News // Department of Political Science // University of Notre Dame

August 22, 2022

New book explores “wicked problems” facing peace studies scholars and practitioners

The new edited volume Wicked Problems: The Ethics of Action for Peace, Rights, and Justice (Oxford University Press, 2022) brings...

July 07, 2022

Peace studies Ph.D. graduates secure strong placements

Two recent graduates from the Peace Studies Ph.D. program at the University of Notre Dame have secured strong academic placements...

June 15, 2022

Gathering brings together scholar-practitioners for new project on environmental violence and justice

From April 29-30, 28 multi-disciplinary scholar-practitioners gathered for a virtual session centered on learning from and about one another as...

May 25, 2022

Dinah Lawan '22 awarded prize for paper exploring strategic peace-building in Nigeria

Dinah Lawan won the 2022 Gary F. Barnabo Political Science Writing Prize for the best paper about a current national or...

February 14, 2022

New book advocates alternative routes to human security and peace

Over five decades of teaching and research in the field of peace studies, Robert C. Johansen became convinced that United...

September 09, 2021

Kroc Institute welcomes seven new Ph.D. students, names fellowship recipients

Seven new students representing six disciplines recently began the Kroc Institute’s interdisciplinary doctoral program in peace studies. Incoming students were...

June 22, 2021

Peace studies Ph.D. student selected for writer’s workshop

Current peace studies and political science Ph.D. student Diana Isabel Güiza-Gomez has been selected to participate in the 2021 Writeshop-Workshop...

June 22, 2021

Peace Studies faculty from around the world attend virtual Summer Institute

For the first time since its inception, the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies hosted its innovative Summer Institute for...

June 08, 2021

New and recent Ph.D. graduates secure diverse placements

Even in the midst of the ongoing pandemic, new and recent graduates of the Ph.D. Program in Peace Studies at...

April 05, 2021

An Interview with the 2021 Peace Conference Planning Committee

The Notre Dame Student Peace Conference, endowed by Joan B. Kroc and sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace...

March 23, 2021

Peace Studies Student Elected Notre Dame Student Body Vice President

Notre Dame junior Matthew Bisner has been elected undergraduate student body vice president for the 2021-22 academic year. Bisner and...

November 16, 2020

Kroc Institute staff member designs solidarity stickers

This summer, as a renewed wave of protests for racial justice spread across the United States following the murder of...

September 02, 2020

Kroc Institute welcomes 2020-21 Visiting Research Fellows

The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies is pleased to announce that four scholars began their terms as visiting research...