in the Colombian-Ecuadorian borderlands and in inner cities in Ecuador. She is deeply committed to achieving positive social change through non-violent means and to strengthening social actors including grass-roots organizations, indigenous communities and minority groups through her research and practice. Adriana has taught courses at The Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University in Washington D.C., at Boston University and at the Simón Bolívar Andean University in Quito, Ecuador in conflict analysis, collaborative methodologies for building peace, mediation, identity conflicts, gender and migration.
As a practitioner, Adriana has provided training for the Northern Virginia Mediation Center (as a Certified Instructor/Mediator) and for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Rediálogo and Oportunidades Acción Ciudadana (Venezuela) as well as for the Canadian Embassy in the Dominican Republic and the Observatory of Migration in the Caribbean (OBMICA). With more than fifteen years of experience in analyzing and transforming social conflicts, her professional practice has covered the Amazon basin, the Galapagos Islands and the Andean region (Ecuador, Colombia and Bolivia), the United States, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Costa Rica. She has conducted research and collaborated with various public, grassroots and civil society organizations across the Americas and the Caribbean.
Biografía
Directora y Profesora Asistente, Departamento de Estudios de Paz y Conflicto, Coordinadora Académica de los programas de Maestría en Estudios Internacionales de Paz y la Maestría en Estudios Internacionales de Paz con especialización en Estudios de Medios, Paz y Conflicto
La Dra. Adriana Salcedo actualmente se desempeña como Directora y Profesora Asistente del Departamento de Estudios de Paz y Conflicto de la Universidad para la Paz en Costa Rica. Además, es Coordinadora Académica de los programas de Maestría en Estudios Internacionales de Paz y la Maestría en Estudios Internacionales de Paz con especialización en Estudios de Medios, Paz y Conflicto, que ofrece este Departamento.
La Dra. Adriana Salcedo es una profesional que combina la teoría y práctica en el campo de la transformación de conflictos y la construcción de la paz con un enfoque en conflictos, género, identidades y migración. Obtuvo su Doctorado en Análisis y Resolución de Conflictos de la Escuela de Análisis y Resolución de Conflictos de Jimmy and Rosslyn Carter de la Universidad George Mason, en Virginia, Estados Unidos. Para esto, realizó una extensa investigación sobre la migración forzada, los conflictos y la integración social de refugiados/as en las tierras fronterizas colombo-ecuatorianas y en las ciudades del interior de Ecuador. Está profundamente comprometida a lograr un cambio social positivo a través de medios no violentos y a fortalecer a los actores sociales a través de su investigación y práctica (principalmente organizaciones de base, las comunidades indígenas y los grupos minoritarios).
Adriana ha impartido cursos en la Escuela Carter para la Paz y la Resolución de Conflictos en la Universidad George Mason en Washington D.C, en la Universidad de Boston y en la Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar en Quito, Ecuador sobre análisis de conflictos, metodologías colaborativas para construcción de la paz, mediación, género y migración. Fue profesora visitante en el Departamento de Estudios de Paz y Conflicto de la Universidad para la Paz (UPAZ) en Costa Rica durante tres años consecutivos (2017-2019) antes de unirse a la UPAZ como profesora residente.
En su práctica profesional, Adriana ha brindado capacitación para el Centro de Mediación del Norte de Virginia (como Instructora / Mediadora Certificada) y para el Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (UNICEF), Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), Rediálogo y Oportunidades Acción Ciudadana (Venezuela), así como para la Embajada de Canadá en la República Dominicana y el Centro para la Observación Migratoria y el Desarrollo Social del Caribe (OBMICA). Con más de quince años de experiencia en el análisis y transformación de conflictos sociales, su práctica profesional ha cubierto la cuenca del Amazonas, las Islas Galápagos y la región andina (Ecuador, Colombia y Bolivia), los Estados Unidos, la República Dominicana y Haití. Ha realizado varias investigaciones y colaborado con varias instituciones públicas, privadas y de la sociedad civil en la región de las Américas y del Caribe.
Uzma Rashid(Pakistan)
Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies and Academic Coordinator of MA in Gender and Peacebuilding, MA in Gender and Development and MA in Religion, Culture, and Peace Studies Programmes
Dr. Uzma Rashid serves as Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, and Academic Coordinator for the Gender and Peacebuilding; Gender and Development; and Religion, Culture, and Peace Studies Masters programmes at the University for Peace (established by the UN General Assembly), Costa Rica. Prior to joining UPEACE, she worked as Chair at the Department of Sociology, and Associate Dean for Research of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. Dr. Rashid has done her PhD as a Fulbright scholar from the interdisciplinary Language, Literacy, and Culture program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA, and has extensive teaching, training, and research experience in a variety of contexts. Her academic work and research interests have consistently been interdisciplinary in nature, with the aim of working towards equity and justice by furthering an understanding of power relations in the intersections of gender, sexuality, religion, race, ethnicity, caste, ability, and class at the multiple levels on which they operate. She is also a certified trainer for conducting self-defense trainings with a holistic view of tackling violence, especially sexual and gender based violence. Currently, she is also a KAICIID International Fellow for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, implementing a project for capacity building towards ensuring that interfaith dialogue spaces can be made more inclusive and nonviolent for queer communities. She is always open to ideas for collaborations that are aimed at creating such just futures for all. She can be reached at urashid@upeace.org
Stephanie Knox Steiner(United States)
Stephanie Knox SteinerUnited States
Assistant Professor and Academic Coordinator of Peace Education Programme, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies
Stephanie Marie Knox Steiner, PhD (she/her) is Assistant Professor and Academic Coordinator of the Peace Education programme at the University for Peace (UPEACE), established by the UN General Assembly. She earned her doctorate in the Community, Liberation, Indigenous, and Ecopsychologies specialization from Pacifica Graduate Institute and holds a masters in Peace Education from the University for Peace. She has taught college-level courses on peace and conflict studies and developed peace and nonviolence education programmes for organizations such as Teachers Without Borders and the Metta Center for Nonviolence. She co-founded and coordinates the Jill Knox Humor for Peace Fellowship programme, which offers professional development to peace studies scholars through the Humor Academy of the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor with the intention of building peace through humor. She is a student of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, an ordained member of the Order of Interbeing, and a member of the Earth Holder Community caretaking council. Her teaching and research interests currently lie at the intersection of peace education, decolonial pedagogies, and unschooling/deschooling/self-directed education.
