Current grants and projects
Peace Journalism challenges popular media representations of conflict, based on some of the most influential theories from research in Peace and Conflict Studies. These include, notably, the typologies of peace (positive and negative) and violence (direct, structural and cultural) devised originally by Johan Galtung, one of the founders of the field. More>
October 2000 - Ongoning
The West Papua Project seeks to promote peaceful dialogue between the people of West Papua and Indonesia, and to promote conflict resolution as a viable alternative to the current and escalating conflict. Its objectives include: Establishing relevant links with NGOs, academics and parliamentarians in Australia, West Papua and Indonesia; and raising public awareness of the conflict between West Papua and Indonesia with particular reference to the human rights implications and the threat to the stability of the South Pacific region. More>
Despite a need to move quickly to prevent genocide and crimes against humanity, the United Nations has no reliable capacity to do so. Genocide in Rwanda illustrates this incapacity, as do the massive killings of innocent people in Cambodia, the former Yugoslavia, East Timor, Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia and Sudan. The time has come to create a permanent UN Emergency Peace Service (UNEPS) to ensure that ‘Never Again’ will there be genocide or crimes against humanity. More>
This research is focussed on understanding the concepts of justice and reconciliation in different cultural contexts and conflict settings. Its main focus is on how communities pursue justice and reconciliation in the context of peacebuilding after mass violence, and especially post-genocide. It analyses and assesses the various transitional justice processes and mechanisms such as war crimes tribunals, truth commissions and traditional reconciliation rituals in terms of how they address the needs and expectations of local communities recovering from mass violence and how they contribute to sustainable peacebuilding. More>
