MSc in Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding

The MSc will provide you with advanced knowledge of the complex and specialized areas of peacebuilding, among it conflict analysis, conflict prevention, conflict resolution and conflict transformation, community-driven reconstruction, peace processes within the context of contemporary conflicts and in the context of broader international (humanitarian) interventions. Integrated into the MSc structure are opportunities to develop operational and vocational skills for example in negotiations, conflict mediation, conflict-sensitive program design, and program management, or urban peacebuilding. You are provided with theoretical and empirical knowledge and with practical skills that are helpful for current and future employment opportunities. The courses are thus attractive to both graduates and mid-career practitioners. Whilst the academic and applied focus of the MSc comes through a peace and conflict studies analytic lens, course material will also draw from traditional strategic/security and development studies, enabling cross-fertilization between different perspectives. It allows the exploration of unique and new paradigms and practices in the fields of conflict, peace, security, defense, diplomacy, development and humanitarian intervention.