Monthly Archives: January 2009

Job opening at INCORE: Research Co-ordinator

University of Ulster
INCORE (International Conflict Research Institute)
The postholder will be primarily responsible for leading and developing INCORE’s research profile. S/he will also contribute to teaching and other academic duties. Applicants must have a track record of teaching and research related to INCORE’s core themes and have been included in 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. In addition, [...]

How words could end a war

Jeremy Ginges, Asch Summer Fellow, with Scott Atran has contributed an op-ed piece in the New York Times (Sunday, January 25) on the importance of symbolic gestures in international relations.  “There is a moral logic to seemingly intractable religious and cultural disputes. These conflicts cannot be reduced to secular calculations of interest but must be [...]

“Whatever it takes”

Asch Summer Fellow Diane Perlman’s open letter to President Obama regarding the Israel-Palestine conflict has been published in the Huffington Post.  She is organizing a group, CONFLICT ANALYSIS PROFESSIONALS FOR ENDURING SECURITY, to develop interdisciplinary strategies and communicate with the media and policymakers.   Her website is www.consciouspolitics.org.

Dr. Perlmans can be contacted at dianeperlman@gmail.com
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