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Head of Human Rights and Development and Deputy Head of UN Women Geneva Office, Adriana Quinones Adriana Quiñones is the Head of Human Rights and Development and Deputy Head of UN Women GenevaOffice. She leads UN Women´s work at the Human RightsCouncil and all high-level actions in trade, labor, climateand other development topics. For the last 17 years at UNIFEM and UN Women, she has held posts as Country Representative, Policy Advisor in Asia and Latin America and Manager of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women and Girls in New York. She has more than 20 years of experience leading efforts in the areas of Gender Equality,Elimination of Gender Based Violence, Access to Justiceand Women´s Economic Empowerment. She has supported the creation of youth development programs, access to trade and credit for the benefit of indigenous and afro-descendant women, as well as programs to combat stigma and discrimination. She supervised for the Inter-American Development Bank and the United Nations portfolios of more 70 million in 50 countries around the world. She advised the High Commissioner for Peace in Colombia on issues of human rights violations in the context of the internal armed conflict and to address the needs of the displaced populations.Born in Bogotá, Colombia, Adriana has a master's degree from the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, and a second master's degree in economics and international Development from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).

Join us for a conversation among Israelis, Palestinians, and others who care deeply about the region and seek to break through the status quo and overcome division and polarization. Supported by the work of the OneVoice Movement, these peacemakers advocate for a shared future that unlocks the full potential of both peoples. They also seek to empower voices that foster depolarization in discourse about the region in the United States in order to build support for the notion that Israeli-Palestinian coexistence is possible.This event is co-sponsored by the Notre Dame International Security Center (NDISC) and the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the Keough School of Global Affairs. Thanks for listening! The ThinkND Podcast is brought to you by ThinkND, the University of Notre Dame's online learning community. We connect you with videos, podcasts, articles, courses, and other resources to inspire minds and spark conversations on topics that matter to you — everything from faith and politics, to science, technology, and your career. Learn more about ThinkND and register for upcoming live events at think.nd.edu. Join our LinkedIn community for updates, episode clips, and more.

As we have started teaching "Conflict Transformation Skills" at Middlebury, we have been fortunate to have a leading global mediator as a guest speaker and teacher. Francisco Diez is senior mediation advisor at the United Nations (UN). He has contributed to the UN's efforts to foster dialogue and reconciliation in Bolivia, and provided expert advice on conflict prevention and preventive diplomacy in Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras and Venezuela. From 2014 onwards he worked with the Kroc Institute to set up the Colombia Peace Accord Matrix to monitor and support the implementation of the peace agreement between the Colombian Government and the FARC, and assisted dialogue processes in Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Mexico.  This episode starts with introductions from Julian Portilla, mediator and co-instructor of the CT Skills class, and Caroline Harding, CT Collaborative intern. Diez gave this talk remotely in 2023, and we were lucky to have him back in January 2024 to lead trainings for students.  For more on Francisco Diez, see: https://franciscodiez.com.ar/ For a video recording of this talk, see our video library: https://www.middlebury.edu/ct-video-collection 

Can business help peace? And can the processes by which peace comes into being help business? My social impact pioneer today – Tim Fort believes so. As one of the recent nominees for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize (yes The Nobel Peace Prize) – Tim Fort is a prolific thinker and writer on all avenues of business and peace. Tim Fort has been nominated for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in showing how ethical business behaviour can positively contribute to peace. He holds the Eveleigh Professorship in Business Ethics at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and is also an Affiliated Scholar at the Kroc Institute of International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Fort received the 2022 Distinguished Career Faculty Award from the Academy of Legal Studies in Business. He has written one hundred articles, reviews and chapters along with twelve books; he has edited many more. Two of his books have won the Best Book Award from the Academy of Management for Social Issues. Tim joins us to share very practical advice on how we can make peace and what business can learn from peacemakers. He then goes on to give us a sneak peak into his new book which he is co-authoring with Kristin Hahn, executive producer of Apple TV's "The Morning Show," explaining how shared cultural experiences can serve as common ground for people divided by social and political issues. Get ready to hear about the power of music, sharing a love of sports, and why going for a walk with your dog could resolve conflict. Links: -Cindy Schipani and Tim Fort's book: The role of business in fostering peaceful societies: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/role-of-business-in-fostering-peaceful-societies/39F381F211120B66293F33812A88C717 -Tim Fort, The Diplomat in the Corner Office: Corporate Foreign Policy https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=23129 -Tim Fort and Cindy Schipani, The Role of the Corporation in Fostering Sustainable Peace, 35 Vanderbilt Law Review 389 (2021). Available at: https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/vjtl/vol35/iss2/1 -Terry Dworkin and Cindy Schipani, Gender Voice and Correlations with Peace+, 36 Vanderbilt Law Review 527 (2021). Available at: https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/vjtl/vol36/iss2/6 -Tim Fort, Review by: William Frederick. Business Ethics Quarterly Vol. 20, No. 1, Behavioral Ethics: A New Empirical Perspective on Business -Ethics Research (Jan., 2010), pp. 134-137 (4 pages). Published By: Cambridge University Press. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27755327 -Jane Nelson (2000). The Business of Peace: The Private Sector as a Partner in Conflict Prevention and Resolution. Available at: https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Business_of_Peace.html?id=hQwrJAAACAAJ -Samuel Moyn (2021). Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War. Available at: https://www.amazon.com/Humane-United-States-Abandoned-Reinvented/dp/0374173702 -Raymond Kelly (2000). Warless Societies and the Origin of War. Available at: https://press.umich.edu/Books/W/Warless-Societies-and-the-Origin-of-War -Constance Cook Glen, Timothy L. Fort (2022). Music, Business and Peacebuilding. Available at: https://www.routledge.com/Music-Business-and-Peacebuilding/Glen-Fort/p/book/9781032185989 -Tim Fort (2021). TED. What can the dog park teach us about bridging great societal divides?Available at: https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_fort_what_can_the_dog_park_teach_us_about_bridging_great_societal_divides -Braver Angels. Available at: https://braverangels.org Sweet dreams for Rwanda: http://www.sweetdreamsrwanda.com -Follow Tim and Kristin's collaboration. Available at: https://www.facebook.com/iuhhc/photos/a.685177491572241/4845214892235126/?type=3 If you liked this podcast do join us at the Business Fights Poverty Global Equity Summit: https://businessfightspoverty.org/global-equity-summit (free tickets are available when you apply this promo code: GES24BFP

