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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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International Nonviolence Summer Institute 2025

The 26th Annual International Nonviolence Summer Institute 2025 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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Consortium for Rights Analysis and Measurement (CRAM)

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Academics

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

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Initiatives

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

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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) recognized Dr. Charles Collyer with the International Nonviolence Trainer’s Award on October 9, 2024.

The Full Story

  • Interfaith Friendsgiving Potluck - Join us for an Interfaith Friendsgiving Potluck at Kingston Congregational Church on Thursday, November 13, from 5:30 to 7 PM. Enjoy an evening of food, community, and live music with students from different campus organizations. All are welcome – you may attend with or without contributing to the potluck.
  • Preferences on Military Involvement in Economic Development - The SFRS Lab at the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies invites you to a presentation by Dr. Lindsey Pruett titled Public Opinion and Senegal’s Armée-Nation: Preferences on Military Involvement in Economic Development. The event will take place on Monday, November 10th, 2025 at 2 PM in the Multicultural Student Services Center, Room 203.
  • How to Gandhi in 6 (Somewhat) Easy Steps - Join us for an evening with Perry Garfinkel, New York Times contributor and bestselling author of Becoming Gandhi. Garfinkel shares lessons from his global and inner journey to live Gandhi’s principles of truth and nonviolence.Where: Quinn Hall 214, University of Rhode IslandWhen: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 | 5:00–6:30 PMFree and open to the public. Hope […]
Bringing people here and sharing this knowledge is going to change the world.
Amani Matabaro Tom