Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies | University of San Diego

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Upcoming Event: June 23, 2018

Global Social Innovation Challenge Final

Join us at the Kroc School to see student social innovators from all over the world pitch their ideas for social impact and how they're contributing to the 5 P's — people, planet, profit, peace and partnership.

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Border and Migrant Issues

Countering Extremism

Conflict Resolution

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Field-based Course

Human Trafficking Study

TBI seminars have grounded me in my education, reinforced the passion I feel for human rights, social justice, and peacebuilding, and have encouraged me to pursue a career focused on immigration and the fulfillment of human rights. – Kaitlin Meyer

Freedom ofExpression Project

Trans-Border Opportunities Certificate

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Entering a Borderland: A Student’s Perspective on a Peaceb…

Border Film week

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Toreros Abroad: Researching and Learning Across the Border…

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MS inConflict Management and Resolution

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Learn How Woman PeaceMaker Hamsatu Allamin Builds Peace in N…

Medal of Peace

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Reconciliation After ISIS in Northern Iraq — The Role of W…

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Sister Agatha Ogochukwu Chikelue Is Committed to Cultivating…

Conflict ResolutionCareers

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Ami Carpenter: Advocate, Changemaker and Professor…

Coming to the Kroc School has helped me gain the practical skills for conflict analysis in conjunction with international negotiations. Now, when I see injustice, I feel compelled to speak up because I have the background and the context to deal with it. – Elizabeth Spangenberg

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MS inConflict Management and Resolution

Art and Peacebuilding

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Alumna Leading Change in Rwanda…

Strategic Peacebuilding

MA inPeace and Justice

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Meet the Kroc School's Newest Faculty Member, Dr. Philip Gamaghelyan
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Philip Gamaghelyan, PhD, will be joining the Kroc School's faculty starting in Fall 2018 as an Assistant Professor with a focus on conflict analysis a…
Building Trust Nationwide: Lessons Learned from PERF Conference
Wednesday, June 6, 2018
“At the end of the day, it’s whether or not people trust us to be straight shooters,” said the Federal Bureau of Investigation&rsquo…
Attention USD Alumni: Join the San Diego Torero Takeover on June 9
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
What are your plans on Saturday, June 9, local University of San Diego alumni? How about getting together with fellow Toreros at one or more of the 23…