Every year, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) hosts the SheLeads4Peace Summer School, a program dedicated to providing women peacebuilders the necessary skills to be a leader for peace as they transition from their education into their professional careers. For the past two years, the Kroc Institute has had the privilege of partnering with UNITAR to send a delegation of seven Notre Dame undergraduate women to Geneva to take part in this event. In this episode, Anna Van Overberghe, assistant director for Academic Administration and Undergraduate Studies, is joined by Mary Kate Cashman (BA '24), Erin Tutaj (BA '24), and Ella Ermshler (BA '25), three peace studies students who participated in the 2023 SheLeads4Peace Summer School this past August.   

We're diving into 2024 with Rachel Locke, the Director of the Violence, Inequality, and Power Lab at the Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego. She's here to untangle the connections between societal violence and inequality. It's more important than ever, especially at the start of a wild election year.We tackle the challenges caused by the power plays that keep violence and unfairness going. We're not buying into simple stories – we know real solutions come from understanding the complicated mix of issues causing conflicts. Our talk reveals the tough reality of these problems and how the VIP Lab is committed to making real changes in a world that's loudly calling for reform.Finally, we shine a light on the difficulties women and women of color face in politics. The rise in harassment against public figures makes us wonder about where inclusive governance is headed. We discuss what recent studies say about how this kind of bullying challenges mental health and political involvement.(0:00:08) - Exploring Workplace Inclusion and Humanitarian WorkPersonal updates, Felicia's purple hair, and an interview with Rachel Locke on her career journey and creating a better world. (0:08:13) - Exploring Violence, Inequality, and PowerNature's violence and inequality are intertwined, highlighting the importance of addressing power dynamics in the VIP Lab's interdisciplinary approach to applied research. (0:20:39) - Recognizing Complexity in Power DynamicsPower dynamics, complex issues, and binary thinking hinder social justice efforts in addressing violence and promoting change. (0:32:04) - Threats and Harassment Against Public OfficialsNature's alarming increase in threats and harassment towards local officials, particularly women and women of color, may undermine gender balance in political representation. (0:36:21) - Harassment's Impact on Officials' Mental HealthPublic officials face gender-based harassment and threats, cope with limited support, and find therapeutic value in sharing their struggles. (0:55:51) - Amplifying Voices and Embracing PossibilityNature's joy, partnerships for change, personal growth, and the upcoming election year's potential for our future. Visit us at shegeeksout.com to stay up to date on all the ways you can make the workplace work for everyone!

This episode is dedicated to our latest issue of Peace Policy, which focuses on the co-mingling of two existential crises of our time: the threat of nuclear war, and potential planetary destruction through climate change.   Atalia Omer, Professor of Religion, Conflict and Peace Studies, serves as this year's faculty editor of Peace Policy. She is joined by George A. Lopez, Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies and the guest editor of this Peace Policy issue, for a conversation about essays from our expert contributors, ranging from environmental and nuclear risks in Ukraine, to Pope Francis, to climate change.   Contributors to this issue of Peace Policy include Rachel Bronson, president and CEO of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; Drew Marcantonio (Ph.D. '21), Department of Management & Organization within the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, as well as a faculty fellow with the Kroc Institute, and Kristina Hook (Ph.D. '20), an assistant professor of Conflict Management with Kennesaw State University in Georgia; and Jerry Powers, director of Catholic Peacebuilding Studies at the Kroc Institute and coordinator of the Catholic Peacebuilding Network. Read all articles in this issue at peacepolicy.nd.edu.

In this episode, Fr. Emmanuel Katongole, professor of theology and peace studies at the Kroc Institute, hosts a conversation with His Eminence Cardinal John Onaiyekan, Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja Archdiocese in Nigeria. Cardinal Onaiyekan, one of Africa's most prominent religious peacebuilders, reflects on lessons learned from his decades of work for peace in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa.