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1 day |
23-Nov-2023 23-Nov-2023 |
12:45 p.m.-3:45 p.m. |
Earth Charter Auditorium |
PCS 6008 |
Research Methodology
PCS 6008-Research Methodology3CreditsThis course introduces students to research methods and aims to equip them with the knowledge and skills required to undertake, design, and execute a research project in the field of Peace and Conflict Studies. Starting with an examination of the meaning and purpose of research itself, the course focuses on how existing literature can be explored to identify research topics and what the research design entails. Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed designs will be considered, along with the data collection tools and data analysis techniques that could be used.
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Mandatory |
Uzma Rashid(Pakistan)
Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies and Academic Coordinator of MA in Gender and Peacebuilding, MA in Gender and Development and MA in Religion, Culture, and Peace Studies Programmes
Dr. Uzma Rashid serves as Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, and Academic Coordinator for the Gender and Peacebuilding; Gender and Development; and Religion, Culture, and Peace Studies Masters programmes at the University for Peace (established by the UN General Assembly), Costa Rica. Prior to joining UPEACE, she worked as Chair at the Department of Sociology, and Associate Dean for Research of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. Dr. Rashid has done her PhD as a Fulbright scholar from the interdisciplinary Language, Literacy, and Culture program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA, and has extensive teaching, training, and research experience in a variety of contexts. Her academic work and research interests have consistently been interdisciplinary in nature, with the aim of working towards equity and justice by furthering an understanding of power relations in the intersections of gender, sexuality, religion, race, ethnicity, caste, ability, and class at the multiple levels on which they operate. She is also a certified trainer for conducting self-defense trainings with a holistic view of tackling violence, especially sexual and gender based violence. Currently, she is also a KAICIID International Fellow for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, implementing a project for capacity building towards ensuring that interfaith dialogue spaces can be made more inclusive and nonviolent for queer communities. She is always open to ideas for collaborations that are aimed at creating such just futures for all. She can be reached at urashid@upeace.org
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3 |
3 weeks |
08-Jan-2024 26-Jan-2024 |
8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
Earth Charter Auditorium |
MPS 6047 |
Gender and Media
MPS 6047-Gender and Media3CreditsThis course aims at furthering an understanding of how gender is constructed and represented across a variety of media. It seeks to enable students to delve into the idea of representation and situate gendered representations in their historicity and current social context. The course will focus on a variety of media, including electronic, print, and social media, and examine these in relation to gender.
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Mandatory |
Stephanie Knox Steiner(United States)
Stephanie Knox SteinerUnited States
Assistant Professor and Academic Coordinator of Peace Education Programme, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies
Stephanie Marie Knox Steiner, PhD (she/her) is Assistant Professor and Academic Coordinator of the Peace Education programme at the University for Peace (UPEACE), established by the UN General Assembly. She earned her doctorate in the Community, Liberation, Indigenous, and Ecopsychologies specialization from Pacifica Graduate Institute and holds a masters in Peace Education from the University for Peace. She has taught college-level courses on peace and conflict studies and developed peace and nonviolence education programmes for organizations such as Teachers Without Borders and the Metta Center for Nonviolence. She co-founded and coordinates the Jill Knox Humor for Peace Fellowship programme, which offers professional development to peace studies scholars through the Humor Academy of the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor with the intention of building peace through humor. She is a student of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, an ordained member of the Order of Interbeing, and a member of the Earth Holder Community caretaking council. Her teaching and research interests currently lie at the intersection of peace education, decolonial pedagogies, and unschooling/deschooling/self-directed education.
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3 |
3 weeks |
29-Jan-2024 16-Feb-2024 |
8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
Classroom #6 |
PCS-6006-3 |
Critical Seminars - Third Critical...
PCS-6006-3-Critical Seminars - Third Critical Seminar0CreditsCritical seminars are an opportunity for each academic programme to meet on a regular basis in order to:
- Make the connections between the teaching and learning of their various courses
- Critically reflect on course content and its relationship to their own lived experiences
- Critically analyze existing research
- Use metacognition to improve learning.
