Human Rights and International Conflict - MA - London.

Mie Roesdahl’s PhD will examine processes of social change and political agency in relation to human rights and peace-building.

Doing a Phd. If you have completed your Master's programme, and you are enthusiastic about doing research in your field, then maybe doing a Doctorate (PhD) might be something for you. A Doctor’s degree is the highest academic degree awarded by a Dutch university. You start as 'assistant in training' (aio) or 'researcher in training' (oio).

When power starts to shift dramatically, advancing social justice can prove a complex and contradictory process. Whether in Latin America, Africa, Asia or elsewhere, justice, the rule of law, peace and equal rights and opportunities may be promised, whilst simultaneously injustices, violence and exclusions continue to shape most people’s daily lives.

The PhD in Human Rights and Peace Studies is the only PhD program of its kind in Asia. The MA in Human Rights is longest running program in Asia. These programs offer a unique opportunity to engage in depth with the highly important issues of human rights and peace in the world today.

For a PhD, your research work makes a substantial original contribution to knowledge or understanding in your chosen field. For an MPhil, your work is an independent piece of research but in less depth than for a PhD. You’ll graduate with the degree title Master of Philosophy. You might be able to change to a PhD while you study for an MPhil.

After you graduate. Graduates from human rights courses in our department have pursued careers in campaign groups, human rights organisations, the civil service, consultancies, media, or continued with postgraduate study. Other students have continued with postgraduate study in human rights, international relations, law, and politics.

The Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICwS) is the only postgraduate academic institution in the UK devoted to the study of the Commonwealth. Founded in 1949, its purpose is to promote interdisciplinary and inter-regional research on the Commonwealth and its member nations in the fields of history, politics, and other social sciences.

Peace and conflict studies is a social science field that identifies and analyzes violent and nonviolent behaviours as well as the structural mechanisms attending conflicts (including social conflicts), with a view towards understanding those processes which lead to a more desirable human condition. A variation on this, peace studies (irenology), is an interdisciplinary effort aiming at the.

Amr Abdalla (Egypt) is the Senior Advisor on Policy Analysis and Research at the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) of Addis Ababa University, and the Senior Advisor on Conflict Resolution at KARAMAH (Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights). In 2013-2014, he was Vice President of SALAM Institute for Peace and Justice in Washington, D.C.

A Master's degree in Peace and Conflict Studies provides students with the knowledge and skills for a variety of professions within conflict resolution. The field of study also includes international peace and security, social justice, human rights, and community and international development.

MPA Fellows concentrating in Human Rights and Social Justice focus on human rights, which, although often assumed to be universal, remain controversial in domestic and world politics. Students study policies that support the expansion of human rights and the elimination of all forms of discrimination, such as those based on gender, race, class, religion, ethnicity, caste, sexual orientation.

Program Description: 15-Credit Minor in Human Rights and Peace Studies. The Minor in Human Rights and Peace Studies provides students with a unique, holistic, and interdisciplinary approach to the protection of fundamental human entitlements and the development of peaceful social relations. It is a key curricular endeavor of the Center for.