Join Jewish organizers and scholars for an urgent conversation about the political importance, and long history, of Jewish organizing against Israeli violence, dispossession and occupation. Speakers will discuss the political analysis and strategic orientation guiding IfNotNow and Jewish Voice for Peace as they organize for a ceasefire and an end to Israel's latest brutal attacks on Gaza, as well as the historic and contemporary role of Jewish organizing in relation to the Palestinian struggle for freedom, equality, and justice. Speakers Eva Borgwardt is the national spokesperson for IfNotNow, a movement of American Jews working to organize their community to end U.S. support for Israel's system of apartheid and demand equality, justice and a thriving future for Palestinians and Israelis. Eva has been organizing on Israel/Palestine since 2014, focusing on the American Jewish community and Congress, and currently lives in Brooklyn. Beth Miller is political director with Jewish Voice for Peace and Jewish Voice for Peace Action. Atalia Omer is a Professor of Religion, Conflict, and Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and at the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame in the United States. She is also a senior fellow and Dermot TJ Dunphy Visiting Professor at the Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative at Harvard University's Religion and Public Life program. She earned her PhD in Religion, Ethics, and Politics (2008) from the Committee on the Study of Religion at Harvard University. Her research focuses on religion, violence, and peacebuilding as well as theories and methods in the study of religion. Omer was awarded an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship in 2017, resulting in Decolonizing Religion and Peacebuilding (Oxford University Press, 2023). Among other publications, Omer is the author of When Peace is Not Enough: How the Israeli Peace Camp Thinks about Religion, Nationalism, and Justice (University of Chicago Press, 2015) and Days of Awe: Reimagining Jewishness in Solidarity with Palestinians (University of Chicago Press, 2019). She is also a co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding (Oxford University Press, 2015). moderated by Mari Cohen, associate editor of Jewish Currents This event is sponsored by JewishCurrents, IfNotNow and Haymarket Books and is part of Until Liberation: A Series for Palestine by Haymarket Books cosponsored by Palestinian American Organizations Network, Mondoweiss, Spectre, Dissenters, Tempest, Palestine Deep Dive, The New Arab, and more. Watch the live event recording: https://youtube.com/live/LAlQ9P8VBg8 Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Debra Javeline (Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame) will present on her book, After Violence: Russia's Beslan School Massacre and the Peace that Followed (Oxford University Press, 2023). Free and open to the public. About the lecture: Starting on September 1, 2004, and ending 53 hours later, Russia experienced its most appalling act of terrorism in history, the seizure of School No. 1 in Beslan, North Ossetia. Approximately 1,200 children, parents, and teachers were taken hostage, and over 330 —nearly one of every hundred Beslan residents— were killed, hundreds more seriously wounded, and all severely traumatized. After Violence is the first book to analyze the aftermath of such large-scale violence with evidence from almost all direct victims. It explores the motivations behind individual responses to violence. When does violence fuel greater acceptance of retaliatory violence, and when does violence fuel nonviolent participation in politics? The mass hostage taking was widely predicted to provoke a spiral of retaliatory ethnic violence in the North Caucasus, where the act of terror was embedded in a larger context of ongoing conflict between Ossetians, Ingush, and Chechens. Politicians, journalists, victims, and other local residents asserted that vengeance would come. Instead, the hostage taking triggered unprecedented peaceful political activism on a scale seen nowhere else in Russia. Beslan activists challenged authorities, endured official harassment, and won a historic victory against the Russian state in the European Court of Human Rights. After Violence provides insights into this unexpected but preferable outcome. Using systematic surveys of 1,098 victims (82%) and 2,043 nearby residents, in-depth focus groups, journalistic accounts, investigative reports, NGO reports, and prior scholarly research, After Violence offers novel findings about the influence of anger, prejudice, alienation, efficacy, and other variables on post-violence behavior. About the speaker: Debra Javeline is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame and a fellow of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Nanovic Institute for European Studies, Russian and East European Studies Program, and Environmental Change Initiative. Her research interests include mass political behavior, survey research, Russian politics, sustainability, environmental politics, and climate change. She focuses on the decisions of ordinary citizens, whether in response to violence or climate impacts, and she is currently exploring coastal homeowner motivations to take action to reduce their risk from rising seas, hurricanes, and other hazards.

A quirky episode on ghosts, hauntings and horror on this week's Mehfil. Two women writers from India and Pakistan interrogate ghostly encounters and how to write about them. Host Amrita Ghosh welcomes Jessica Faleiro from Goa (India) and Sehyr Mirza from Lahore (Pakistan) to explore the writing of ghosts, hauntings and horror on a personal level as well as with regards to collective traumas such as the Partition or colonial histories. The writers speak of childhood experiences with haunted houses, ghostly sightings and collective psychosomatic experiences. They reflect on whether stories of paranormal afterlives create narratives of resistance in the present. Faleiro speaks about her “real” ghostly experience in her grandmother's ancestral house that sent her off on a journey to write about these topics. Mirza also recalls her grandmother's poignant and moving tales from before the Partition as well as horrifying stories during the period of Partition that inspired Mirza to write. Both writers discuss the rich repertoire of the horror genre within the South Asian context starting with the simple traditions of families and friends gathering around to narrate spooky stories. Ghosh asks the writers about their books. Faleiro's book Afterlife: Ghost Stories from Goa excavates Goa's rich history by weaving in the Spanish Inquisition and Portuguese colonialism through paranormal encounters set within the present. Mirza talks about her edited anthology titled The Other in the Mirror: Stories from India and Pakistan in which she takes on the ghost of the Partition that continues to haunt people and that still creates fear of the “other" by continuing to maintain borders and divisions. She also speaks of her own story within that collection, one that instrumentalizes haunting for political symbolism. Faleiro and Mirza also point to new trends in literature and films within the horror genre in India and Pakistan and the possibilities opened up by the rise of digital media. Lastly, the conversations moves to ask if scary stories set us free from our fears or whether they simply serve to make us more afraid.Jessica Faleiro's fiction, poetry, essays and travel pieces have been published in Asia Literary Review, Forbes, Indian Quarterly, IndiaCurrents, Coldnoon, Joao Roque Literary Journal, Mascara Literary Review, Muse India and the Times of India as well as in various anthologies. Her first book Afterlife: Ghost stories from Goa (2012) is about a Goan family and their ‘ghostly' encounters and her second book The Delicate Balance of Little Lives (2018) is a collection of interlinked stories about five middle-class Goan women trying to cope with loss. She won the Joao Roque Literary Award ‘Best in Fiction 2017 for her short story ‘Unmatched.' Faleiro is currently the Commissioning Editor for the Joao Roque Literary Journal. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Kingston University, UK, talks about creativity, and runs creative writing workshops.Sehyr Mirza is a journalist and creative writer based in Lahore, Pakistan. Her work has appeared in The BBC, Deutsche Welle, Dawn, The News International, Outlook India, Huffington Post, The Wire, Pakistan Today and other outlets. She is the editor of an anthology titled The Other in the Mirror: Stories from India and Pakistan published by Yoda Press in India and Folio Books in Pakistan. Mirza has also received fellowships at Atlantic Council, Washington DC, The Swedish Institute and she has been a visiting fellow at Rajeev Circle Fellowship, San Francisco. She was the recipient of Women Waging Peace Award by Kroc Institute for International Peace and Justice in 2019 and holds a degree in English Literature from Goldsmiths, University of London.Amrita Ghosh is Assistant Professor of English, specializing in South Asian literature at the University of Central Florida. She is the co-editor of Tagore

