Cody Pope, one the 2011 AC4 Graduate Fellows, works on political risk, policy analysis and sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa. He completed his Masters in International Security Policy and Conflict Resolution at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs. As an AC4 fellow, he focused on foreign investment in the Democratic Republic of Congo, particularly in the mining… read more

I am no stranger to war. Many times, I consider myself a product of it. I was born in Liberia, a country where 14 years of violent civil war pushed my family to relocate to the United States. I later moved to Mozambique and Zimbabwe, where violent conflict took a different but equally devastating form… read more

After three weeks in Cairo, I have developed a quiet affection for this place. Maybe it’s being in one of the most ancient societies in the world that has left me a bit star-struck, or maybe it’s the fact that the city itself requires a certain amount of infatuation to avoid constant infuriation with dangerous… read more

On June 26th, 2016, Columbia’s Faculty House became home to the 29th Annual International Association of Conflict Management (IACM) Conference. Conflict resolution scholars and practitioners flew in from all over the world for four days of knowledge sharing. The Faculty House building turned into a beehive with several floors buzzing with presentations, roundtables, symposiums, and… read more

AC4 Executive Co-Chair Peter T. Coleman, Program Manager Jaclyn Donahue, Director Josh Fisher and Project Coordinator Kristen Rucki recently visited the Basque Country in order to advance the community-based learning and validation component of the Sustainable Peace Initiative, currently in its pilot phase. The goal of this process, known as ground-truthing, is to use a… read more

In collaboration with the Agirre Lehendakaria Center for Social and Political Studies (ALC), AC4 Executive Co-Chair Dr. Peter T. Coleman and Director Dr. Josh Fisher recently discussed their work on sustainable human development and sustainable peace at several seminars in the Basque Country. On June 15, 2016, Dr. Coleman and Dr. Fisher were featured speakers… read more

I see no changes, all I see is racist faces Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races We under, I wonder what it takes to make this One better place, let’s erase the wasted Tupac Shakur, Changes (1998)   Fifty years after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Brown v. Board of Education of… read more

Patricia Satterstrom, 2011   Where are you now since being an AC4 scholarship recipient in 2011 and first-time attendee to IACM? I earned my doctorate from Harvard Business School (HBS) this past May, and I am now an Assistant Professor at the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. My family and I just moved… read more

I love doing research because it gives me an excuse to get to know people in a way that I would never have known them otherwise. As a child, I used to dream of being able to meet every single person in the world, hearing their stories, understanding their dreams and struggles. I soon realized… read more

Earth Institute and Columbia University’s Environment, Peace and Security Certification of Professional Achievement program has an application deadline rapidly approaching! Find out about credit and non-credit options here. Apply now with the online application! Deadline is May 15th! Two faculty, both globally recognized experts in environment and security practice, will co-teach the Environment and Conflict Assessment Methodologies course in… read more