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Environmental violence and its impact on everyday life. Culture, religion, and imperialism, and their impact on U.S. foreign policy. The role of memory in shaping responses to violence. Providing trauma-informed support for refugees and migrants. Developing pedagogies for peace and liberation. The role of government and grassroots peacebuilding initiatives in the Colombian peace process. Traits and techniques that shape peaceable child development.
This list represents a small sample of the critical issues that doctoral students are researching at the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.
The Kroc Institute’s groundbreaking Ph.D. program empowers students to become outstanding scholars and teachers who are making important contributions to a growing body of peacebuilding knowledge and practice with the goal of addressing violence (in many forms) and alleviating human suffering.
Peace studies Ph.D. students entering the program have formal training and/or a degree in one of six partner disciplines for research and course work: anthropology, history, political science, psychology, sociology, or theology. The peace studies curriculum is integrated with these traditional disciplines in the humanities and social sciences to create a unique framework of study for each student.
During their time at Notre Dame, students are equipped for a wide variety of scholarly, teaching, and professional positions, including:
Full funding is awarded to all students accepted to the program. All applications must be completed by December 15, 2022, for Fall 2023 admissions.
Questions about the program? Email Kathryn Sawyer Vidrine, assistant director for doctoral studies, at [email protected].
