Causes of Peace
Course, Master's level, 2FK050
Spring 2024 Spring 2024, Uppsala, 100%, On-campus, English
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 100%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 26 April 2024–2 June 2024
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
-
Fulfilment of the requirements for a Bachelor's degree, from an internationally recognised university. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.
- Selection
-
Higher education credits (maximum 285 credits)
- Fees
-
If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 12,500
- Total tuition fee: SEK 12,500
- Application deadline
- 16 October 2023
- Application code
- UU-70507
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 21 December 2023–31 January 2024
- Information on registration from the department
Spring 2024 Spring 2024, Uppsala, 100%, On-campus, English For exchange students
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 100%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 26 April 2024–2 June 2024
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
-
Fulfilment of the requirements for a Bachelor's degree, from an internationally recognised university. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 21 December 2023–31 January 2024
- Information on registration from the department
Spring 2025 Spring 2025, Uppsala, 100%, On-campus, English
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 100%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 30 April 2025–8 June 2025
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
-
Fulfilment of the requirements for a Bachelor's degree, from an internationally recognised university. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.
- Selection
-
Higher education credits (maximum 285 credits)
- Fees
-
If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 12,500
- Total tuition fee: SEK 12,500
- Application deadline
- 15 October 2024
- Application code
- UU-70507
Admitted or on the waiting list?
Spring 2025 Spring 2025, Uppsala, 100%, On-campus, English For exchange students
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 100%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 30 April 2025–8 June 2025
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
-
Fulfilment of the requirements for a Bachelor's degree, from an internationally recognised university. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.
Admitted or on the waiting list?
About the course
Peace and conflict research arose as a field devoted to understanding the causes of war; contemporary peace and conflict research also focuses on conflict resolution and peacebuilding. Causes of peace, however, are understudied. Shifting the focus from causes of war to causes of peace can generate profound insights about peace - as well as war - as it asks new questions which may highlight factors previously overlooked.
Empirically, the peace and conflict research field focuses on countries in conflict or in a post conflict stage, thus, countries that have not experienced armed conflicts often goes under the radar/ are usually receive limited attention. For example, the question of why some countries have not experienced civil war despite being part of a region with widespread warfare has received limited attention. This course arises from this lacuna and with the ambition of understanding the causes to inter- and intrastate peace it will focus on the concept of peace, peace theories and empirical peace puzzles.
The course centers around three themes. The first theme - The Concept of Peace - focuses on different ways of conceptualizing and measuring peace including deliberations about concepts such as the Peace Continuum, Quality of Peace, the Peace Triangle, and Philosophies of Peace. The second theme - Peace Theories - centers on theoretical frameworks for understanding peace such as gender equality and peace, the democratic peace, and security communities. The third theme - Peace Puzzles - covers empirical peace puzzles and focuses on different types of surprising cases of peace.
Contact
- Ingalill Blad Ögren
- ingalill.blad-ogren@pcr.uu.se
- +46 18 471 23 49