MA in Peace And Conflict Management

04/04/2022

16/03/2022

Last week, PCM students went to the first of this year. They enjoyed an amazing day in with different guests and conferences about The International Challenges of Cross Border Cooperation and in particular of joint environmental protection.

The students went to the The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the observatory of the old city with Ambassador Aviv Sir-On; to the Bird Observatory, where they had time to sit and observe different bird species in their natural habitat and then attend the conference of The environmental and sustainable challenges of The Red Cross in Israel.

In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the students were able to speak their voices up and share their beliefs and questions about various complexities in the region and in a global way. This was really interesting because they could speak from their own countries' experience and situations that they have seen back home!

18/01/2022

Dr. Ran Kuttner participated in a discussion of the House Committee at The Knesset - הכנסת on the topic of "roadmap for the resolution of disputes", focused on possible ways to transform the Parliament's labor toward more effective management of diversity and disputes.

Over 20 MPs participated in the meeting, emphasizing the importance of the topic. In addition, 8 members of shared-society organizations & academic institutions participated, each addressing the challenge from their own experience.
In his, Dr. Kuttner stated that is the number one security threat to the Israeli society, having a destructive effect on its . He empathized with the MPs, who at time feel obligated to play a role they do not necessarily wish to play, acting with increased adversarial and polarizing tendencies because it seems that this is expected of them. His recommendations were:
1. MPs should work with professionals, conflict engagement specialists, as advisors, with the aim of cultivating practices - even if they seem to contradict certain notions of "good politics" – argumentative, manipulative, even divisive.
2. To adopt models of consensus-based enactment and policy design, or negotiated rulemaking ("reg-neg"), to support collaborative action in early stage of legislation processes.
3. To establish an internal and center at the parliament, consists of professional conflict-engagement specialists, to support the parliamentary work on ongoing basis.

06/01/2022

Earlier this week the PCM Program held its 5th meeting in the Series. We had a fascinating talk by Nadav Tamir, the Executive Director of J Street eet, the political home of pro-Israel, pro-peace Americans. He is on the board of the Mitvim Think Tank for Regional Diplomacy, an Adviser for International Affairs at the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation and on the steering committee of the .

Tamir's lecture, a follow up on the visit PCM students had earlier in the semester to the , was titled The Peres Philosophy - the synergy between peace and Innovation.

The 4 pillars of Peres's philosophy, according to Tamir, were , , and always looking for situations.

Diplomacy according to Peres, said Tamir, is not about winning a debate, but winning hearts and minds, which one achieves through .

Tamir uses the acronym , which stands for Hope, Empathy, Listening, Proactive (problem-solving approach) and self-critic (starting by working on oneself).

Peres was young also when 90 years old, said Tamir, as young people are looking forward, while old people are looking backwards. That inspires us to look forward with hope, with Peres's 4 pillars in mind!

20/12/2021

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16/12/2021

On Monday, the PCM students had the honor of hearing from Yaniv Sagee , the current Educational Advisor to the Ministry of Regional Cooperation and former CEO of Givat Haviva. Sagee discussed how, under his leadership, GH changed its mission statement from creating co-existence to creating a shared society. In addition, he discussed the “Road Map to Shared Society,” presented to the Knesset in 2017 just prior to the changeover in government, which provided tangible steps towards creating a shared society among Jews and Arabs in Israel. Since GH is a glocal organization, their pioneer work and this well researched road map would be a useful tool for any country to achieve their own shared society, based on a system where different cultures are both equal under the law and have good relations.

01/12/2021

We are happy to share that earlier this week the Conflict Resolution Quarterly, the journal of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR), published a Special Issue on Shared Societies (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15411508), in which Dr. Ran Kuttner, the Head of this Program and Dr.Ehud Eiran, from the School of Political Science at the אוניברסיטת חיפה - University of Haifa , served as Guest Editors. The Issue consists of theory and case studies on Shared Society from various places around the world.
The Special Issue is a result of an international 5-year program on the development of next generation theory and practice of shared society building (https://wp.uni-koblenz.de/sharedsociety/) , in which academicians and practitioners from Israel, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Belgium came together to learn from each other and jointly develop cutting edge theory and practice on these issues.

