TRANSCEND Peace University

   

TRANSCEND Peace University
The world's first on-line peace university

 

Anita Wenden
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Anita Wenden is co-founder of Earth and Peace Education Associates International www.globalepe.org, Director of Peace Education and Research for the organization, and editor of Transitions, their electronic educational resource.

Course: Values for a comprehensive peace: Ethics for the 21st century



Antonaya, Marisa
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Maria Luisa (Marisa) Antonaya is doctor in Spanish Literature and she currently teaches courses in Humanities and Social Sciences at the Asian University of Science and Technology (Thailand).

Course: Peace and Literature



Barbey, Christophe
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Christophe Barbey is Coordinator of APRED, the coordinator of Transcend program number IX: "Peace zones" and he is presently establishing the Swiss Chapter of Transcend.

Course: Peace Zones



Bilke, Nadine
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Nadine Bilke works as an online political editor for the Second German Television (ZDF) and is co-founder of the German branch of Transcend.



Bouillet, Christophe
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Christophe Bouillet - Historian, Peace and Conflict Specialist at the Caen Memorial, France Extension of the Caen Memorial: from the Memory of War to Education for Peace.

Course: Peace Museums



Cabezudo, Alicia
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Cabezudo, Alicia - Professor and Peace/Human Rights Educator and Consultant, Director of EDUCATING CITIES LATIN AMERICA Regional Office, International Relations Bureau. Member of Advisory Board of HAGUE APPEAL FOR PEACE and Coordinator of the Global Campaign for Peace Education in Latin America.



Cook-Huffman, Celia
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Dr. Cook-Huffman, Celia - Assistant Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies and Director of the Baker Mediation Services.

Course: Peace, Gender and Violence



Curic, Ina
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Ina Curic - Trainer & Consultant on Gender and Peacebuilding Issues

Course: Transformarea paşnică a conflictelor: Metoda TRANSCEND



De la Pena, Gustavo
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Gustavo de la Pena is a specialist in training and capacity building

Course: Transformacion Pacifica de Conflictos



De la Rua Eugenio, Diana
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Diana de la Rua is a mediator and facilitator and currently Coordinator of  "Community Mediation" that deals with Complex Social Disputes, Environmental Issues and Multiparty conflicts.

Course: Transformacion Pacifica de Conflictos



Dubee, Frederick
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Frederick Dubee is Senior Advisor at United Nations Global Compact, Executive Office of the Secretary-General.

Course: Peace and Global Compact



Fischer, Dietrich
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Ficher Dietrich - Professor of computer science and peace science. Director of the European Peace University, Stadtschlaining, Austria and Co-director of Transcend.



Forouhar, Mitra
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Mitra N. Forouhar is an international lawyer, mediator, and commentator.



Fujita, Akifumi
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Mr. Akifumi Fujita-Lecturer, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, and Osaka Jogakuin Junior College, Osaka, Japan.

Courses: Peaceful Conflict Transformation
Peaceful Conflict Transformation in Japanese



Galtung, Johan - Rector TRANSCEND Peace University, Director TRANSCEND
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Johan Galtung is widely regarded as the founder of the academic discipline of peace research and one of the leading pioneers of peace and conflict transformation in theory and practice. He has played an active role in helping mediate and prevent violence in 45 major conflicts around the world over the past four decades, and is author of the United Nations' first ever manual for trainers and participants on "Conflict Transformation by Peaceful Means: The TRANSCEND Approach"(UNDP 2000).

Courses: Peaceful Conflict Transformation
Peace Mathematics



Graf, Wilfried
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Graf Wilfried - Senior Researcher at the Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution - ASPR and he is also engaged as a conflict transformation consultant in various projects in Central Asia , South Caucasus , South East Europe, Sri Lanka and Southern Africa .



Haavelsrud, Magnus
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Haavelsrud, Magnus -Professor at the Norwegian University of Technology and Science, Trondheim, Norway and an international advisor to the Global Education Associates and serves on the editorial board of Peace and Conflict Studies.



Harmat, Gal
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Harmat, Gal - Programme co-ordinator and researcher, Romanian Peace Institute (PATRIR) and also trainer and facilitator for various Gender Empowerment and Management projects for NDC - Nansen Dialogue Center, under PRIO, in Dubrovnic (Croatia), Podgorica (Montenegro), Mostar, Sarajevo and Bania Luka (Bosnia-Herzegovina).

Course: Gender and Militarism



Hoppers, Catherine Odora
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Catherine A. Odora Hoppers -Social scientist, expert for UNESCO (Paris), and advisor to the UNESCO Institute for Education (Hamburg), member of the Advisory Board of the Hague Appeal For Peace (New York), a member of the Executive Committee and the Governing Council of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA).



Horowitz , Sara
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Sara Horowitz is Vice-Rector of TPU, Professor at the Buenos Aires University, President of the 'Respuesta para la Paz', and Head of an Interdisciplinary Program on Peace, Culture and Conflict Resolution, in the School of Psychology, UBA.

