Haere Mai Welcome to ANZPCSC

If this task of building a peaceful world is the most important of our time, it is also the most difficult. It will, in fact, require far more discipline, more sacrifice, more planning, more thought, more co-operation and more heroism than war ever demanded.

Thomas Merton (1915-1968)

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The aim of Aotearoa New Zealand Peace and Conflict Studies Centre Trust Te Whare O Rongo is to establish in Aotearoa New Zealand a designated, well-funded Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies that brings together research, teaching, tikanga, theory and practice and provides a focal point for New Zealand universities, teachers, students, researchers, practitioners, and policy makers.

VALUES AND PRINCIPLES

A Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies in Aotearoa New Zealand would be committed to the following values and principles:

• Non-violence in all areas

• The international human rights framework

• Truth, compassion, and social justice

• A focus on New Zealand's contribution to international peacemaking

• The Treaty of Waitangi

• Bicultural principles and processes within our multi-cultural society

• Academic endeavour, integrity and credibility at the highest levels of the universities

• The role of universities as critics and conscience of society

• Wider community education

• A teaching methodology which is harmonious with the aims of peace and conflict resolution

• Inter-faith and intra-faith exploration and dialogue in the area of peacemaking

• Recognition of the role of religion and spirituality in providing resources for peacemaking

• Recognition of the role of women in peace-building.

News Update

Situation vacant

Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies at Otago University Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies.

Applicants should possess a PhD in Peace and Conflict Studies or a cognate discipline, and have an established or emerging track record of systematic research and publication. They should also have teaching experience at the tertiary level. Given that Peace and Conflict Studies is a new programme, candidates should be able to demonstrate skills in academic curriculum development as well.

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July 2009 Newsletter now available >>

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Professorial Inaugural Lecture

Download a PDF of the Lecture>>
Enlarging Boundaries of Compassion: Opportunities and Challenges for Peace Research in the 21st Century, by Kevin P Clements.
5.00 - 8.00pm Sep 23rd 2009, University of Otago, College of Education Auditorium, Union Street East, Dunedin. More>>

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The Global March for Peace and Non-Violence will officially be launched with a blessing ceremony at Kopinga Marae on Rekohu (Chatham Islands) in late September. More>>

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