Unless otherwise specified, the seminars will take place on the afternoons of the following dates:
I Semester:
- Critical Seminar 1: Thursday 19 October 2023
- Critical Seminar 2: Thursday 23 November 2023
II Semester:
- Critical Seminar 3: Thursday 8 February 2024
- Critical Seminar 4: Thursday 25 April 2024
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Mandatory |
Adriana Salcedo(Ecuador/United States)
Adriana SalcedoEcuador/United States
Biography
Head and Assistant Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, Academic Coordinator of M.A. in International Peace Studies and M.A. in International Peace Studies with specialization in Media, Peace and Conflict Studies programmes
Dr. Adriana Salcedo currently serves as Head of the Peace and Conflict Studies Department at the University for Peace in Costa Rica and Academic Coordinator of the Masters in International Peace Studies (IPS) and International Peace Studies with specialization in Media, Peace and Conflict Studies (IPS-MPCS) programmes. She is a scholar-practitioner in the field of conflict transformation and peacebuilding with a focus on conflict, gender, identity and migration. She holds a Doctorate in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from The Jimmy and Rosslyn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University, in Virginia, United States. For this degree, she conducted extensive research on forced migration, conflict and the social integration of refugees in the Colombian-Ecuadorian borderlands and in inner cities in Ecuador. She is deeply committed to achieving positive social change through non-violent means and to strengthening social actors including grass-roots organizations, indigenous communities and minority groups through her research and practice. Adriana has taught courses at The Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University in Washington D.C., at Boston University and at the Simón Bolívar Andean University in Quito, Ecuador in conflict analysis, collaborative methodologies for building peace, mediation, identity conflicts, gender and migration.
As a practitioner, Adriana has provided training for the Northern Virginia Mediation Center (as a Certified Instructor/Mediator) and for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Rediálogo and Oportunidades Acción Ciudadana (Venezuela) as well as for the Canadian Embassy in the Dominican Republic and the Observatory of Migration in the Caribbean (OBMICA). With more than fifteen years of experience in analyzing and transforming social conflicts, her professional practice has covered the Amazon basin, the Galapagos Islands and the Andean region (Ecuador, Colombia and Bolivia), the United States, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Costa Rica. She has conducted research and collaborated with various public, grassroots and civil society organizations across the Americas and the Caribbean.
Biografía
Directora y Profesora Asistente, Departamento de Estudios de Paz y Conflicto, Coordinadora Académica de los programas de Maestría en Estudios Internacionales de Paz y la Maestría en Estudios Internacionales de Paz con especialización en Estudios de Medios, Paz y Conflicto
La Dra. Adriana Salcedo actualmente se desempeña como Directora y Profesora Asistente del Departamento de Estudios de Paz y Conflicto de la Universidad para la Paz en Costa Rica. Además, es Coordinadora Académica de los programas de Maestría en Estudios Internacionales de Paz y la Maestría en Estudios Internacionales de Paz con especialización en Estudios de Medios, Paz y Conflicto, que ofrece este Departamento.
La Dra. Adriana Salcedo es una profesional que combina la teoría y práctica en el campo de la transformación de conflictos y la construcción de la paz con un enfoque en conflictos, género, identidades y migración. Obtuvo su Doctorado en Análisis y Resolución de Conflictos de la Escuela de Análisis y Resolución de Conflictos de Jimmy and Rosslyn Carter de la Universidad George Mason, en Virginia, Estados Unidos. Para esto, realizó una extensa investigación sobre la migración forzada, los conflictos y la integración social de refugiados/as en las tierras fronterizas colombo-ecuatorianas y en las ciudades del interior de Ecuador. Está profundamente comprometida a lograr un cambio social positivo a través de medios no violentos y a fortalecer a los actores sociales a través de su investigación y práctica (principalmente organizaciones de base, las comunidades indígenas y los grupos minoritarios).
Adriana ha impartido cursos en la Escuela Carter para la Paz y la Resolución de Conflictos en la Universidad George Mason en Washington D.C, en la Universidad de Boston y en la Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar en Quito, Ecuador sobre análisis de conflictos, metodologías colaborativas para construcción de la paz, mediación, género y migración. Fue profesora visitante en el Departamento de Estudios de Paz y Conflicto de la Universidad para la Paz (UPAZ) en Costa Rica durante tres años consecutivos (2017-2019) antes de unirse a la UPAZ como profesora residente.
En su práctica profesional, Adriana ha brindado capacitación para el Centro de Mediación del Norte de Virginia (como Instructora / Mediadora Certificada) y para el Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (UNICEF), Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), Rediálogo y Oportunidades Acción Ciudadana (Venezuela), así como para la Embajada de Canadá en la República Dominicana y el Centro para la Observación Migratoria y el Desarrollo Social del Caribe (OBMICA). Con más de quince años de experiencia en el análisis y transformación de conflictos sociales, su práctica profesional ha cubierto la cuenca del Amazonas, las Islas Galápagos y la región andina (Ecuador, Colombia y Bolivia), los Estados Unidos, la República Dominicana y Haití. Ha realizado varias investigaciones y colaborado con varias instituciones públicas, privadas y de la sociedad civil en la región de las Américas y del Caribe.
