The Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University is looking for a part-time faculty member to teach two courses (see below) for the Spring 2014 semester. PhD’s and PhD candidates at the ‘all but dissertation’ phase are encouraged to apply. Interested candidates are asked to submit their CV and cover letter to the… read more

AC4 is pleased to announce our Third Annual Sustainable Peace Event, taking place October 24, 2013 at Teachers College, Columbia University. The theme continues from previous years as we showcase the cutting-edge work in conflict resolution, violence prevention and sustainable human development at Columbia University. Most exciting of all, we are honored to welcome Leymah… read more

Graduate Internship Opportunity at the Program on Peace-building and Rights, Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University (unpaid, 20 hours/week, NYC) The intern will work with the Program Director and Program Coordinator to provide general administrative support, communications/social media support, and research assistance for the Program’s various activities including but not limited to… read more

From the Teachers College Office of External Affairs: The issue of how to prevent or resolve conflict has moved front and center on the global stage. The past few years have brought revolutions and civil wars in the Middle East and other regions, some resolving peacefully and others not, prompting the U.S. Agency for International… read more

We at AC4 are sad to be saying goodbye to our intern Melanie. Melanie has worked tirelessly to promote the work of AC4 by meeting with faculty and students of conflict at Columbia, and by helping us to update our information sources – especially AC4 Link. Please visit Melanie’s blog to learn all about her… read more

On July 8–12, 2013 the first annual Dynamical Systems Theory Innovation Lab was convened in Sheboygan, Wisconsin to share and develop leading-edge models and methods for addressing social ills. A core, multidisciplinary group of faculty practitioners, scholars, and researchers, who approach their work from a complex systems perspective, spent nearly one year organizing this week-long… read more

Over the past decade, scholars and practitioners have been working to employ new insights and methods from complexity science, dynamical systems and network theory to study and address violence, conflict and sustainable peace. Last year, a core group of scholars and practitioners convened to further this work through sharing – from both science and practice… read more

Position Description The Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict and Complexity (AC4) at Columbia University’s Earth Institute is seeking a graduate research assistant (GRA) to support a new multi-disciplinary initiative aimed at exploring the fundamental principals of sustainable human development (SHD). Working in partnership with The Aguirre Center at the University of the Basque Country and… read more

The first issue will be released July 2013 and includes an article by AC4 Co-Director Peter T. Coleman: Crises and Opportunities: Six Contemporary Challenges for Increasing Probabilities for Sustainable Peace Bar-Ilan University – Conflict Management and Negotiation Graduate Program

The Interdisciplinary Program in Conflict Management, Resolution and Negotiation at Bar-Ilan University focuses on graduate level studies (M.A with/without thesis and Ph.D). The program has a theoretical emphasis on identity-based conflict and primarily concentrates on three fields: International and Regional Conflicts, Dialogue and Conflict Management in Israel, and Interpersonal and Community Mediation, ADR, Restorative Justice and Conflict Engagement Techniques. The… read more