Click on the title to browse this journal

30/11/2021

Wishing you all, a lot of light in your lives. Happy Hanukkah!

25/11/2021

On Monday the PCM students had a guest lecture by alumni Ameer Fakhoury. Fakhoury is the director of the research department at Wahat al-Salam - Neve Shalom School for Peace and co-director of the The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute - מכון ון ליר בירושלים research group on nationalism and partnership. His work focuses on shared society building and on efforts to develop partnerships and Jewish and Palestinian citizens in Israel. Fakhoury is particularly interested in how culture is related to power. During the Q & A section, he expanded on both the political and social hierarchy of the country as it relates to different cultures, and emphasized the complexity of building a shared society, since there are sub-groups within each designated group.

21/11/2021

Don't miss out our 2nd lecture in the lecture series "Broadening horizons in the peacebuilding field: Meeting practitioners and scholars", tomorrow, Nov. 22 at 16:15.

In this opportunity, our guest speaker is Ameer Fakhoury, who is a graduate of our program who we are very proud of. His work is focused on theories of ethnic and national groups, and inter-group conflicts.

Link for those abroad: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87605708628?pwd=NzQ2U2F5cUFsNWdjamg3OHBseVF0Zz09

15/11/2021

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10/11/2021

Now that the PCM students have had a month to settle in, we introduced two exciting new supplementary learning opportunities this week.

On Monday, they had their first guest speaker, Professor Rassem Khamaisi, a Professor at the University of Haifa and Urban and Regional planner specializing in planning among the Arabs in Israel and the Palestinians in the Palestinians territory and Jerusalem. Prof. Khamaisi discussed some of the complexities of Jewish-Arab relations here in Israel, including the contradicting narratives and the complications for geographical policy planning.

On Sunday, the students expanded on this knowledge with their first field trip to see the complexities for themselves. On the journey, to the Wadi A'ra region which consists of Jewish and Arab municipalities & villages side by side, they heard from a variety of people, including but not limited to grass roots activists from Givat Haviva, one of the oldest and largest NGOs that conducts shared-society work , current and former politicians, a police deputy that expended on the work with minority groups, and a resident of Barta’a, whose town is divided by the security fence. The trip continued to Jaffa, where they visited the local Arab-Jewish Community Center for Tolerance and Peace Ajcc Jaffa and The Peres Center for Peace & Innovation מרכז פרס לשלום ולחדשנות , to learn about their efforts to build peace and shared living among both Jews and Arabs in Israel, and Israel and the Palestinian Authority. While “challenges” were voiced continuously, the tone of the day was hopeful.

The students will continue to have guest speakers every few weeks throughout the year and have three more field trips planned. Stay tuned to see who else they meet and where else they go.

16/08/2021

Students share with us different experiences regarding the practicum or internship of the program. In this case Constanza from Argentina tell us about her volunteer work at Isha L'Isha - Haifa Feminist Center

02/08/2021

If you missed the graduation ceremony, want to watch it again or just want to share with family or friends, you can find it in the YouTube channel of the University of Haifa, at the following link:

https://youtu.be/fwn1Kcw8T2c
We hope you had enjoyed it! 😉

Catch the International Graduate Programs Ceremony LIVE on Sunday, July 25th at 16:00 (Israel time)....שמחים שקפצתם לביקור! חפשו אותנו גם ב:פייסבוק: http://b...

02/08/2021

We share with you the pictures of the graduation ceremony and some of the students of PCM progam 2020-2021. Congratulations to all!!

You can check on the full photo album of the event and share it with family and friends: https://photos.app.goo.gl/NLkVbCV31ax2vKnM8

We wish you lots of success for your last few weeks of studies at the University!

