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.
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- Civil Conflict and Inter-group Bias: Evidence from Soccer Fields - ⚽ Civil Conflict and Inter-group Bias: Evidence from Soccer Fields ⚽ Join us for an insightful discussion with Dr. Efe Tokdemir, where we’ll explore how civil conflict shapes social interactions and biases—through the lens of soccer. Using data from Turkish Third League games (1990-2019), this talk will shed light on the long-term effects of conflict […]
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