Uzma Rashid(Pakistan)
Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies and Academic Coordinator of MA in Gender and Peacebuilding, MA in Gender and Development and MA in Religion, Culture, and Peace Studies Programmes
Dr. Uzma Rashid serves as Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, and Academic Coordinator for the Gender and Peacebuilding; Gender and Development; and Religion, Culture, and Peace Studies Masters programmes at the University for Peace (established by the UN General Assembly), Costa Rica. Prior to joining UPEACE, she worked as Chair at the Department of Sociology, and Associate Dean for Research of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. Dr. Rashid has done her PhD as a Fulbright scholar from the interdisciplinary Language, Literacy, and Culture program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA, and has extensive teaching, training, and research experience in a variety of contexts. Her academic work and research interests have consistently been interdisciplinary in nature, with the aim of working towards equity and justice by furthering an understanding of power relations in the intersections of gender, sexuality, religion, race, ethnicity, caste, ability, and class at the multiple levels on which they operate. She is also a certified trainer for conducting self-defense trainings with a holistic view of tackling violence, especially sexual and gender based violence. Currently, she is also a KAICIID International Fellow for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, implementing a project for capacity building towards ensuring that interfaith dialogue spaces can be made more inclusive and nonviolent for queer communities. She is always open to ideas for collaborations that are aimed at creating such just futures for all. She can be reached at urashid@upeace.org
Stephanie Knox Steiner(United States)
Stephanie Knox SteinerUnited States
Assistant Professor and Academic Coordinator of Peace Education Programme, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies
Stephanie Marie Knox Steiner, PhD (she/her) is Assistant Professor and Academic Coordinator of the Peace Education programme at the University for Peace (UPEACE), established by the UN General Assembly. She earned her doctorate in the Community, Liberation, Indigenous, and Ecopsychologies specialization from Pacifica Graduate Institute and holds a masters in Peace Education from the University for Peace. She has taught college-level courses on peace and conflict studies and developed peace and nonviolence education programmes for organizations such as Teachers Without Borders and the Metta Center for Nonviolence. She co-founded and coordinates the Jill Knox Humor for Peace Fellowship programme, which offers professional development to peace studies scholars through the Humor Academy of the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor with the intention of building peace through humor. She is a student of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, an ordained member of the Order of Interbeing, and a member of the Earth Holder Community caretaking council. Her teaching and research interests currently lie at the intersection of peace education, decolonial pedagogies, and unschooling/deschooling/self-directed education.
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0 |
1 day |
08-Feb-2024 08-Feb-2024 |
12:45 p.m.-3:45 p.m. |
Earth Charter Auditorium |
PCS-6016 |
Narrative Approaches to Conflict and...
PCS-6016-Narrative Approaches to Conflict and Peace2CreditsThis is an introductory course that provides an overview of how narratives influence on our common understanding of conflict and peace dynamics. Embedded on a common understanding of conflictual contexts, as well as peace processes, this course centers its debate on narrative approaches to enhance a critical analysis of how social reality is constructed and influenced by different sources – media, politicians, international organizations, and academia –, and is reinforced by the perpetuation of terms and concepts that triggers conflict escalation, practices of violence and peacebuilding.
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Mandatory |
Maurício Vieira(Brazil)
Assistant Professor and Head of the Chair on “Countering and Preventing Illicit Trade and Transnational Organized Crime”
Maurício Vieira is Assistant Professor and Head of the Chair on “Countering Illicit Trade and Preventing Transnational Organized Crime” at the University for Peace (headquarters in Costa Rica), established by the General Assembly of the United Nations. Prior to this position, he assumed a position as Visiting Doctoral Researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) in Oslo, Norway; at the Graduate Institute in Geneva (Switzerland); and at the University for Peace (Costa Rica). He obtained his Ph.D. in International Politics and Conflict Resolution from the University of Coimbra, Portugal (summa cum laude); MA in International Relations with a focus on Peace and Security Studies; a Specialization Diploma in International Law and BA in Journalism, these last two degrees from the University of Fortaleza, Brazil. His areas of research focus on the analysis of decision-making within international organizations, institutional approaches on labeling and framing, and ‘post-conflict’ peacebuilding under the scope of the UN, and Peace Research within Transnational Organized Crime. He is currently an external associate researcher at the Nationalities Observatory and the Laboratory on the Study of Conflict and Violence, both associated at the Ceará State University, in Brazil.
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2 |
2 weeks |
19-Feb-2024 01-Mar-2024 |
8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
Classroom #2 |
PCS 6014 |
Peacekeeping Operations and Humanitarian Assistance
PCS 6014-Peacekeeping Operations and Humanitarian Assistance3CreditsThe three-week course titled Peacekeeping Operations and Humanitarian Assistance is designed to provide broad and in-depth theoretical and practical knowledge on the international, regional, and local dimensions and activities of peacekeeping and humanitarian operations. Throughout the three weeks, students will explore both theory and practice to develop an in-depth understanding of peacekeeping and humanitarian operations that they can critically or practically apply to operations and situations. The peace process, diplomacy, peacemaking, peacekeeping, and the key actors from the international organisations to civil society along with specific field situations, will be investigated.
The concept and impact of gender mainstreaming, the sustainable development goals (SDG), action for peace (A4P), the responsibility to protect (R2P), human security, the influence of media and propaganda, and other activities will be explored in relation to peacekeeping operations and humanitarian assistance.
