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In this page you will find a list of institutions dealing with peace, such as academic institutions, international organisations, research and studies centers. A coincise description of each institution and some hints about the site may also be found here. The descriptions given have been taken from the sites of the institutions, therefore they do not reflect any judgement or evaluation by the I.S.I.G.
Click on the blue link to visit the site(s) you are interested in. -___________________________________________________ ISA - INTERNATIONAL SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION The International Sociological Association (ISA) is a non-profit association for scientific purposes. The ISA was founded in 1949 under the auspices of UNESCO. The goal of the Association, as stated in the Statutes, is to represent sociologists everywhere, regardless of their school of thought, scientific approaches or ideological opinion, and to advance sociological knowledge throughout the world. To this end the ISA undertakes activities: (i) To secure and develop personal contacts between sociologists throughout the world; (ii) to encourage the international dissemination and exchange of information on significant developments in sociological knowledge; (iii) to facilitate and promote international sociological research. The ISA is a member of the International Social Science Council and enjoys a status of the Non-Governmental Organization in formal associate relations with UNESCO. Link to ISA UNESCO UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Its constitution was adopted by the London Conference in November 1945, and entered into effect on the 4th of November 1946 when 20 states had deposited instruments of acceptance. It currently has 188 Member States (as of 19 October 1999). The main objective of UNESCO is to contribute to peace and security in the world by promoting collaboration among nations through education, science, culture and communication in order to further universal respect for justice, for the rule of law and for the human rights and fundamental freedoms which are affirmed for the peoples of the world, without distinction of race, sex, language or religion, by the Charter of the United Nations. Link to UNESCO MANIFESTO 2000 for a culture of Peace and Non-violence. Because the year 2000 must be a new beginning, an opportunity to transform - all together - the culture of war and violence into a culture of peace and non-violence. Because this transformation demands the participation of each and every one of us, and must offer young people and future generations the values that can inspire them to shape a world based on justice, solidarity, liberty, dignity, harmony and prosperity for all. Because the culture of peace can underpin sustainable development, environmental protection and the well-being of each person. Because I am aware of my share of responsibility for the future of humanity, in particular to the children of today and tomorrow. I pledge in my daily life, in my family, my work, my community, my country and my region, to: Respect the life and dignity of each human being without discrimination or prejudice; Practise active non-violence, rejecting violence in all its forms: physical, sexual, psychological, economical and social, in particular towards the most deprived and vulnerable such as children and adolescents; Share my time and material resources in a spirit of generosity to put an end to exclusion, injustice and political and economic oppression; Defend freedom of expression and cultural diversity, giving preference always to dialogue and listening without engaging in fanaticism, defamation and the rejection of others; Promote consumer behaviour that is responsible and development practices that respect all forms of life and preserve the balance of nature on the planet; Contribute to the development of my community, with the full participation of women and respect for democratic principles, in order to create together new forms of solidarity. Link to MANIFESTO 2000 ONU UNITED NATIONS Académie de la Paix et de la Sécurité Internationale The Académie de la Paix et de la Sécurité Internationale was created in 1972. The first president was René Cassin. It intends to contribute to prevent and solve international conflicts. The site is in French only. Link to Académie de la Paix et de la Sécurité Internationale The Adam Institute for Democracy and Peace The Adam Institute for Democracy and Peace is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization which develops and implements participatory educational projects to teach the fundamental principles of democracy and the equal rights of every individual. The Adam Institute was founded in Israel in 1986 following the murder of Emil Greenzweig at a demonstration against the war in Lebanon. In an attempt to prevent the recurrence of such events, the founders, educators and public figures from across the Israeli educational and political spectrum, established the Adam Institute, to promote education for democracy and peace. Link to The Adam Institute for Democracy and Peace Ålands Fredinstitut The Åland Islands Peace Institute was founded in 1992. Its work is both practical and theoretical. The Institute carries out research, arranges seminars and conferences, and provides education in conflict management. Focus areas include security policy, autonomies and minority groups, and issues relating the Baltic Sea region. In addition, the Institute supports a wide range of youth activities. Link to Ålands Fredinstitut American Political Science Association, Conflict Processes Section The site of the Conflict Processes Section of the American Political Science Association. serves several purposes--listed below--but the primary purpose is to support research on conflict processes within and between states. To provide information about the section. To provide access to publically available data sets used frequently in the study of political conflict processes. To serve as a gateway to an Electronic Paper-Archive. To provide electronic copies of the CPS Newsletter. To provide electronic listings of CPS panels at the APSA conference, the SSIP panels at the ISA