MLitt in Peacebuilding and Mediation

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The MLitt in Peacebuilding and Mediation programme critically explores the relationship between formal and official peacebuilding and mediation initiatives and informal, unofficial, and community-based efforts. Students will:

  • Analyse bottom-up and top-down approaches to conflict mediation;
  • Conceptualise peace and its relationship to violence;
  • Analyse relationships between formal institutions of peacebuilding and parallel informal or unofficial processes;
  • Identify key actors involved in peacebuilding and mediation efforts;
  • Engage with bottom-up approaches to building peace;
  • Explore feminist and decolonial critiques of formal peace processes; and
  • Critically engage with temporalities and spaces of peace and violence.

COURSE STRUCTURE

Semester 1

IR5704 Mediation: Community and Global Praxis (core module)

IR5705 Critical Approaches to Peacebuilding (core module)

Semester 2

2 x optional modules across the School of International Relations

Note: optional modules are 5000-level modules in the School and vary by semester. Examples of modules either designed specifically for peacebuilding and mediation students, or open to them, may include: Qualitative Research Encounters; Armed Governance; Security and Development in East Asia; Prisons: Spaces of Power, Resistance and Peacebuilding; Critical Climate Justice; Global Politics of Everyday Life; and, Feminist Political Economy.

Dissertation

More details on course structure is available via the School of International Relations and the taught postgraduate Course Catalogue entry for the MLitt degree.

APPLICATION

For applications to the MLitt, applicants are encouraged from across the globe and from diverse cross-disciplinary backgrounds. We are also looking forward to applications from practitioners looking to further develop their skills and knowledge in the areas of peacebuilding and mediation.

For more details on how to apply for the MLitt programme, see the corresponding MLitt Peacebuilding and Mediation page on the School of International Relations website.

OTHER TEACHING & LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AT CPCS

There are a number of additional ways in which scholars, students, and practitioners can become involved in the work of the Centre:

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