Politics, policies, programmes, and practical case studies will be investigated, so a realistic, in-depth, and broad understanding is developed about the positive and negative aspects of peacekeeping operations and humanitarian activities across the world.
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Mandatory |
Shannon Zimmerman(United States)
Shannon ZimmermanUnited States
Shannon Zimmerman is a Lecturer in Strategic Studies at Deakin University at the Australian War College. Previously, she was a postdoctoral research fellow at the RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. Her research investigates peace and stability operations, specifically how peacekeepers protect civilians in conflict environments characterised by asymmetric threats. She also studies misogyny motivated terrorism, looking at the online groups in the ‘Manosphere’. Shannon received her PhD from the University of Queensland in 2019 and her Masters in Conflict Resolution from Georgetown University in 2012.
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3 |
3 weeks |
04-Mar-2024 22-Mar-2024 |
8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
Earth Charter Auditorium |
GPB 6062 |
Gender and people on the...
GPB 6062-Gender and people on the move: Trafficking, Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migration3CreditsSince gender is at the core of any migration process, the “Gender and People on the Move” course aims to explore, connect, and better understand the various intersections between gender relationships, conflict dynamics, and “forced” and “voluntary” migratory processes. On the one hand, we can say that gender shapes every step of the migration experience, from the very decision of who migrates, when or which channels migrants take, and what happens to migrants along the way, to what takes place at their destinations. On the other hand, migration also shapes gender relations, roles, and structures in different and usually complex ways, both at origin and destination. This introductory course will present the scope and complexity of migratory movements today. It starts with an analysis of the different types of migratory flows, the drivers and implications of each modality, and the main theoretical approaches to study them from a gender perspective.
We will explore issues of forced migration through the lives of refugees, stateless people, and internally displaced persons (IDPs), as well as the so-called “economic migrants” and victims of sex and human trafficking. We will discuss and challenge the utility of this taxonomy.
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Mandatory |
Adriana Salcedo(Ecuador/United States)
Adriana SalcedoEcuador/United States
Biography
Head and Assistant Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, Academic Coordinator of M.A. in International Peace Studies and M.A. in International Peace Studies with specialization in Media, Peace and Conflict Studies programmes
Dr. Adriana Salcedo currently serves as Head of the Peace and Conflict Studies Department at the University for Peace in Costa Rica and Academic Coordinator of the Masters in International Peace Studies (IPS) and International Peace Studies with specialization in Media, Peace and Conflict Studies (IPS-MPCS) programmes. She is a scholar-practitioner in the field of conflict transformation and peacebuilding with a focus on conflict, gender, identity and migration. She holds a Doctorate in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from The Jimmy and Rosslyn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University, in Virginia, United States. For this degree, she conducted extensive research on forced migration, conflict and the social integration of refugees in the Colombian-Ecuadorian borderlands and in inner cities in Ecuador. She is deeply committed to achieving positive social change through non-violent means and to strengthening social actors including grass-roots organizations, indigenous communities and minority groups through her research and practice. Adriana has taught courses at The Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University in Washington D.C., at Boston University and at the Simón Bolívar Andean University in Quito, Ecuador in conflict analysis, collaborative methodologies for building peace, mediation, identity conflicts, gender and migration.
As a practitioner, Adriana has provided training for the Northern Virginia Mediation Center (as a Certified Instructor/Mediator) and for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Rediálogo and Oportunidades Acción Ciudadana (Venezuela) as well as for the Canadian Embassy in the Dominican Republic and the Observatory of Migration in the Caribbean (OBMICA). With more than fifteen years of experience in analyzing and transforming social conflicts, her professional practice has covered the Amazon basin, the Galapagos Islands and the Andean region (Ecuador, Colombia and Bolivia), the United States, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Costa Rica. She has conducted research and collaborated with various public, grassroots and civil society organizations across the Americas and the Caribbean.
Biografía
Directora y Profesora Asistente, Departamento de Estudios de Paz y Conflicto, Coordinadora Académica de los programas de Maestría en Estudios Internacionales de Paz y la Maestría en Estudios Internacionales de Paz con especialización en Estudios de Medios, Paz y Conflicto
La Dra. Adriana Salcedo actualmente se desempeña como Directora y Profesora Asistente del Departamento de Estudios de Paz y Conflicto de la Universidad para la Paz en Costa Rica. Además, es Coordinadora Académica de los programas de Maestría en Estudios Internacionales de Paz y la Maestría en Estudios Internacionales de Paz con especialización en Estudios de Medios, Paz y Conflicto, que ofrece este Departamento.
La Dra. Adriana Salcedo es una profesional que combina la teoría y práctica en el campo de la transformación de conflictos y la construcción de la paz con un enfoque en conflictos, género, identidades y migración. Obtuvo su Doctorado en Análisis y Resolución de Conflictos de la Escuela de Análisis y Resolución de Conflictos de Jimmy and Rosslyn Carter de la Universidad George Mason, en Virginia, Estados Unidos. Para esto, realizó una extensa investigación sobre la migración forzada, los conflictos y la integración social de refugiados/as en las tierras fronterizas colombo-ecuatorianas y en las ciudades del interior de Ecuador. Está profundamente comprometida a lograr un cambio social positivo a través de medios no violentos y a fortalecer a los actores sociales a través de su investigación y práctica (principalmente organizaciones de base, las comunidades indígenas y los grupos minoritarios).
