Conflict Resolution in Divided Societies MA

This Conflict Resolution in Divided Societies MA is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skillset needed to pursue a career in conflict resolution. You’ll learn how conflict can be resolved peacefully through a range of tools like complex constitutional engineering, truth and reconciliation processes, and grassroots movements. This master’s will focus on case studies from the Middle East and around the world, bringing to life the theoretical literature on the causes and consequences of conflict, conflict regulation, and peace processes.

Key benefits

• Learn how to shape and change futures and maintain existing conflict resolution infrastructures.
• Study a well-established degree taught by the world-renowned Department Of War Studies.
• Interact with leading practitioners from a range of institutions, including the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the British Council, the media, and civil society organisations.
• Engage with the latest debates on conflict resolution thanks to regular public lectures organised by the department and its research clusters.
• Build strong intellectual and methodological foundations for further research. Research skills for archival research as well as qualitative and quantitative research methodologies for the social sciences.
• Join a network of alumni working in positions in media, diplomacy, think tanks, academia, consultancy, journalism, humanitarian agencies, NGOs and law.

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