March 8, 2010
The University of Haifa is proud to announce the launch of a new two-year Master’s Degree Program in Peace and Conflict Management Studies, which will open in the fall of 2010.
The MA Program in Peace and Conflict Management Studies seeks to combine an in-depth understanding of theory with applications from a regional perspective. Students will investigate ethnic, national, cultural, and religious conflicts in deeply-divided societies. They will study and evaluate different approaches to conflict management, while immersing themselves in a region that offers a great deal of relevant real-life case studies. The program is interdisciplinary and based primarily on theoretical and practical frameworks in the fields of psychology, sociology, anthropology, political science, communications, history, law, philosophy, and education. These perspectives will enrich the students' understanding of conflicts within and among societies and nations. The curriculum also examines specific case studies of conflict and uses the Middle East and Israel as a living classroom for empirical learning.
The University of Haifa is known for faculty expertise in the fields of coexistence, conflict-settlement and peace processes and is a center for research of these areas in Israel. The University has three research centers relevant to the program:
The Center for Research on Peace Education; The Jewish-Arab Center; The Center for Multiculturalism and
Educational Research. Due to its multicultural orientation, the University of Haifa is an ideal location for this unique curriculum. The city of Haifa has achieved a high level of coexistence and cooperation among its diverse residents. Jews (Israeli-born and immigrants), Christian Arabs, Muslim Arabs, Druze and Baha'i, live and work together in the city – and study together on campus. Each year, close to 700 international students from around the world join this academic community and add to its diversity and cultural richness.
The program is taught in English and co-sponsored by the Faculty of Social Sciences and the International School at the University of Haifa. The MA degree is awarded by the Faculty of Social Sciences.
For more information about the program, please see our
website.