Adriana ha impartido cursos en la Escuela Carter para la Paz y la Resolución de Conflictos en la Universidad George Mason en Washington D.C, en la Universidad de Boston y en la Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar en Quito, Ecuador sobre análisis de conflictos, metodologías colaborativas para construcción de la paz, mediación, género y migración. Fue profesora visitante en el Departamento de Estudios de Paz y Conflicto de la Universidad para la Paz (UPAZ) en Costa Rica durante tres años consecutivos (2017-2019) antes de unirse a la UPAZ como profesora residente.
En su práctica profesional, Adriana ha brindado capacitación para el Centro de Mediación del Norte de Virginia (como Instructora / Mediadora Certificada) y para el Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (UNICEF), Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), Rediálogo y Oportunidades Acción Ciudadana (Venezuela), así como para la Embajada de Canadá en la República Dominicana y el Centro para la Observación Migratoria y el Desarrollo Social del Caribe (OBMICA). Con más de quince años de experiencia en el análisis y transformación de conflictos sociales, su práctica profesional ha cubierto la cuenca del Amazonas, las Islas Galápagos y la región andina (Ecuador, Colombia y Bolivia), los Estados Unidos, la República Dominicana y Haití. Ha realizado varias investigaciones y colaborado con varias instituciones públicas, privadas y de la sociedad civil en la región de las Américas y del Caribe.
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3 |
3 weeks (NOTE: Including one double session 8:45 a.m.-3:45 p.m. Monday 15 April is a Holiday) |
01-Apr-2024 19-Apr-2024 |
8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
Classroom #4 |
PCS 6015 |
PeaceLab
PCS 6015-PeaceLab3CreditsThe PeaceLab is a skills-oriented seminar to build up insight into and experience with basic skills necessary for dialogue and mediation in conflict and polarized societies.
Central to this seminar are communication and facilitation skills; conflict resolution, mediation, and dialogue; dealing with emotions; problem-solving and transformative approaches; acting in polarized and multi-stakeholder settings.
This challenging seminar consists of short and to-the-point inputs after which the topics will be trained using exercises, role play, and reflection.
The seminar is open only for all PCS students.
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Mandatory |
Kees Wiebering(Netherlands)
Kees WieberingNetherlands
Kees Wiebering is an independent consultant, mediator, trainer, and coach for professionals in peacebuilding. His work focuses on dialogue, civil society development, conflict resolution, and peace education.
He has been a professional practitioner in peacebuilding projects since the mid-1990s. Over the years, he designed, facilitated, implemented, and evaluated several peacebuilding projects.
He holds a Master of Science in Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Society and additional degrees in organisation development and mediation. He combines his consulting work with lecturing and research.
His research interests relate to the possibilities, roles, and formats of dialogue in peace processes.
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3 |
3 weeks (Including one double session. Wednesday 1 May 2024 is a Holiday) |
22-Apr-2024 10-May-2024 |
8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. |
Earth Charter Auditorium |
PCS-6006-4 |
Critical Seminars - Fourth Critical...
PCS-6006-4-Critical Seminars - Fourth Critical Seminar1CreditsCritical seminars are an opportunity for each academic programme to meet on a regular basis in order to:
- Make the connections between the teaching and learning of their various courses
- Critically reflect on course content and its relationship to their own lived experiences
- Critically analyze existing research
- Use metacognition to improve learning.
Unless otherwise specified, the seminars will take place on the afternoons of the following dates:
I Semester:
- Critical Seminar 1: Thursday 19 October 2023
- Critical Seminar 2: Thursday 23 November 2023
II Semester:
- Critical Seminar 3: Thursday 8 February 2024
- Critical Seminar 4: Thursday 25 April 2024
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Mandatory |
Adriana Salcedo(Ecuador/United States)
Adriana SalcedoEcuador/United States
Biography
Head and Assistant Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, Academic Coordinator of M.A. in International Peace Studies and M.A. in International Peace Studies with specialization in Media, Peace and Conflict Studies programmes
Dr. Adriana Salcedo currently serves as Head of the Peace and Conflict Studies Department at the University for Peace in Costa Rica and Academic Coordinator of the Masters in International Peace Studies (IPS) and International Peace Studies with specialization in Media, Peace and Conflict Studies (IPS-MPCS) programmes. She is a scholar-practitioner in the field of conflict transformation and peacebuilding with a focus on conflict, gender, identity and migration. She holds a Doctorate in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from The Jimmy and Rosslyn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University, in Virginia, United States. For this degree, she conducted extensive research on forced migration, conflict and the social integration of refugees in the Colombian-Ecuadorian borderlands and in inner cities in Ecuador. She is deeply committed to achieving positive social change through non-violent means and to strengthening social actors including grass-roots organizations, indigenous communities and minority groups through her research and practice. Adriana has taught courses at The Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University in Washington D.C., at Boston University and at the Simón Bolívar Andean University in Quito, Ecuador in conflict analysis, collaborative methodologies for building peace, mediation, identity conflicts, gender and migration.