27/07/2021

Last Sunday, the students of PCM had their graduation ceremony before going back to their respective countries.

Congratulations to all and also to those who were not able to be present but hold the continued effort to take the program virtually from their homes.

In this picture with professors Shervit and Kuttner.

22/06/2021

Don't miss out the opportunity of getting to know our campus and think about the possibility of having a unique experience in Israel.

Virtual tour generated by Panotour

14/06/2021

Yesterday the students of PCM, Diplomacy and IR went to the fourth day trip of the program, and last one.
They visited the Erez Border Crossing, the Kibbutz Berri and the Hosen Center for psychological support in Sderot city for learning better the relationship between Israel and Gaza population.

Does anyone want to share the experience?

08/06/2021

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07/06/2021

Yesterday the students of Multitrack diplomacy course concluded stages reflexive and integrative of A.R.I.A model with professor Edy Kaufman.

We hope you have had an insightful journey!

Pd. Thanks for the collaboration with the pictures.

02/06/2021

Students of diplomacy and PCM participate today in the simulation of multitrack diplomacy, applying ARIA model, facilitated by Prof. Kaufman on the topic of academic BDS.

22/05/2021

We share a special clip prepared by University of Haifa faculty and students to show that no matter the troubled times we may face, our resilience and social impact will always stand strong.

https://youtu.be/mzeKK7duchM

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20/05/2021

These are the voices that we've heard in the last days by most of the inhabitants of this country, Arabs and Jews. Nevertheless, are not the voices buffered in the mass media.

Most people want peace. Most people want for decisions where people (their life's, their rights, their well-being and respect for each other) actually matters 💛

19/05/2021

Today at 5PM, we have another great meeting with Professor Bueno de Mezquita as the series of IR with great thinkers.

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81393360949?pwd=blA1ZnZHSG91RHo2YUJWNXIyaldIUT

14/05/2021

Right now, several organisations are meeting at בית הגפן Beit Hagefen بيت الكرمة to share their sadness about last days events. They are all requesting peace, and dignity. Everyone should share the same human rights. And today we must be more united than ever.

♥️♥️♥️ Jews & Arabs together

08/05/2021

If you speak spanish, please don't miss out this afternoon the Professor Kaufman sharing his experience and analysis about the future of conflict transformation. At 17H.

Link to suscribe: http://bit.ly/conversakaufman

We hope you enjoy it!

06/05/2021

Just for closing up the week, some

Hope you enjoy it!

Dr. Riess is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She directs the Empathy & Relational Science Program, conducting research on the...

01/05/2021

May your Easter basket be full of joy and prosperity today and always! Happy Easter to all our Orthodox friends!

01/05/2021

- For spanish speakers -

Today professor Edy Kaufman will engage in dialogue with his former student Pablo Leuman at 5pm israelí time.

If you want to join to the conversation, please sign up in: http://bit.ly/conversakaufman

Enjoy it

01/05/2021

Last class in "Paths to Peace" the students of Peace and Conflict Management, have the opportunity to hear the experience from Dr. Maya Kahanoff from the Hebrew University (Jerusalem), who was involved in the Bereaved Families Forum's work and has worked with the narrative approach. It was incredible useful to get to know by first hand how theory applies to the practice in this workshops. We are very grateful for her intervention in the class.

21/04/2021

Our dear Hannah Harari McDaniel reflects on how have been the first semester on this program at University of Haifa and the The Fulbright Program . Watch the slides to learn more about her experience ❤️❤️❤️

13/04/2021

The Holy month of Ramadán is starting now. It is a time for spiritual reflection, self-improvement and worship. Ramadán Kareem to all our Muslim friends!

07/04/2021

We stand today with the University at the Holocaust Remembrance Day to commemorate the victims of N**i genocide.

04/04/2021

Happy and blessed Easter for all our Christian friends. It is a time for renewal of each and everything. Let´s celebrate life!