About the Department of Peace and Conflict Research
The Department is situated next to Fyrisån in the central part of beautiful Uppsala.
Peace and Conflict Research is a young discipline at Uppsala University. The Department was established in 1971 to conduct research and offers courses in peace and conflict studies.
Peace and conflict research is multidisciplinary and the Department recruits researchers from disciplines such as sociology, psychology and political science. The Dag Hammarskjöld chair of peace and conflict research – the first of its kind in Sweden – was created in 1985 and by that time the Department begun to develop complete educational programs.
Today some 90 persons are employed by the Department, which means that it has developed into one of the largest research environments at the faculty of Social Science at Uppsala University.
In addition, the Department offers educational programs for some 400 students at the Bachelor, Master and Doctoral level, as well as commissioned training and dialogue programs.
Board and Strategies
Learn more about the strategies guiding the Department's work. The Department of Peace and Conflict Research (DPCR) is managed by the Head of Department (prefekt) and the board of the Department.
DPCR Background
The Department of Peace and Conflict Research has its origins in a study circle initiated by graduate students and young teachers at Uppsala University. The first head of department was fil. lic. Peter Wallensteen.
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