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‘Who Builds Peace? The Relationships between International, National, Regional, and Local levels in Peacebuilding.

Join us into the annual conference of OxPeace in alliance with Embrace Dialogue: 
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Who Builds Peace?

OxPeace Annual Conference: In-person in the Auditorium, St John’s College, Oxford (£10 donation on arrival), and online by Zoom in partnership with Rodeemos el Dialogo (Colombia)

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OUTLINE  CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

0900 – Arrivals

09.30 – 11.00 Welcome, Opening Plenary (speakers in person):

                         Prof. John Paul Lederach (University of Notre Dame),

                         Dr. Thania Paffenholz (Inclusive Peace, Geneva)

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break

11.30 – 13.00 Session 1: Multilevel Infrastructures for Peace (speakers in person):

                                             South Africa – Dr. Liz Carmichael (Oxford University)

                                             Colombia – Dr. Andrei Gomez-Suarez (Center of Religion,

                                             Reconciliation and Peace – Winchester University )

                                             Northern Ireland – Prof. Brandon Hamber (Ulster University)

13.00 – 1400 Lunch break

14.00 – 15.45 Session 2: Themes in peacebuilding (mainly or all in-person):

                                              International support to local peacebuilding – Jonathan Cohen

                                              (Conciliation Resources)

                                              Community reconciliation in Iraq – Raja Karthikeya Gundu (United

                                              Nations)

                                              Peace Education – Dr Julia Paulson (Bristol University)

                                              Peace Psychology – Ufra Mir (Internacional Center of Peace

                                             Pyscology)

15.45 – 16.15 Tea break

16.15 – 17.45 Closing plenary (speakers in-person):

                         Prof. Phil Clark (School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), 

                          Prof. Cedric de Coning (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

17.45 Conference closes.