David Cortright is professor emeritus and special adviser for policy studies at the Keough School of Global Affairs and Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Previously, Cortright was the director of policy studies at the Keough School's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and director of the institute's Peace Accords Matrix project, the largest existing collection of implementation data on intrastate peace agreements. In addition to teaching the course “How to Change the World” in the undergraduate program in peace studies or master of global affairs programs at Notre Dame, Cortright is the author and co-editor of more than 22 books. He is Co-initiator and member of numerous national and international peace and disarmament campaigns, David is also the editor of Peace Policy, an online journal published by the Kroc Institute and he blogs at davidcortright.net. Dr. Cortright's Areas of Expertise: Nonviolent social change; nuclear disarmament; use of multilateral sanctions and incentives as tools of international peacemaking

This week on Talk World Radio we're looking back at the peace movement against the war on Iraq, or the phase of it that began 20 years ago. Our guest, David Cortright, is Professor Emeritus and special adviser for policy studies at the Keough School of Global Affairs and Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He was an organizer for peace as an active duty soldier during the Vietnam War, and Executive Director of SANE, the Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy (1977-1988). He is Co-founder and board member of Win Without War, and author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of 22 books, including a terrific new book, A Peaceful Superpower: Lessons from the World's Largest Antiwar Movement.

The Vatican and its various bodies are not only heading the Catholic Church but also disseminating thinking and advancing work in different social policy themes. Amongst those, ecology and peacebuilding are discussed here. But how does that work?Our host, Baudouin de Hemptinne, is joined in this episode by Professor Joshtrom Kureethadam and Professor Gerard Powers. Kureethadam is heading the Dicastery for Integral Development and is Chair of Philosophy of Science and Director at the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome. He has been a researcher at Berkeley and Oxford and published various books on ecology. Professor Powers is the director of Catholic Peacebuilding studies at the Kroc Institute at the University of Notre Dame in the US. He is a very respected scholar in peacebuilding, religion, and conflict studies. Both have an extensive understanding of the Churches' work in thought leadership on the ground. This episode is hosted, conceptualised, and researched by Baudouin de Hemptinne with the help of Melinda Davis; and produced by Annelisse Escobar, Vitor Tomaz, and Gloria Wawira. To keep up with our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram @oxfordpolicypod_.

Oldrich Bures is the founder of the Center for Security Studies and a professor of International Political Relations at Metropolitan University Prague, a private university in the Czech Republic. Dr. Bures was a Fulbright Fellow at Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies (MA) and carries his passion for peace in his continued research in the areas of Conflict Resolution and International Security. Dr. Bures is recognized as a leader in Europe on privatization of security and counter-terrorism. During this engaging conversation, Dr. Bures touches on his upbringing in Czechoslovakia, venturing to the US for school and the importance of learning how to think, write, analyze and express.

Darren Dochuk is the Andrew V. Tackes College Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. He is also a Faculty Fellow at Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. His research and teaching deal primarily with the United States in the long twentieth century, with emphasis on the intersections of religion, politics, energy, and environment. Dochuk has written widely on modern U.S. history. His most recent book is Anointed With Oil: How Christianity and Crude Made Modern America. He is also the author of From Bible Belt to Sunbelt: Plain-Folk Religion, Grassroots Politics, and the Rise of Evangelical Conservatism.