conference, and the panels at the PSSI conference. Link to American Political Science Association, Conflict Processes Section American Sociological Association, Section on Peace, War and Social Conflict The purpose of the Section on Peace and War opf th American Sociological Association is to encourage the application of sociological methods, theories, and perspectives, to the study of peace and war. Interests of Section members include diverse subjects such as: causes and dynamics of war, conflict resolution, peace movements, military institutions, nonviolence, race and ethnic conflict, gender and violence, war refugees. Link to American Sociological Association, Section on Peace, War and Social Conflict American University, International Peace and Conflict Resolution Program American University offers a comparative advantage for those specializing in International Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) because of the international character of its faculty and students. IPCR is a multi-disciplinary program in the School of International Service designed for students and faculty concerned with the causes of war and the conditions for peace. Moreover, this pr ogram reflects the evolving field of Peace and Conflict Resolution, as it is designed to integrate theory, research and practice. Link to American University, International Peace and Conflict Resolution Program Antioch College, Peace Studies Institute The third annual Antioch Peace Institute will serve as an intensive forum for learning and discussion of a variety contemporary and critical peace studies topics. Participants will include renowned scholars and internationally recognized teachers and trainers, along with resident Antioch faculty. Link to Antioch College, Peace Studies Institute Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung The German Association for Peace and Conflict Research (AFK) was founded in 1968 by German speaking peace researchers from the social sciences as well as the humanities. The association has about 250 members, including several peace research institutions as institutional members. The association seeks to enhance the scholarly exchange of peace researchers working in different institutions and to stimulate interdisciplinary peace research. Its annual peace research conference usually takes place in February. The association also wants to engage political decision makers as well as the general public in discussions about the implications of peace research. The AFK edits a publication series in German and is co-editor of the journal "Wissenschaft und Frieden" (Sciences and Peace), the major German journal for peace research co-published by several peace oriented organizations from the natural sciences as well as the humanities and social sciences. Finally, the association works as a lobby group for peace research in funding raising and in the political decision making process concerning issues related to peace research. More recently, the association is critically supporting the establishment of the German Foundation for Peace Resaerch by the German Federal government. Link to Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung Arbeitsgruppe Friedensforschung und Europäische Sicherheitspolitik The AFES-PRESS is a non-profit international scientific society under German law which is located in Mosbach, Germany. AFES-PRESS members represent several scientific disciplines and come from different European countries. AFES-PRESS aims at research focusing both on the short-term security policy problems of Europe and on the long-term goals of a European peace order. Peace Research aims at scientific contributions for the realisation of the long-term goal of a peace that is more than the absence of war. Security policy aims at the protection of societal achievements, of democratic goals and of cultural values. Link to Arbeitsgruppe Friedensforschung und Europäische Sicherheitspolitik Arbeitsstelle Friedensforschung Bonn The Arbeitsstelle Friedensforschung Bonn(AFB)/Peace Research Information Unit Bonn (PRIUB) is a national and international advice, information, and service centre covering the whole field of research into peace and conflict. It puts scholars and institutions in touch with one another; it provides information on the organizations, concerns, and findings of peace and conflict research; it organizes discussion groups and work groups on specific topics; it provides those wishing to set up projects with advice on both technicalities and subject matter; and it provides back-up in the presentation of research findings and academic publications. The AFB/PRIUB produces a twice-yearly newsletter "AFB-INFO", in German and English, and occasional publications in the "AFB-TEXTE"-series. These deal with basic issues of peace and conflict research and peace education. The AFB also acts as a channel of communication between academic research and practical politics. Link to Arbeitsstelle Friedensforschung Bonn Aristotele University of Thessaloniki, UNESCO Chair on Education for Human Rights and Peace The UNESCO Chair at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on Education for Human Rights and Peace has been founded in 1997. The UNESCO Chair is part of the Project UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs of UNESCO and is related to: a. the UNESCO Plan for the Introduction of Education for Peace and Human Rights in Higher Education, b. the UNESCO Action for the creation of a Culture of Peace. The UNITWIN/UNESCO CHAIRS PROGRAMME is designed to develop University networking. The UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme constitutes the Organisation's main instrument to promote and facilitate international co-operation in Higher Education.UNESCO Chairs has been the most successful component of the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs. Link to Aristotele University of Thessaloniki, UNESCO Chair on Education for Human Rights and Peace Armenian Centre for National and International Studies The principal objective of the Armenian Center for National and International Studies is to serve as a link between innovative scholarship and the current and emerging public policy issues facing Armenia and the Armenian people in the post-Soviet world. Link