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

The Kroc School is the global hub for peacebuilding and social innovation.

Our graduates have the courage to lead change locally, regionally and internationally. You are invited to join our community and become an ally in our global network to create a better world.

New Kroc Insight

Negotiating at the Invisible Peace Table: Inclusion of Women in Informal Peacebuilding Processes

Where and how do peace negotiations occur? There is more to them than what permeates the media, and although it’s behind the scenes, the invisible peace negotiation table is every bit as influential and critical to ending violence and building sustainable peace.

Kroc School Welcomes New Assistant Dean of Marketing and Advancement, Krista Kokjohn-Poehler
Monday, February 4, 2019
In January 2019, Krista Kokjohn-Poehler joined the Kroc School as the Assistant Dean for Marketing and Advancement, a role that will help the Kroc Sch…
Kroc School Team Leads Historic Truth Commission in Sinaloa
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
First, you have to listen. Violence has a way of simultaneously silencing those it touches and creating stories that need to be told. In situations of…
A Win for Grassroots Organizing: TBI Partner Receives Human Rights Award
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Fernando Ocegueda Flores, founder and director of the Asociación Unidos para los Desaparecidos [United for the Disappeared] received Baja Calif…

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Feb21
Launch of Women Waging Peace NextGen: LIVE from Beirut
Thursday, February 21, 2019 // 9:30 a.m.Note: This event will be live streamed on the Kroc IPJ Facebook page (facebook.com/KrocIPJ)
Feb26
Honors Program Major Mixer: Pre-health
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 // 9:15 a.m. // Maher Hall, Room 264
Mar11
Women, Peace, and Security: LIVE from the United Nations
Monday, March 11, 2019 – Friday, March 15, 2019Note: This event will be live streamed on the Kroc IPJ Facebook page (facebook.com/krocipj)
Mar14
QPR Suicide Prevention Training
Thursday, March 14, 2019 // 12:30 p.m. // Serra Hall, Room 217
Mar14
Peace Innovators 2019
Thursday, March 14, 2019 // 6 p.m. // KIPJ, Room Peace and Justice Theatre

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New Kroc Insight Highlights the Value of Invisible Peace Negotiations
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Where and how do peace negotiations occur? If you’re picturing a long, formal boardroom table surrounded by leather-wrapped chairs, then you&rsq…
Demystifying the Grad School Application: Five Pro Tips
Friday, December 21, 2018
You’ve done it. You have completed your research and narrowed down your top grad school choices to begin the next step in your educational journ…
Getting Curious About Conflict
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
At the heart of every ‘vicious circle’, there’s an unexamined conflict. How do we access it for deeper understanding and change? T…