EP. Br#007 This episode is part of PEI's coverage of the 2022 General Elections. For our pre-election analyses, please read our policy brief and/or listen to EP. BR#005 - The Brief: Anurag Acharya and Avinash Karna on Inclusion, Coalitions, and the Power Dynamics behind General Elections 2022 As the results of the 2022 General Elections slowly trickle in, there are some interesting trends that are taking shape. To begin with, the voter turnout, reported to be 61 percent by the Election Commission of Nepal, has been lower than those from earlier elections, which analysts are taking as a signal that more people may be beginning to tune out from this democratic process. Number-wise, the initial results indicate that while the Nepali Congress will secure the largest number of seats, the UML has been able to hold its ground in second place. Perhaps the most unexpected outcome is the better-than-expected performance of the Rastriya Swatantra Party, an entity formed only several months before the elections. What is clear, however, is that the end result of this election is a hung parliament, leaving a lot of room for horsetrading among the political parties at the expense of stability and good governance. In today's episode, PEI colleague Saurab Lama sits with noted political commentator Bishnu Sapkota to discuss the significance of the 2022 elections, the low voter turnout, the early results, and the implications for the political parties. The two discuss the better-than-expected performance of the Rastriya Swatantra Party and also of the pre-election movements such as the #nonotagain. The two end on the topic of a hung parliament and its implications for the future of policymaking in Nepal. Bishnu Sapkota is a noted columnist and political commentator. He taught at Nepal's Tribhuvan University for nearly a decade prior to getting into international development work. He managed a national dialogue program called Nepal Transition to Peace (NTTP) during Nepal's crucial phases of Maoist insurgency through the 2006 People's Movement, ensuing ethnic upheavals, the Constituent Assembly, and finally promulgation of the new constitution in 2015. The NTTP forum was an inclusive national dialogue platform by major political parties, government, and civil society. He led UNDP/Nepal's Conflict Prevention Program between 2014-2015. He is currently based in Cambodia with an international organization, working in the sector of democracy and governance. Mr. Sapkota is also affiliated as an Asia Fellow to the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, USA. Over the past decade, he has given talks and presentations on Nepal's peace process experiences at a number of international conferences and platforms.

Dr. Lisa Schirch, Professor of Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and Research Fellow at the Toda Peace Institute, introduces us to peace tech, its history, trends, current examples, and their impact - including Ushahidi, Build Up, Polis, and the “Angry Uncle” Chatbot.More about Lisa's work at www.toda.org and https://kroc.nd.edu/faculty-and-staff/lisa-schirch/ 

This is the second of two podcast conversations with authors of policy briefs in the newest collection published by the Kroc Institute's Peace Accords Matrix. The briefs address content and process-related issues in peace agreement design, especially regarding inclusion of citizens' rights. In this episode, Josefina Echavarría, director of the Peace Accords Matrix and associate professor of the practice, hosts a conversation with policy brief authors Cécile Mouly, research professor at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), Ecuador, and coordinator of the Research Group on Peace and Conflict, and Luis Peña, Visiting Research Fellow at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and Vice President of the International Association of Reconciliation Studies. You can read all policy briefs at peaceaccords.nd.edu/policy.

This is the first of two podcast conversations with authors of policy briefs in the newest collection published by the Kroc Institute's Peace Accords Matrix. The briefs address content and process-related issues in peace agreement design, especially regarding inclusion of citizens' rights. In this episode, Josefina Echavarría, director of the Peace Accords Matrix and associate professor of the practice, hosts a conversation with policy brief authors Felipe Roa-Clavijo, assistant professor in the School of Government at the Universidad de Los Andes, Rebecca Gindele, consultant on women's rights and local peacebuilding issues in Colombia, and Sally Sharif, a post-doctoral research associate at the Kroc Institute. You can read all policy briefs at peaceaccords.nd.edu/policy.

Colombia’s Truth Commission was established by the 2016 FARC peace accord to address the country’s ongoing six-decade old conflict that has affected more than 9 million registered victims. The Commission released its final report on June 28. On July 15, USIP, the Washington Office on Latin America, the Colombia Human Rights Committee, the Latin America Working Group, Humanity United and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies hosted three commissioners for the first international presentation of their final report. Speakers Francisco de RouxPresident, Commission for the Clarification of Truth, Co-existence and Non-RepetitionEnglish Bio Alejandra MillerTruth Commissioner, Commission for the Clarification of Truth, Co-existence and Non-Repetition Saúl FrancoTruth Commissioner, Commission for the Clarification of Truth, Co-existence and Non-Repetition Cristina Espinel, moderator Co-Director, Colombia Human Rights Committee Steve Hege, opening remarksRegional Deputy Director for Latin America, U.S. Institute of Peace Gimena Sánchez, opening remarksDirector for the Andes, Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) Lisa Haugaard, opening remarks Executive Director, Latin America Working Group (LAWG) For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/final-report-truth-commission-colombias-2016-farc-peace-accord

This is one of three episodes dedicated to conversations with the authors of recent Peace Policy articles focusing on the importance of including youth in peacebuilding efforts throughout the U.S. and around the world. Cat Bolten, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute, is the guest editor for this issue of Peace Policy. This episode features a conversation between Angie Lederach (Ph.D. '20), and Naun Alvarez Gonzalez, a leader of the Youth Peace Provokers movement in Montes de Maria, Colombia. You can also read their full article at peacepolicy.nd.edu. Please note that a Spanish version of this episode is also available.   A note from Angie and Naun: "This conversation was recorded prior to the recent presidential elections in Colombia. We write today from Camarón, where the election of Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez, who ran on a platform committed to peace, has generated a sense of hope and opportunity for the people of Naún's community. We hope that what they have promised on paper will be put into practice as they take office in August."

In this episode, Kroc Institute faculty member Atalia Omer, Professor of Religion, Conflict, and Peace Studies, convenes a conversation with several religious studies scholars on the impact of Shaul Magid's book, Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical. Magid is Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College. The speakers in this episode presented a similar conversation during the 2021 American Academy of Religion meeting, and their remarks will also be published in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Religious Ethics.    Discussants in this episode include Yaniv Feller, Jeremy Zwelling Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Assistant Professor of Religion at Wesleyan University; Emily Filler, Assistant Professor in the Study of Judaism at Washington and Lee University, and co-editor of the Journal of Jewish Ethics; Susannah Heschel, Eli M. Black Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College, where she chairs the Jewish Studies Program; and Robert A. Orsi, Professor of Religious Studies, History, and American Studies at Northwestern University, where he holds the Grace Craddock Nagle Chair in Catholic Studies.

