Let’s change the world

The Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies is an internationally-recognized academic gathering place where students, scholars, educators–the change makers–come together to promote mutual understanding, reconcile conflicts, and build peaceful, sustainable, and inclusive communities.

Here students gain expertise in human rights and peace studies through interdisciplinary academic coursework, nonviolence training, and hands-on experience. Faculty and scholars form unique interdisciplinary partnerships and access research on social justice and nonviolence–including one of the largest human rights data sets in the world.

International Nonviolence Summer Institute 2024

The 25th Annual International Nonviolence Summer Institute 2024 at the University of Rhode Island will be an on-campus nonviolence training/conference experience! Join our
excellent trainees from all over the world for a memorable and unique program!

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Academics

Our innovative, interdisciplinary approach to nonviolence and peaceful studies is centered on relevant, contemporary problems.

Study Peace

Initiatives

Discover the ways the Center connects undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and scholars, to a global community.

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News and events

Join our peaceful, inclusive community to engage with the world’s greatest challenges and find out how to make a difference.

Upcoming Events

Forgiveness is Freedom Academy

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Center Updates

Trainer Spotlight

The Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies at the University of Rhode Island (URI) recognizes Dr. Mohd Ashaq Malik with the International Nonviolence Trainer’s Award on June 1, 2024.

The Full Story

  • Global Leaders in Refugee Rights - Join us on Wednesday, September 25th, for our Global Leaders in Refugee Rights event. The event will take place in Edwards Hall Auditorium at 7:30 pm and will feature Dr. Brendan Skip Mark, Director of the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies. We hope to see you there!
  • Human Rights Measurement Workshop -
  • International Nonviolence Trainer’s Award (April 1st) - The Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies at the University of Rhode Island (URI) recognizes Dr. Theodore A. Johnson with the International Nonviolence Trainer’s Award on April 1, 2024. Dr. Johnson is honored for leading by example while guiding others and practicing Conflict Resolution, Coexistence, Nonviolence, and Peacebuilding in the United States and globally for […]
Bringing people here and sharing this knowledge is going to change the world.
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