Courses: Peaceful Conflict Transformation
Transformacion Pacifica de Conflictos
Negocios Sustenables y Paz



Inayatullah, Sohail
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Sohail Inayatullah -political scientist, Professor of Futures Studies with the IMCA (International Management Centres Association), University of Action Learning (IMCA-International Management Centres Association).

Course: Peace, Macrohistory and the Future



Ito, Takehiko
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Ito, Takehiko -Professor of Psychology, Department of Human Development, Wako University, Department of Human Development, Wako University.



Johansen, Jorgen
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Johansen, Jorgen- Board member of the Norwegian Peace Council, and the Norwegian Peace Center and Member of the Danish Peace Academy.

Course: Non-violent Tools and Philosophy



Kai Frithjof Brand-Jacobsen
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Kai Frithjof Brand-Jacobsen is founder and Director of the Peace Action, Training and Research Institute of Romania (PATRIR), Co-Director of TRANSCEND, and is on the Executive Board of TRANSCEND Peace University (TPU).
He is Course Director for the courses Peacebuilding, Peacemaking and War to Peace Transitions, Aid, Development and Peacebuilding and Facilitating Peacebuilding and Post-War Recovery.

Course: Peacebuilding, Peacemaking & War to Peace Transitions Experts Course



Kent, George
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Kent, George -Professor , worked as a consultant with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the United Nations Children's Fund, and several civil society organizations he is also part of the Working Group on Nutrition, Ethics, and Human Rights of the United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition; Co-Convener of the Commission on International Human Rights of the International Peace Research Association.

Course: The Human Right to Food



Kramer, Gudrun
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Gudrun Kramer is the director of the Institute for Integrative Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding - IICP; she worked for the UN, EU, OSCE and the Austrian Foreign Affairs Ministry.



Lynch, Jake
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Jake Lynch -Co-Director of 'Reporting the World' , international reporter, currently for BBC News, adviser to the Toda institute for peace and rapporteur for its Globalisation, Regionalisation and Democracy action research team on media.

Course: Peace Journalism



McGoldrick, Annabel
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Annabel McGoldrick -Co-Director of 'Reporting the World', experienced reporter, producer and peace journalism trainer.

Course: Peace Journalism



Muresan, Sabin
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Sabin Muresan Consultant and Trainer.

Course: Transformarea paşnică a conflictelor: Metoda TRANSCEND



Nakano, Katsumiko
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Course: Peaceful Conflict Transformation in Japanese



Nicolescou, Augustin
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Augustin Nicolescou -Coordinator at the Institute for Integrative Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding.



Oberg, Jan
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Oberg Jan is member of the Scientific Committee of International University for Peoples' Initiatives for Peace, IUPIP, in Italy ; former director of the Lund University Peace Research Institute (LUPRI); former secretary-general of the Danish Peace Foundation; former member of the Danish government's Committee on security and disarmament.

Course: Missed Opportunities: Iraq and the Balkans



Okumoto, Kyoko
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Kyoko Okumoto - Lecturer at Osaka Jogakuin Junior College, Japan.

Course: Peaceful Conflict Transformation in Japanese



Richards, Howard
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Dr. Howard Richard -Research Professor of Peace and Global Studies and Philosophy at Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana and founder of the Peace and Global Studies Program there and co-founder of the Business and Nonprofit Management program.

Course: Peace Business



Rynning, Paul
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Paul Rynning is an Attorney at Law and Dialogue Advokatene.



Santa Barbara, Jack
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Jack, Santa Barbara- Associate of the Centre for Peace Studies of McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Founding President of the Canadian Evaluation Society, he is in the Board of Directors of ACTION 2020.



Scott, Paul
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Scott Paul - Professor in the Asian Studies Program, Kansai Gaidai University, Steering Committee member The Alliance for Reform and Democarcy in Asia and Programme Coordinator at 'Citizens for Global Solutions'.

Course: Democratization and Development



Suarez Garza, Jaime
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Jaime Suarez Garza is the General Director of Planning for the Office of the General Attorney for Consumer Protection of Mexico.

Course: Negocios Sustenables y Paz



Tursunova, Zulfiya
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Tursunova, Zulfiya- European University Center for Peace Studies (EPU), formerly Senior Program Manager, Central Asian Resource Center, Almaty, Kazakhstan, and Higher Education Manager, Open Society Institute, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.



Udayakumar, S. P.
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S.P. Udayakumar (Kumar)- Doctor in Political Science, founder and director of the South Asian Community Center for Education, Research and Action (SACCER Action) Trust.

Course: Conflict Care and Reconciliation
Dialogue, Negotiation and Mediation



Urbain, Olivier
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Olivier Urbain - Associate Professor of Art & Peace Studies, English and French at Soka University, Japan and founder of the T:AP Network.



Vorkunova, Olga
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Olga A. Vorkunova is currently Director of the Center for Development and Peace Studies FORUM and President of the Russian Academy of Peace.




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