Five years after the signing of the 2016 Final Agreement between the Colombian government and the former FARC-EP, implementation has not stopped, despite facing numerous obstacles. A new report from the Peace Accords Matrix (PAM) Barometer Initiative at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies presents the current status of peace accord implementation. This episode features a discussion among members of the Peace Accords Matrix Barometer Initiative team highlighting the key advances and challenges presented in this report. Read the full report at go.nd.edu/KrocColombiaReports.

In this penultimate episode of our series on Conflict and War, Palestinian/American Jonathan Brenneman shares on the history of the conflict in Palestine and the witness of the Palestinian Christian church to the world. Jonathan comes from a long line of Mennonites on his father's side and a prominent Palestinian Christian family on his mother's side. He grew up attending Lima Mennonite Church. After graduating high school he participated in the Mennonite Mission Network's Radical Journey program in Northern Ireland before attending Huntington University, where he studied History and Philosophy. He then worked with Christian/Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT) Palestine Project in Hebron, where they built partnerships with Palestinian and Israeli peacemakers to transform violence and oppression. Jonathan was a Rotary Peace Fellow studying at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok Thailand and holds a master's degree in International Peace Studies at Notre Dame's Kroc Institute. That program included a six-month internship with Ndifuna Ukwazi in Cape Town South Africa, an organization which advocates for more just land policies. In 2017, he participated in the Mennonite Voluntary Service program, volunteering with MC USA to facilitate the writing, passing, and implementation of the Seeking Peace in Israel and Palestine Resolution. He went on to work with Friends of Sabeel North America, promoting Palestinian Liberation theology, and Eyewitness Palestine, promoting responsible travel to Palestine. He currently resides in Syracuse New York, where he continues to advocate for peace, justice, and equality for everyone living in Historic Palestine.

The federal judiciary system has three steps: district court, circuit court, and the Supreme Court, and despite what you see on screen, many cases do not end with that first courtroom verdict. This is how the federal judiciary system works, what makes a case worthy of consideration by the Supreme Court, and what happens when case lands in front of SCOTUS. We talked with Erin Corcoran,  Executive Director for the Kroc Institute of International Peace Studies, and Behzad Mirhashem, Assistant Federal Public Defender in New Hampshire and professor of law at UNH Law.  Listen to our breakdown of Tinker v Des Moines in IRL1: Free Speech in Schools. 

In conversation with Daniel Boyarin, Rabbi Brant Rosen interrogated the ways that Zionist hegemony is expressed through the Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israeli Independence Day) that has become a staple on the American Jewish holiday calendar, projecting themes of militarism, colonialism, and empire on to sacred religious tradition. He also presented an alternative framing of this day as a religious observance – one that expresses remembrance, repentance, and reparations. Presenters: Brant Rosen: Topol Fellow at RCPI; Rabbi, Tzedek Chicago In conversation with: Prof. Daniel Boyarin: Caroline Zelaznik Gruss and Joseph S. Gruss Visiting Professor in Talmudic Civil Law at Harvard Law School (2021-2022) Moderator: Atalia Omer: Professor of Religion, Conflict, and Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at University of Notre Dame and T. J. Dermot Dunphy Visiting Professor of Religion, Violence, and Peacebuilding and Senior Fellow in Conflict and Peace at Harvard Divinity School This event took place April 19, 2022. Learn more: https://rpl.hds.harvard.edu/programs/religion-conflict-peace

This is one of three episodes dedicated to conversations with the authors of recent Peace Policy articles focusing on the importance of including youth in peacebuilding efforts throughout the U.S. and around the world. Cat Bolten, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute, is the guest editor for this issue of Peace Policy. This episode features a conversation between Siobhán McEvoy-Levy, Professor of Political Science and Peace and Conflict Studies at Butler University and Director of the Desmond Tutu Peace Lab, and her co-authors, Cambria C. Khayat, a senior undergraduate student at Butler University, and Julio Trujillo, a first year Children's Law Fellow at Loyola Law School, Chicago, and a 2021 graduate of Butler University. Read all articles at peacepolicy.nd.edu. 

This is one of three episodes dedicated to conversations with the authors of recent Peace Policy articles focusing on the importance of including youth in peacebuilding efforts throughout the U.S. and around the world. Cat Bolten, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute, is the guest editor for this issue of Peace Policy. In this episode, Cat Bolten interviews Prashan de Visser, author of one of this issue's articles and founder of Global Unites, an organization that aims to inspire, connect and equip youth to transform global societies through movements promoting nonviolence and reconciliation.  Read all the articles in this month's issue at peacepolicy.nd.edu. 

Let's learn more about scholars, institutions, programs, classes, and individuals dedicated to peace. In this Peace Scholars episode, I read about the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, including a description of the programs and a few course descriptions. Go Leprechauns! Peace Studies: Read more about the academic peace programs and thought leaders at the Kroc Institute of Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame by searching up Kroc Institute of Peace Studies.  https://kroc.nd.edu  Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW  Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at www.AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as a cup of coffee1` per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us

We speak with Retired Maj Gen Blaise Cathcart, Judge Advocate General of the Canadian Armed Forces (2010–2017), and Professor Mary Ellen O'Connell, Research Professor of International Dispute Resolution at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at Notre Dame.

Malalai Habibi, 2019 Peace Studies alum and Program Officer at the International Civil Society Action Network, hosts a conversation on the realities on the ground for Afghan women after the takeover by the Taliban. Guests include Wazhma Frogh, Founder of the Afghan Women and Peace Studies Organization (WPSO) and Heather Barr, Associate Director of the Women's Rights Division at Human Rights Watch.   This is the second in a series of podcasts exploring the situation in Afghanistan following the events of August 2021. For more information on the Kroc Institute's Afghan Peace and Development Research Program, visit kroc.nd.edu/afghanistan.

