Apply by August 30th at 12 PM EST.  The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Program at Columbia University is pleased to invite applications for the Peace and Social Change Internship. This paid graduate internship opportunity is designed to support the Peace and Social Change Fellowship Program. The internship will run from September to December 2019…. read more

Our next Perspectives on Peace event is just around the corner- can’t wait to see you next Friday: Conversation on Sebastian Junger’s book “Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging” Friday, November 4, 2016 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Teachers College – Cowin Auditorium   Events Next Week: Winning the War with… read more

It was a picture-perfect summer day when I went searching for answers about the dramatic transformation of my hometown that has taken place over the past twenty years. In front of me, a ribbon of highway traversed the hilly countryside of western Maryland. Above my head, cotton candy clouds glowed in an electric blue sky…. read more

Visualizing Sustainable Peace Thursday, October 6, 2016 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Columbia University, Jerome Greene Hall, Columbia Law School, Room 102A A presentation and discussion of the Sustainable Peace Project. Discussants include: Peter T. Coleman, Beth Fisher-Yoshida, Joshua Fisher, Jaclyn Donahue and Kristen Rucki, AC4, the Earth Institute, Columbia University; Larry S. Liebovitch, Queens College, City University… read more

Arriving to ‘The Field’ For my project, I’m working as an intern in the Adolescent Development and Participation (ADAP) Section for UNICEF’s MENA regional office. The role is mainly focused on analysing the trends in youth social media engagement in the region, with an aim of understanding emerging digital technologies and how they can be… read more

Two days into my stay on the Afro-indigenous Miskitu Coast of Nicaragua, a shootout between mestizo settlers and local indigenous residents in a small Miskitu village shocked the region and brought sustained national media attention to the coast for the first time in years. Tensions between non-indigenous settlers and Miskitu residents are a longstanding issue… read more

  The Morton Deutsch International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (MD-ICCCR) at Teachers College, Columbia University, is sponsoring the 12th annual Morton Deutsch Award for an Outstanding Graduate Student Paper on Social Justice. Morton Deutsch, one of the world’s preeminent psychologists, has made significant contributions over the many years of his career in the… read more

AC4 Director Josh Fisher led a field project in Papua New Guinea studying the environmental impacts of a gold mine in Porgera and investigating human rights implications. Dr. Fisher along with Professor Sarah Knuckey from the Human Rights Law Clinic led a team of scientists and human rights lawyers worked from December 2015 to January… read more

CMM University Learning Exchange at Clark University in Worcestor, MA April 8th @ 4:00pm to April 10th @ noon Call for Scholar to Scholar Discussions – submit your proposals by March 21st! The CMM Learning Exchange is a small group format that allows researchers an opportunity to present their work to CMM community in a supportive and… read more

As of May 2015, the AC4 Graduate Fellowship program has a total of 63 alumni in addition to the numerous Earth Institute student recipients of travel grants, internships and research assistantships. Learn more about AC4 fellows in our featured interviews: Jonathan Blake, 2011 Where are you now? I finished my PhD in the spring, defending in April and graduating… read more