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Conflict and Peace Events at Columbia Next Week (2/16 – 2/20)

by |February 12th, 2015

  “The International Protection of Refugees: A Regime in Crisis?” Guy Goodwin-Gill, Blackstone Chambers London Monday, February 16, 2015, 12:10 – 1:10 PM Columbia Law School, JG 102B   “Navigating Peace and Justice: The Case of Colombia” Claus Kress, University of Cologne & Visiting Professor at Columbia Law School Tuesday, February 17, 2015, 12:10 –… read more

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AC4’s Peter Coleman on Blog Talk Radio – March 3rd, 6p EST

by |February 5th, 2015

Listen LIVE on March 3rd at 7:00pm CST at Blog Talk Radio. Call in to speak with guest, Dr. Peter Coleman and guest host, Stephen Kotev at: (347) 324-3591. Everyday life is filled with interactions between superiors and subordinates. Whether you are up or down the food chain, you have to work with someone who has… read more

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AC4 Director Josh Fisher Profiled in State of the Planet

by |February 4th, 2015

Josh Fisher, a recent Earth Institute postdoctoral fellow who has worked on conflict resolution and related issues around the world, has taken over as director of the Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict and Complexity (AC4), an affiliate of The Earth Institute… Read the full article

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AC4 Teams Up with Columbia’s Human Rights Clinic to Investigate Conditions at Gold Mine in Papua New Guinea

by |February 2nd, 2015

An Innovative Interdisciplinary Columbia University Study Provides Indigenous Communities with an Independent Assessment of Environmental Risks New York, February 2, 2015—A team of Columbia Law School students and faculty spent the winter recess in the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea working alongside scientists to investigate allegations of human rights abuses and environmental degradation at… read more

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Columbia’s Séverine Autesserre at TED – On intractable conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

by |February 2nd, 2015

Learn more about Séverine Autesserre, Ph.D. on AC4 Link

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Satyagraha Institute Announces Nonviolence Training Program

by |January 30th, 2015

Rapid City, South Dakota, USA (January 11, 2015) – Satyagraha Institute announces its first summer institute, to be held August 2 -22, 2015 in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The program will provide leaders interested in nonviolent social change an opportunity to deepen their understanding, skills, commitment, and community. Mohandas Gandhi, who famously experimented… read more

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Eastern Mennonite University Hiring Two Peacebuilding Faculty

by |January 16th, 2015

EMU is searching for two new members of the faculty – one for the graduate program at the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) and one for the undergraduate Peacebuilding and Development (PXD) program. Both faculty members will teach a mix of graduate and undergraduate courses. At CJP, we are looking for a new faculty… read more

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Columbia Record: CU Journalism school prepares students for reporting in conflict zones

by |January 12th, 2015

At the front of the classroom, Columbia Journalism School Professor Judith Matloff clicked through a somber slideshow of 15 journalists killed, assaulted or seriously injured while doing their jobs. First came James Foley, the freelance reporter recently beheaded by Islamic State militants in Syria, followed by Steven Sotloff, who met the same fate. Then there… read more

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AC4 is seeking a Graduate Research Assistant for the Sustainable Human Development project

by |January 8th, 2015

The Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity (AC4) at Columbia University’s Earth Institute is seeking a graduate research assistant (GRA) to support the second phase of a multi-disciplinary initiative aimed at exploring the fundamental principles of sustainable human development (SHD). Conducted as part of a partnership with the Agirre Lehendakaria Center at the University… read more

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2015 Shafik Gabr Fellowship, part of the East-West: The Art of Dialogue Initiative

by |December 16th, 2014

The 2015 Shafik Gabr Fellowship, part of the East-West: The Art of Dialogue initiative is now open for application. Please click here to apply. The 2014 Fellows visited Cairo, Giza, Alexandria, Luxor, and Aswan in May 2014, and the U.S. portion of the exchange was held from June 7 – 21st with visits to Washington,… read more

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