Erin Corcoran, executive director at the Kroc Institute and associate teaching professor at the Keough School of Global Affairs, talks with three Kroc Institute-connected analysts about an in-depth look at the nuclear concerns within the current conflict arising from the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Wednesday, February 23. Guests include George Lopez, the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies; Gerard Powers, Director of Catholic Peacebuilding Studies and Coordinator of the Catholic Peacebuilding Network and its Project on Revitalizing Catholic Engagement on Nuclear Disarmament; and Monica Montgomery, a 2019 Notre Dame peace studies alum who is now working as Research Analyst at the D.C.-based Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. This episode was recorded at 1 p.m. EST on Monday, February 28. For more resources from the Kroc Institute on the war in Ukraine, visit kroc.nd.edu/ukraine.   

David Cortright, Professor Emeritus of the Practice at the Kroc Institute and Editor of the Kroc Institute's Peace Policy publication sits down to talk with authors from the latest issue. This issue features reflections drawn from the new book, Catholic Peacebuilding and Mining: Integral Peace, Development, and Ecology published by Routledge in January. Guests include one of the co-editors of the book and the Assistant Director of the Catholic Peacebuilding Network, Caesar Montevecchio; Father Rigobert Minani, S.J., head of research for the Peace, Human Rights, Democracy, and Good Governance Department at the Centre d'Etude Pour l'Action Sociale in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and team leader for the Ecclesial Network of the Congo Basin Forest; and Katherine Marshall, Senior Fellow at Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, and Executive Director of the World Faiths Development Dialogue. You can read all articles from this issue at peacepolicy.nd.edu.

Jen Betz, Assistant Director of the International Peace Studies Concentration, Master of Global Affairs degree program at the Kroc Institute, talks with three alumni who are working at the intersection of the environment and peace studies. Guests include Raul F. Campusano (M.A. '89) Academic Director for the Master's in Environmental Law at the Universidad del Desarrollo in Chile; Katie Conlon (MA '14), National Geographic Explorer leading an expedition and research project on plastic reduction and plastic pollution awareness in the Himalayas; and Valerie Hickey (M.A. '00), Practice Manager for Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy at The World Bank. Additional resources mentioned during the conversation include: Environmental Peacebuilding Association Waste Not, Want Not report on waste externalities in the Humanitarian sector To follow along with Katie Conlon's work, follow her on LinkedIn and Instagram (@ecoseva1)

Kroc Institute alumna Malalai Habibi (MGA '19), Program Officer at the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN), talks with Mahbouba Seraj, Executive Director of Afghan Women Skills Development Center who is joining us from Kabul, Afghanistan, and Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini, Founder and Executive Director of the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN) and director of the London School of Economics Center for Women, Peace and Security, for a conversation about the current situation on the ground in Afghanistan. They focus in particular on the impact on Afghan women of the U.S. withdrawal and the country's subsequent return to Taliban control in summer 2021. 

Anne Hayner, Associate Director for Alumni Relations here at the Kroc Institute., talks with Kroc Institute faculty, alums, and current students about the significance of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. The 2021 Prize was awarded to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, journalists from the Philippines and Russia respectively. Guests for this episode include Peter Wallensteen, the Richard G. Starmann Sr. Research Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and Senior Professor in the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Sweden's Uppsala University; Obi Anyadike (M.A. '97), Senior Africa Editor for The New Humanitarian; Jason Subler (M.A. '98), General Manager for Asia with Reuters; and Sarah Nanjala, a journalist from Kenya and a current Master of Global Affairs, International Peace Studies student.

Professor George Lopez, the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute, sits down with the authors of the articles appearing in the December 2021 issue of "Peace Policy" focused on sanctions policy reform in three distinct contexts: Iran, Syria, and Venezuela. Guests include Esfandyar Batmanhelidj, Founder and CEO of the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation; Francisco Rodríguez, the 2021-22 International Affairs Fellow in International Economics at the Council for Foreign Relations and Director of Oil for Venezuela; and Annie Charif, program associate with The Carter Center's Conflict Resolution Program and Syria project team. On December 6, you can read all articles in this issue at peacepolicy.nd.edu. You can also attend a virtual event on Dec. 6 aimed at discussing the humanitarian impact of sanctions. Learn more and register to attend at go.nd.edu/SanctionsEvent. You can also explore more work from the Sanctions and Security Project at sanctionsandsecurity.org.

It's hard to believe that the 20th anniversary of the tragic events of September 11, 2001, took place nearly 20 years ago. As they did for so many people and organizations around the world, the events of that day had a profound impact on the Kroc Institute and how it thought about its role as a global hub for peace studies. In this episode, Erin Corcoran sits down with George Lopez, Rashied Omar, and Gerard Powers to discuss the ways the Kroc Institute responded to 9/11 and the ways the events of that day indelibly changed the Institute.

Laurie Nathan, Director of the Mediation Program at the Kroc Institute talks with Notre Dame undergraduate and graduate students and alumni who have been instrumental in creating the new Accomplice project and website. This site, supported by the Mediation Program, is an effort to elevate decolonial scholarship, conversations, and activism related to the University of Notre Dame. Panelists include Fiana Arbab, Liam Maher, Josie Flanagan, and Jack Boland. Visit the Accomplice Project website at sites.nd.edu/accomplice-project.

