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Primary goals of the EPU are:
spreading the idea of peace in the spirit of the UNESCO;
giving scientific and educational support to peace building in Europe as inspired by the OSCE process;
promoting a "world domestic policy" based on sustainable...
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Primary goals of the EPU are:
spreading the idea of peace in the spirit of the UNESCO;
giving scientific and educational support to peace building in Europe as inspired by the OSCE process;
promoting a "world domestic policy" based on sustainable development, cooperative responsibility and ecological security;
contributing to the development of a global peace culture;
training and improving individual capabilities in peace-making and conflict resolution.
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Wat doet de organisatie?
The EPU (European University Center for Peace Studies) is an international, non-governmental organisation with UNESCO status, and is affiliated to the Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), also located at Stadtschlaining. It was founded in 1988 by Gerald Mader in his...
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The EPU (European University Center for Peace Studies) is an international, non-governmental organisation with UNESCO status, and is affiliated to the Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), also located at Stadtschlaining. It was founded in 1988 by Gerald Mader in his capacity as president of the ASPR, with the support of European UNESCO commissions. The original curriculum of EPU was designed along the lines of Johan Galtung’s ”Plan for a Master of Peace and Conflict Resolution” which he developed for the University of Hawaii.
The EPU has been offering postgraduate programs in Peace Studies since 1990.
In 1995, EPU was co-winner of the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education. The EPU’s UNESCO Chair on Peace, Human Rights and Democracy was established in 1996.
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Mogelijkheden voor Jongeren
EPU Provides scholarships and stuy opportunity in Peace and Conflict Studies which is the growing field of studies nowdays.
The EPU program is designed to provide students with the intellectual skills to analyze conflicts and their underlying causes, and with practical skills in...
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EPU Provides scholarships and stuy opportunity in Peace and Conflict Studies which is the growing field of studies nowdays.
The EPU program is designed to provide students with the intellectual skills to analyze conflicts and their underlying causes, and with practical skills in conflict transformation and peacebuilding. It seeks to enable and motivate students to help build a more peaceful, equitable and just global society, in harmony with nature.
Those who successfully complete one trimester obtain an Advanced Certificate in Peace and Conflict Studies. Those who complete three trimesters and write a thesis obtain a Master of Arts in Peace and Conflict Studies, approved by the Austrian Ministry of Education. MA students can begin with any trimester (fall, spring or summer).
All the courses are taught in English, by leading specialists in their field from around the world, including Johan Galtung, one of the founders of the academic discipline of peace research and frequent mediator in international conflicts. Studying with the founder of an academic discipline is a rare opportunity, like studying psychiatry with Sigmund Freud or relativity theory with Albert Einstein. EPU offers students a well-rounded program covering Peace with Security, Development, Freedom, Nature and Culture.
Different from most other universities, which have their fixed faculty, EPU has the flexibility to invite the best teachers from around the world from a wide variety of disciplines. As a practical demonstration of cultural peace, EPU seeks to achieve a geographical and gender balance in its teaching faculty. The courses equally emphasize theory, concrete case studies and practical exercises. EPU seeks to train peace practitioners, not only theoreticians.
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