Northern Ireland Community Relations Council - About Us - News - Inter-Institute Peace and Conflict Cluster (IPAC) 2012 Seminar Series

23 January 2012

The Inter-Institute Peace and Conflict Cluster (IPAC) is an initiative to bring together researchers at the University of Ulster working on peace and conflict related research.

IPAC partners include:
- INCORE - International Conflict Research Institute - AHRI - Arts and Humanities Research Institute
- IRISS - Institute for Research in Social Sciences - Peace and Conflict Cluster - Psychology Research Institute
- Social Science and Sport Group - Sports and Exercise Science Research Institute - TJI - Transitional Justice Institute
IPAC is hosting its inaugural seminar series in 2012, which will be open to both internal
and external audiences.
The theme is Peacebuilding Approaches After Violent Conflict.
Internationally, post-accord peacebuilding has gained increasing prominence within the past two decades. Consequently, academic, policy and practice debates on the role of
peacebuilding and its application in societies emerging from violent conflict have grown in depth and sophistication. It is widely acknowledged that a complex web of strategies
and approaches are required to build, and crucially, to maintain peace following violent conflict. Northern Ireland is characterized by multi-faceted processes of peacebuilding,
from the establishment of new powersharing governance structures to the development of innovative approaches to cross-community relationship building. Northern Ireland has
much to learn from the experience of other conflict regions, but also has much to contribute to the field, both in theory as well as in application.
Academics from the University of Ulster have been at the forefront of the development,
analysis and evaluation of different approaches to peacebuilding. This seminar series aims to present, consider and appraise a range of approaches to peacebuilding from an
inter-disciplinary perspective, and foster discussion between academics, policy makers, practitioners
For more details go to http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/pdfs/230112_IPAC_Seminars2012.pdf