Course in Analysis of Armed Conflicts and Peacebuilding

The course in Analysis of armed conflicts and peacebuilding includes a program focused on the critical analysis of armed conflicts [and other contemporary forms of violence], as well as on understanding their structural causes and social dynamics. At the same time, the Diploma aims to contribute to the design and implementation of political and social strategies for peacebuilding, promoting dialogue, mediation, and negotiation in conflict contexts, with a gender perspective and an ecosocial perspective.

Contents

- Introduction to conflict analysis
- International order, geopolitics, multilateralism
- Armed conflicts in Europe
- Armed conflicts in Asia
- Violence in Latin America
- Armed conflicts in North Africa and the Middle East
- Armed conflicts in Africa
- Gender dimension in armed conflicts and peacebuilding
- Introduction to IHL and the action of humanitarian actors in conflict contexts
- Forced displacement
- Environment and ecosocial perspective
- Structural economic violence and economic justice
- Militarism, armament, and disarmament
- Introduction to peacebuilding: historical overview, actors, debates
- Peace processes
- Civil society in peacebuilding
- Peacebuilding initiatives in the Basque Country
- Reflections on peacebuilding theory from practice
- Media – Peace journalism
- Psychosocial impacts of war and transitional justice
- Simulation game on conflict resolution: Peacebuilding in Kananga

Itinerary

This course belongs to the Specialization Diploma in Conflicts, Peace and Global Justice (1807) and to the Expert Diploma in Analysis of Armed Conflicts and Peacebuilding (5320).

Career opportunities

Course aimed at training professionals in education (teachers, leisure education, informal education) and the community sphere (community work associations and entities, municipal community service services), in key concepts and strategies for educating for peace and global justice, through caring for coexistence, constructive conflict transformation and community participation and in social projects.

Course aimed at training professionals, journalists, social communicators, politicians, technicians of NGOs and intergovernmental organizations, activists, human rights defenders and all those people interested in understanding the international situation with a view to peace and contributing to the construction of peace.

Scholarships and financial aid

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Coordinating centres

Escuela de Cultura de Paz

Contact

Ivan Navarro Milián

Additional information

https://escolapau.uab.cat/diplomatura/

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