In our News section, as listed below, you will find information about lectures, conferences, events, jobs, and internship positions at Columbia University and other areas in New York and across the globe.
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• Web development / design o Lokashakti is an innovative new nonprofit building mobile and web-based solutions for activists / organizations dedicated to peace and social justice. We are currently seeking designers and front/back-end (PHP/MySQL) developers at all levels of experience, interested in expanding their technical skills while assisting in the critical thinking, planning, and… read more
Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights Presents: DARFUR WAR COST: Estimate of the Economic Cost of Armed Conflict: A Case Study from Darfur Dr. Hamid Ali, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, American University of Cairo Remarks by: David L. Phillips Director, Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University’s Institute for the… read more
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The International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (ICCCR) at Teachers College, Columbia University, is sponsoring the 8th 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 areas of conflict… read more
The National Council for Science and the Environment is holding a conference on Environment and Security between January 18th and 20th in Washington, DC. The aim of this conference is to explore the connections between environmental and security issues, their common underlying scientific threads, and the policy and governance needed to address security risks posed… read more
Congratulations to AC4‘s 2011-2012 Graduate Student Fellowship Cohort! Team Fellowship Recipient: Nadia Hasham, Kermit Jones, & Saira Qureshi (SIPA) Individual Fellowship Recipients: Jonathan Blake (GSAS, Political Science) Joseph Matthew Brown (GSAS, Political Science) Karishma Desai (TC, International Educational Development) Scott Freeman (TC, Applied Anthropology) Meha Jain (GSAS, Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology) James McGee (GSAS,… read more
Call for Student Papers “Strategies of Peace: Transforming Conflict in the Modern World” Notre Dame Student Peace Conference, March 30-31, 2012 Submission Deadline: January 23, 2012 The Kroc Institute is pleased to announce the 2012 Notre Dame Student Peace Conference, March 30–31, 2012 at the Hesburgh Center for International Studies at the University of Notre… read more
Register now for the National Peace Academy’s first-ever Peacebuilding Peacelearning Conference taking place February 17-19, 2012 in Boulder, Colorado. The conference is offered in partnership with the Peace and Conflict Studies program at the University of Colorado, Boulder and the Center for the Study of Conflict, Collaboration and Creative Governance (3CG). This 2012 conference will provide opportunities to… read more
The conference will be an interdisciplinary forum for connecting academics, students, and practitioners through a dialectic learning and mentoring environment. The conference will consist of student research panels, workshops, and practitioner sessions. Please join us in sharing how you engage in peace! This event will take place during the evening on Friday, March 23, 2012… read more
AC4 is looking for a student with strong working skills with the Matlab programming language, including the ability to read and write different types of data files. If you know of a student or have experience with this programming language, please email Christianna Gozzi at cgozzi@ei.columbia.edu with your CV/Resume and a brief description of your… read more