As a practitioner, Adriana has provided training for the Northern Virginia Mediation Center (as a Certified Instructor/Mediator) and for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Rediálogo and Oportunidades Acción Ciudadana (Venezuela) as well as for the Canadian Embassy in the Dominican Republic and the Observatory of Migration in the Caribbean (OBMICA). With more than fifteen years of experience in analyzing and transforming social conflicts, her professional practice has covered the Amazon basin, the Galapagos Islands and the Andean region (Ecuador, Colombia and Bolivia), the United States, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Costa Rica. She has conducted research and collaborated with various public, grassroots and civil society organizations across the Americas and the Caribbean.
Biografía
Directora y Profesora Asistente, Departamento de Estudios de Paz y Conflicto, Coordinadora Académica de los programas de Maestría en Estudios Internacionales de Paz y la Maestría en Estudios Internacionales de Paz con especialización en Estudios de Medios, Paz y Conflicto
La Dra. Adriana Salcedo actualmente se desempeña como Directora y Profesora Asistente del Departamento de Estudios de Paz y Conflicto de la Universidad para la Paz en Costa Rica. Además, es Coordinadora Académica de los programas de Maestría en Estudios Internacionales de Paz y la Maestría en Estudios Internacionales de Paz con especialización en Estudios de Medios, Paz y Conflicto, que ofrece este Departamento.
La Dra. Adriana Salcedo es una profesional que combina la teoría y práctica en el campo de la transformación de conflictos y la construcción de la paz con un enfoque en conflictos, género, identidades y migración. Obtuvo su Doctorado en Análisis y Resolución de Conflictos de la Escuela de Análisis y Resolución de Conflictos de Jimmy and Rosslyn Carter de la Universidad George Mason, en Virginia, Estados Unidos. Para esto, realizó una extensa investigación sobre la migración forzada, los conflictos y la integración social de refugiados/as en las tierras fronterizas colombo-ecuatorianas y en las ciudades del interior de Ecuador. Está profundamente comprometida a lograr un cambio social positivo a través de medios no violentos y a fortalecer a los actores sociales a través de su investigación y práctica (principalmente organizaciones de base, las comunidades indígenas y los grupos minoritarios).
Adriana ha impartido cursos en la Escuela Carter para la Paz y la Resolución de Conflictos en la Universidad George Mason en Washington D.C, en la Universidad de Boston y en la Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar en Quito, Ecuador sobre análisis de conflictos, metodologías colaborativas para construcción de la paz, mediación, género y migración. Fue profesora visitante en el Departamento de Estudios de Paz y Conflicto de la Universidad para la Paz (UPAZ) en Costa Rica durante tres años consecutivos (2017-2019) antes de unirse a la UPAZ como profesora residente.
En su práctica profesional, Adriana ha brindado capacitación para el Centro de Mediación del Norte de Virginia (como Instructora / Mediadora Certificada) y para el Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (UNICEF), Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), Rediálogo y Oportunidades Acción Ciudadana (Venezuela), así como para la Embajada de Canadá en la República Dominicana y el Centro para la Observación Migratoria y el Desarrollo Social del Caribe (OBMICA). Con más de quince años de experiencia en el análisis y transformación de conflictos sociales, su práctica profesional ha cubierto la cuenca del Amazonas, las Islas Galápagos y la región andina (Ecuador, Colombia y Bolivia), los Estados Unidos, la República Dominicana y Haití. Ha realizado varias investigaciones y colaborado con varias instituciones públicas, privadas y de la sociedad civil en la región de las Américas y del Caribe.
Uzma Rashid(Pakistan)
Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies and Academic Coordinator of MA in Gender and Peacebuilding, MA in Gender and Development and MA in Religion, Culture, and Peace Studies Programmes
Dr. Uzma Rashid serves as Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, and Academic Coordinator for the Gender and Peacebuilding; Gender and Development; and Religion, Culture, and Peace Studies Masters programmes at the University for Peace (established by the UN General Assembly), Costa Rica. Prior to joining UPEACE, she worked as Chair at the Department of Sociology, and Associate Dean for Research of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. Dr. Rashid has done her PhD as a Fulbright scholar from the interdisciplinary Language, Literacy, and Culture program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA, and has extensive teaching, training, and research experience in a variety of contexts. Her academic work and research interests have consistently been interdisciplinary in nature, with the aim of working towards equity and justice by furthering an understanding of power relations in the intersections of gender, sexuality, religion, race, ethnicity, caste, ability, and class at the multiple levels on which they operate. She is also a certified trainer for conducting self-defense trainings with a holistic view of tackling violence, especially sexual and gender based violence. Currently, she is also a KAICIID International Fellow for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, implementing a project for capacity building towards ensuring that interfaith dialogue spaces can be made more inclusive and nonviolent for queer communities. She is always open to ideas for collaborations that are aimed at creating such just futures for all. She can be reached at urashid@upeace.org
Stephanie Knox Steiner(United States)
Stephanie Knox SteinerUnited States
Assistant Professor and Academic Coordinator of Peace Education Programme, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies
Stephanie Marie Knox Steiner, PhD (she/her) is Assistant Professor and Academic Coordinator of the Peace Education programme at the University for Peace (UPEACE), established by the UN General Assembly. She earned her doctorate in the Community, Liberation, Indigenous, and Ecopsychologies specialization from Pacifica Graduate Institute and holds a masters in Peace Education from the University for Peace. She has taught college-level courses on peace and conflict studies and developed peace and nonviolence education programmes for organizations such as Teachers Without Borders and the Metta Center for Nonviolence. She co-founded and coordinates the Jill Knox Humor for Peace Fellowship programme, which offers professional development to peace studies scholars through the Humor Academy of the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor with the intention of building peace through humor. She is a student of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, an ordained member of the Order of Interbeing, and a member of the Earth Holder Community caretaking council. Her teaching and research interests currently lie at the intersection of peace education, decolonial pedagogies, and unschooling/deschooling/self-directed education.
