The latest news from EuPRA
16 Mar 2024
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We're thrilled to announce that we received close to 140 abstracts for the EuPRA Conference in Pisa, Italy, scheduled from November 5th to November 9th, 2024. In addition, we're excited to share a unique opportunity for all conference attendees. In collaboration with the esteemed online open-access journal Scienze e Pace (Sciences and Peace), we invite participants to submit their papers for a chance to be published.
27 Feb 2024
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Johan Vincent Galtung, pioneer of Peace Studies, died on 17 February 2024 at the age of 93. A man of tireless energy, he was an academic, a peace worker, an activist and a tireless self-promoter. Trained as a Mathematician and Sociologist, he devoted his entire life to the issues of conflict and peace from an international perspective.
29 May 2023
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From 17 to 21 May 2023, the 29th conference of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA) took place in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Peace researchers, activists, artists and practitioners from all around the world came together to explore the theme “Rooted Futures: Visions of Peace & Justice”.
16 Feb 2023
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The devastation caused by the recent earthquake that has hit both Türkiye and Syria has left us heartbroken. We cannot ignore the immense loss of life and the vast homelessness due to the destruction of infrastructure and housing.
16 Jun 2022
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Dear EuPRA members, it has been a pleasure to have met all of you (remotely and in-person) for our last EuPRA conference in Tampere, held 1-4 June 2022. It was indeed a wonderful conference!
27 Nov 2021
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Dear friends, last October we received the very sad, tragic news, that our colleague and EuPRA board member, Dr. Olga Vorkunova passed away suddenly after a short illness. – Olga was a wonderful, active peace researcher, educator and activist.
9 Dec 2020
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We welcome all kinds of papers and presentations concerning peace in Europe and its neighbourhood. We especially seek to encourage new generations of peace scholars and activists to answer our call. We promote and encourage intersectionality, inclusion, diversity and equality as transversal topics and as practices for the next EuPRA conference.
13 Dec 2019
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A farewell to Dr. Steve Wright by Hendrik Bullens