to Armenian Centre for National and International Studies Arms Control Association The Arms Control Association (ACA), founded in 1971, is a national nonpartisan membership organization dedicated to promoting public understanding of and support for effective arms control policies. Through its public education and media programs and its magazine, Arms Control Today, ACA provides policy-makers, the press and the interested public with authoritative information, analysis and commentary on arms control proposals, negotiations and agreements, and related national security issues. In addition to the regular press briefings ACA holds on major arms control developments, the Association's staff provides commentary and analysis on a broad spectrum of issues for journalists and scholars both in the United States and abroad. Link to Arms Control Association Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association The Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association (APPRA) is an international non-governmental, non profit making organization. The name of the Association is the Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association, hereinafter referred to as "APPRA". It was established as the Asian Peace Research Association, on December 5, 1980 at the close of the conference on Asian Peace Research in the Global Context held in Yokohama, Japan. The name was changed to the current name on February 4, 1992 at a meeting of the Council of APRA at a Regional Conference organized by the Association at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch New Zealand. APPRA is an organization for scientific purposes and shall function as a regional branch of the International Peace Research Association. The purpose of APPRA is to advance interdisciplinary research on the conditions of peace and the causes of war and violence in their all manifestations. Link to Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association Asociación Española de Investigación para la Paz The Instituto de la Paz y los Conflictos at the Granada University (Spain) is an academic insitution aiming at spreading a culture of peace. The site is in Spanish only. Link to Asociación Española de Investigación para la Paz Associazione per la Pace The Associazione per la Pace is an NGO. It was created in 1988, Its members are both individuals and instituions (italian peace associations). The association itself is member in the Helsinky Citizen Assembly. The site is in Italian only. Link to Associazione per la Pace Atrium Society Atrium provides information about the Education for Peace and Martial Arts for Peace bookstore and educational services which help children and adults to recognize the roots of conflict, prejudice, nationalism, racism, and other forms of conditioned thinking. Link to Atrium Society Australian Defence Studies Centre The Australian Defence Studies Centre conducts research in fields related to the defence and security of Australia. Its site describes the role and programs of the Centre, provides a schedule of planned conferences and seminars, and publications catalogue. Link to Australian Defence Studies Centre Australian National University, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre The Strategic and Defence Studies Centre is a part of the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies in the Australian National University. The Centre's aim is to advance the study of strategic problems, especially those relating to the general region of East Asia and the Pacific. The Centre gives particular attention to Australia's strategic neighbourhood of Southeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific. Participation in the Centre's activities is not limited to members of the University, but includes other interested professional, diplomatic and parliamentary groups. Research includes military, political, economic, environmental, scientific and technological aspects of strategic developments. Strategy, for the purpose of the Centre, is defined in the broadest sense of embracing not only the control and application of military force, but also the peaceful settlement of disputes which could cause violence. Link to Australian National University, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre Ball State University, Center for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution The courses held at the Center for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution at the Ball State University treat both the literature and techniques of negotiation, mediation, and arbitration. Students will receive extensive training in mediation. They will learn how conflict, while disturbing, can provide opportunity for growth and change and be a potential source of creative energy. Link to Ball State University, Center for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution Bethel College, Global Peace and Justice Studies Program According to the College's presentation “To study global peace and justice at Bethel is to challenge your assumptions about the world around you, to delve into a broad liberal arts curriculum, to view the world holistically.” Link to Bethel College, Global Peace and Justice Studies Program Center for Strategic and International Studies The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a public policy research institution dedicated to analysis and policy impact. CSIS is the only institution of its kind that maintains resident experts on all the world's major geographical regions. It also covers key functional areas, such as international finance, U.S. trade and economic policy, national and international security issues, energy, and telecommunications. Founded in 1962 and located in Washington, D.C., CSIS is a private, tax-exempt institution. Its research is nonpartisan and nonproprietary. Sam Nunn chairs its Board of Trustees. The Center's staff of 90 policy experts, 80 support staff, and 70 interns, is committed to generating strategic analysis, exploring contingencies, analyzing policy options, exploring contingencies, and making policy recommendations. The Center's gateway to Asia is the Honolulu-based Pacific Forum CSIS. It is the hub of a network of 20 research institutes around the Pacific Rim. Forum programs