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1 |
1 day |
25-Apr-2024 25-Apr-2024 |
12:45 p.m.-3:45 p.m |
Earth Charter Auditorium |
DED 6095 |
Gender, Environment, and Development
DED 6095-Gender, Environment, and Development3CreditsThis course will focus on the linkages between gender, environment, economy, and human development. We will examine key contemporary environmental issues such as climate change, food security, the green economy, low-carbon development and degrowth; access to water, sanitation, and energy; pollution; and biodiversity conservation from the perspective(s) of gender equality. The course will explore how sexism, racism, classism, heterosexism, colonialism, imperialism, and other forms of oppression have shaped and continue to shape environmental discourses, and how we might confront and subvert such hierarchies and inequalities. Course materials will include academic and non-academic literature (including policy and journalistic literature), activist texts, fiction, and film.
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Mandatory |
Bipasha Baruah(Canada)
Bipasha Baruah is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Women’s Issues at Western University. Professor Baruah earned a PhD in environmental studies from York University, Toronto. She specializes in interdisciplinary research at the intersections of gender, economy, environment, and development. Most of her current research aims to understand how to ensure that a global low-carbon economy will be more gender equitable and socially just than its fossil-fuel based predecessor. Author of a book and more than 100 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and other works, Professor Baruah serves frequently as an expert reviewer and advisor to Canadian and intergovernmental environmental protection and international development organizations.
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3 |
3 weeks |
13-May-2024 31-May-2024 |
8:45 am-11:45 am |
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UPM-6003 |
The United Nations System and...
UPM-6003-The United Nations System and UPMUNC (Part II)1CreditsThe UPEACE Model United Nations Conference (UPMUNC) is the second part of a composite three credit course that begins with the two-credit introductory course on the United Nations System, taught in the first semester. Through a simulation of UN bodies, committees, procedures, and codes of conduct, this immersive and experiential educational exercise encourages the application of knowledge gained in previous courses, including an understanding of the objectives and functions of the United Nations system, as well as the development of professional skills related to research, public speaking, negotiation, mediation of conflict, and the preparation of official documents.
Historically, the conference has been open to outside participants from colleges and universities both regionally and internationally, presenting additional possibilities for networking, dialogue, and educational exchange among all participants. UPMUNC is further enriched by special events, which typically include a panel of invited speakers, a diplomatic reception, an awards ceremony, and a closing celebration.
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Mandatory |
UPEACE Resident Faculty()
Mihir Kanade(India)
Dr. Mihir Kanade (India) is the Academic Coordinator of UPEACE, the Head of its Department of International Law, and the Director of the UPEACE Human Rights Centre. He is also the academic co-coordinator of the LLM programme in Transnational Crime and Justice offered jointly by UPEACE and UNICRI in Turin, Italy. He holds an LL.B. from Nagpur University (India) and a Master degree and Doctorate from UPEACE. He is an adjunct/visiting faculty at Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio (Spain), Cheikh Anta Diop University (Senegal), Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia) and Long Island University (United States). His principal area of academic research and study is International Law, Human Rights and Globalization, covering several themes within that interface including armed conflicts, trade and investment, sustainable development, forced migration, indigenous peoples’ rights, public health, amongst others. He currently serves as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council's Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development in representation of the Asia-Pacific region. He also chairs the group of international experts mandated to elaborate the draft convention on the right to development. He has previously served on the International Advisory Board of the International Bar Association on the topic of Business and Human Rights. He leads an e-learning project of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on promoting the Right to Development. Prior to his pursuit in academia, Mihir practiced as a lawyer at the Bombay High Court and at the Supreme Court of India.
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1 |
3 days |
03-Jun-2024 05-Jun-2024 |
8:45am.-3:45pm. |
Council Room |
GPB 7100 / GPB 7200 |
Graduation Project: Thesis (8 credits)...
GPB 7100 / GPB 7200-Graduation Project: Thesis (8 credits) or Internship (8 credits) or Capstone (5 credits) 8CreditsThe Graduation Project is a concluding academic requirement intended to be a comprehensive and capstone outcome of the student educational performance. It is a higher academic exercise that enables the student to demonstrate the ability to identify a problem, determine an academic objective to address it, and utilize an appropriate methodology to attain such objective. The Graduation Project is also intended to demonstrate the student’s ability to write and critically develop a professional and scholarly report.
The Graduation Project can be fulfilled through one of the following modalities:
- Thesis (8 Credits)
- Internship (8 Credits)
- Capstone (5 Credits)
Your Academic Department will provide Graduation Project Guidelines with detailed information on each modality.
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Mandatory |
UPEACE Resident Faculty()
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8 |
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10-Jun-2024 31-Dec-2024 |
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