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Peace and Conflict Studies

The Department offers comprehensive education, including full-range undergraduate, Master and PhD Programmes. Peace and conflict studies in Uppsala employs an interdisciplinary approach to the study of armed conflict, and is interrelated to other studies on political and social processes, such as security, democracy, economic development, human rights and gender, among others. The courses offered by the department give students the theoretical and methodological tools for analysing causes, conduct and resolution of armed conflict within and between states. Questions commonly asked within the field include, for example: How do states identify and deal with security threats? Why do states and non-state actors choose violent means for solving their political disputes? How are peace processes best designed to reach durable solutions to existing conflicts? What particular challenges do societies face in the aftermath of a civil war?

The Department of Peace and Conflict Research is proud to offer a distinguished environment for studying these and other questions. Our teachers are active in research at the department, which means that the education is well grounded in contemporary research within the field. Moreover, the relatively small size of the department allows for close ties between students and teachers.

The analytic skills gained through our courses and programs are useful for students aiming to become either academics or practitioners in their professional life. Students from our department have proceeded to careers within, for example: the United Nations, the European Union, the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Swedish Military Intelligence Agency, Save the Children, Red Cross, and Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation.
 

Eurasian Studies
Department of Peace and Conflict Research offers Master Programme in Politics and International Studies, Specialisation in Eurasian Studies. Detailed information about this specialisation you will find in the menu to the left under the link Master Programme.