encompass current and emerging political, security, economic, and business issues. Brent Scowcroft chairs its Board of Governors and James A. Kelly is its president. Link to Center for Strategic and International Studies Conflict Resolution Network Conflict Resolution Network (CRN) was founded in 1986, then under the auspices of the United Nations Association of Australia and headed by Helena and Stella Cornelius. Its purpose is to research, develop, teach and implement the theory and practice of Conflict Resolution (CR) throughout a national and international network. It maintains close links with CR programs at universities, and supports trainers and educators at every level in the community. Over the last ten years, CRN has developed a comprehensive range of teaching manuals, trained hundreds of trainers, directly taught CR skills to thousands of people, facilitated the resolution of a broad spectrum of personal, organisational and community conflicts, influenced Conflict Resolution training in school and university curricula and brought a Conflict Resolution focus to many social and political issues. Link to Conflict Resolution Network Conflict Resolution Research and and Resource Institute The Conflict Resolution, Research and Resource Institute, Inc. (CRI) is a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation. Although it was formally organized in 1991 many of CRI's current staff and associates collectively conducted work for several years in Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Pakistan, the former Soviet Union, Russia, Latvia, Poland, Hungary and England as a prelude to CRI's legal incorporation in June 1992. CRI also serves the community, and staff has work nationally with such organizations as the U.S. Forest Service, Washington State Department of Ecology, Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal Executive Institute. Additionally, CRI staff works with organized labor; school districts, fire and police departments; city, county, and state governments; and with private sector organizations such as Boeing, Starbucks, Northrop Industries, the Travelers Group, California Pacific Gas & Electric; as well as non-profit organizations such as Catholic Community Services, Group Health Cooperative, Good Samaritan Hospital, National Presbytery [Louisville, KY], and El Centro de La Raza [Seattle, WA]. Link to Conflict Resolution Research and and Resource Institute Europäisches Universitätszentrum für Friedensstudien The EPU is an international NGO with UNESCO status. It was founded in 1988 by Gerald Mader in his capacity as President of the ASPR, with the support of European UNESCO Commissions. The original curriculum of the EPU was designed along the lines of Johan Galtung´s "Plan for a Master of Peace and Conflict Resolution" which he had developed for the University of Hawaii. Since 1990 the EPU has been offering post-graduate programmes in peace studies. Link to Europäisches Universitätszentrum für Friedensstudien European Peace Research Association EuPRA is the European affiliate of IPRA Link to European Peace Research Association Fourth Freedom Forum INFORUM is published by the Fourth Freedom Forum several times a year to promote informed public discussion of international issues, especially in cases involving strategic trade, economic, financial, and diplomatic sanctions and incentives, and denuclearizaton and weapons nonproliferaton. Link to Fourth Freedom Forum Harward University Center, Program on Nonviolent Sanctions and Cultural Survival The Program on Nonviolent Sanctions and Cultural Survival (PONSACS) studies situations of conflict in order to better understand their nature and the capabilities of nonviolent actions in support of human rights and civil liberties. The Program rationale is based on the simple premise about the nature of political power – that it is rooted in and continually dependent upon cooperation and obedience, and that each can be withdrawn. PONSACS combines a quantitative approach PANDA (Protocol for the Assessment of Nonviolent Direct Action), an automated early warning system, with on-the-ground research of conflict regions provided by anthropological insights. These two strands of research work to identify conflict regions before they erupt into violence and to actively promote nonviolent alternatives to armed conflict. Link to Harward University Center, Program on Nonviolent Sanctions and Cultural Survival Hiroshima City University, Hiroshima Peace Institute The City of hiroshima established the Hiroshima Peace Institute in 1998 as an international institute for peace studies attached to the Hiroshima City University, designed to help resolve problems facing the international community through research and education. Link to Hiroshima City University, Hiroshima Peace Institute Institut Evropy, Rossijskaia Akademija Nauk Quite an interesting site for those who speak Russian. Link to Institut Evropy, Rossijskaia Akademija Nauk Institute for Security and International Studies The Institute is an independent Bulgarian NGO. Link to Institute for Security and International Studies Insitute of World Affairs The Institute of World Affairs (IWA) was founded in 1924 as a non-profit, non-partisan, tax- exempt organization devoted to international understanding and the peaceful resolution of conflict. In support of its mission, the Institute provides training programs designed to enhance professional skills in conflict resolution and infrastructure development. The Institute conducts independent evaluations and designs systems to help improve the management of international conflict. Additionally, the Institute offers education and outreach programs on current issues in international affairs. For nearly 75 years people from all parts of the world have benefitted from Institute training and education efforts. Many of these individuals have joined to form a membership organization known as IWA Associates which is dedicated to promoting the Institute and its mission. The Institute operates offices in Washington and New York, as well as the Twin Lakes Conference Center in the Berkshire Hills in Salisbury, Connecticut. Link to Insitute of World Affairs Institutt for Fredsforskning The International Peace Research Institute Oslo was