Co-directors of the Contending Moderntities initiative, R. Scott Appleby, the Marilyn Keough Dean of the Keough School of Global Affairs, and Atalia Omer, Professor of Religion, Conflict, and Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute, talk with editors and authors of the new book, "Indonesian Pluralities: Islam, Citizenship, and Democracy," published by Notre Dame Press. Panelists include editors Zainal Abidin Bagir and Robert W. Hefner, and contributors Erica M. Larson and Alimatul Qibtiyah.

David Cortright, Director of the Global Policy Initiative and Special Advisor for Policy Studies at the University of Notre Dame's Keough School of Global Affairs, and Professor Emeritus of the Practice at the Kroc Institute, talks with the authors from the latest issue of "Peace Policy," a quarterly publication of the Kroc Institute that offers research-based insights, commentary, and solutions to the global challenge of violent conflict. The latest issue focuses on the legacy of the Vietnam antiwar movement, especially among service people, and its legacy for social and antiwar movements today. Guest authors and podcast guests include Dana Moss, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame and a Faculty Fellow at the Kroc Institute, and Chuck Searcy, an International Advisor with Project RENEW. He is also Co-Chair of the NGO Agent Orange Working Group in Vietnam. Read the full episode of Peace Policy at peacepolicy.nd.edu.

The Barometer Initiative team, part of the Kroc Institute's Peace Accords Matrix Project, is providing real-time monitoring of the Colombian peace accord implementation process. The team just released their fifth comprehensive report on the status of implementation, and discuss the report's main findings. Read the full report at go.nd.edu/KrocFifthReport.

Callie Ward and Joe Wager sit down with Diana Guzmán Rodríguez to discuss the 2016 Colombian Final Peace Agreement. Diana contextualizes the situation, discusses the multiple facets of the agreement, and lays out challenges to its implementation. As a massively complex negotiation, the Agreement encompasses myriad human-rights issues and demands that we understand it within a global context.A few options for further engagement:Robert Karl's 2017 A Forgotten Peace: Reform, Violence, and the Making of Contemporary Colombia: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520293939/forgotten-peace The Kroc Institute's “barometer” on the Colombian peace process: https://peaceaccords.nd.edu/barometer A link to Dejusticia's website (in English): https://www.dejusticia.org/en A link to the Institute for Integrated Transitions website: https://ifit-transitions.org/A link to reports, briefings, and updates on Colombia from the International Crisis Group: https://www.crisisgroup.org/latin-america-caribbean/andes/colombiaA monument to the peace process by renowned Colombian artist Doris Salcedo and an article in the New York Times that contextualizes it within the implementation of the Peace Accords: https://www.museonacional.gov.co/micrositios1/Fragmentos/index.html; https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/arts/design/colombia-farc-peace-monument.html Two academic articles: a) “Land, justice, and memory: challenges for peace in Colombia” by Catherine C. LeGrand et al.: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08263663.2017.1378381; b) “‘Territorial Peace': The Emergence of a Concept in Colombia's Peace Negotiations” by Heriberto Cairo et al.: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14650045.2018.1425110 The views reflected in this podcast do not necessarily represent the views of the Stanford Center for Human Rights and International Justice. Pamgaea by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4193-pamgaeaLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Erin Corcoran, executive director of the Kroc Institute and associate teaching professor at the Keough School, talks with the authors from the latest issue of "Peace Policy," a quarterly publication of the Kroc Institute that offers research-based insights, commentary, and solutions to the global challenge of violent conflict. The latest issue focuses on issues related to U.S. immigration and refugee policies, especially at the southern border. Guest authors and podcast guests include Kristina Campbell, Professor of Law at the David A. Clarke School of Law, part of the University of the District of Columbia and a 2002 alumna of Notre Dame Law School; and Elizabeth Keyes, Associate Professor of Law at the Immigrant Rights Clinic, part of the University of Baltimore. Read the full episode of Peace Policy at peacepolicy.nd.edu. 

The Peace Accords Matrix Program (PAM), part of the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, has released its first report monitoring the implementation of 80 stipulations within the 2016 Colombian Peace Agreement related to ethnic communities across the country. In this episode, members of the team discuss the report's findings. Read the full report at https://go.nd.edu/EthnicReport2021. 

This episode includes audio from a February 9, 2021, event entitled “Where Next for Myanmar?” This event was presented by the Keough School, the Kroc Institute and the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies. Speakers include Caroline Hughes, the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., Chair in Peace Studies; Ingrid Jordt, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Tharaphi Than, Associate Professor of World Languages and Cultures, Northern Illinois University; and Michel Hockx, Director, Liu Institute.

In the second part of our co-host interviews, co-host Ashley Bohrer interviews Justin de Leon, who, in addition to hosting this podcast, serves as a visiting faculty member at the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. They discuss the influences that have shaped Justin's teaching, creative represencing, and positionality in the classroom.

Our co-hosts turn the mics back to each other. In this episode, co-host Justin de Leon interviews Ashley Bohrer, who, in addition to hosting this podcast, serves as assistant professor of gender and peace studies at the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. They discuss Ashley's road to academia, how activism and other experiences inform her teaching, and being real and emotional intelligence in the classroom.

Anne Hayner, Associate Director for Alumni Relations, leads a discussion on the significance of year's Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the United Nations World Food Programme. She is joined by Peter Wallensteen, Professor Emeritus at the Kroc Institute and Senior Professor of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University in Sweden, and Denis Okello, a 2007 alum of the Kroc Institute's Master's in International Peace Studies and Communications Officer at FINCA International in Washington, D.C.