founded in 1959. PRIO was one of the first centres of peace research in the world. The foundation of the institute and its early influence were instrumental in promulgating the idea of peace research. PRIO is an independent, international institute in staff, audience and perspective. Link to Institutt for Fredsforskning Loyola University Chicago, Peace Studies According to the University, “Loyola's Peace Studies Minor Program is the only such program in the Chicago area. It focuses on three distinct spheres of violence, conflict, and peacemaking: international, societal and ecological. Peace Studies offers an intergrated examination of violence and conflict in these diverse spheres, the linkages between and among these different patterns of violence, and modes of conflict resolution and peacemaking pertinent to each sphere.” Link to Loyola University Chicago, Peace Studies Moscow School of Human Rights The Moscow School of Human Rights is a non-governmental and non-commercial organization functioning in the sphere of additional education. It doesn't support any political parties, movements and campaigns and recognizes ideological and world outlook diversity. In 1994-1995 the International Fund “Cultural Initiative” (Soros Foundation) and the Ministry of Education of Russia organized a competition of innovation projects under the motto “New ways in humanitarian education in Russia”. More than 600 projects took part in the competition. Among the 30 winners of the 1st degree grant was the project “Human rights. Education in Russia”, which provided for setting up this school. By decision of the Minister of Education of Russia, Moscow School of Human Rights received the status of Federal experimental laboratory. Link to Moscow School of Human Rights New York University, Center for War, Peace and the News Media The Center for War, Peace, and the News Media is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to supporting journalists and news organizations in their efforts to sustain an informed and engaged citizenry. The Center is headquartered at New York University's Department of Journalismnand Mass Communication, where it was founded in 1985. Link to New York University, Center for War, Peace and the News Media Oxford Research Group O.R.G combines rigorous research into nuclear decisions with an understanding of the people who make those decisions. Since O.R.G.'s foundation in 1982, it has contacted many key decision-makers worldwide and developed a personal dialogue with them on global security issues. The O.R.G. brings together senior military officers, diplomats, nuclear physicists and other defence analysts to discuss the next steps in disarmament. The group shares its information with other non-government organisations (NGOs). Link to Oxford Research Group Pax Christi International Pax Christi is an international Catholic peace movement with national sections on four continents. Members are involved in peace efforts in the fields of demilitarisation and security, human rights, ecology, development, economic justice and reconciliation. Pax Christi has representatives at the United Nations, Unesco, Unicef, and the Council of Europe. Link to Pax Christi International Peace 2000 Institute Peace 2000 is an international network uniting peace organisations, businesses, the general public and politicians in a global call for action towards peace, non-violence and sustainable future for all in a clean and healthy environment. Link to Peace 2000 Institute Stockholm International Peace Reserch Institute In 1964, Prime Minister Tage Erlander of Sweden put forward the idea of establishing a peace research institute to commemorate Sweden's 150 years of unbroken peace. A Swedish Royal Commission chaired by Ambassador Alva Myrdal proposed in its 1966 report to establish an institute, later named the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, SIPRI. The Institute's research should seek to contribute to 'the understanding of the preconditions for a stable peace and for peaceful solutions of international conflicts' and the Commission recommended that research be concentrated on armaments, their limitation and reduction, and arms control. The Swedish Parliament decided that the Institute be established on 1 July 1966 with the legal status of an independent foundation. All SIPRI research is based exclusively on open sources. Link to Stockholm International Peace Reserch Institute Transnational Institute Founded in 1974, TNI is an international network of activist-scholars concerned to analyse and find viable solutions to such global problems as: militarism and conflict, poverty and marginalisation, social injustice, environmental degradation Link to Transnational Institute United States Institute of Peace The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan federal institution created and funded by Congress to strengthen the nation's capacity to promote the peaceful resolution of international conflict. Established in 1984, the Institute meets its congressional mandate through an array of programs, including grants, fellowships, conferences and workshops, library services, publications, and other educational activities. The Institute's Board of Directors is appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. Link to United States Institute of Peace Western European Union, Institute for Security Studies On 17 March 1948, the Brussels Treaty was signed, opening the way for the creation of WEU. This was followed on 23 October 1954 by the signing of the Modified Brussels Treaty, the act that gave birth to WEU. The Organization has come a long way since then. It has proved capable of seizing the opportunities and meeting the challenges of a Europe that has radically changed. Link to Western European Union, Institute for Security Studies World Peace Council The World Peace Council finds its origin in the refusal of the horror of fascism and of World War II. It was formally founded in 1949 with the clear will to stop the escalation of armament of the emerging Cold War, and to help organise solidarity with the peoples that struggle for their right of self-determination, and their right to end colonialism. Link to World Peace Council |
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