Announcements


MSc Water Security and International Development Program

Mar 31, 2014 | University of East Anglia

The MSc Water Security and International Development degree interprets 'water security' in its broad political ecology and political economy sense. We believe that the hydrological cycle is intimately connected…


Summer Course: The Center for World Religions, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution

Mar 31, 2014 | George Mason University

This program is designed to provide graduate students with intensive training and practice in field research methods, as well as insight into the complex local dynamics of…


Water Management in Post-Conflict Countries Critical to Peace Building and Economic Recovery – New Study

Mar 21, 2014 | ELI & UNEP

WASHINGTON, DC - 21 March 2014 ‒ In times of war, water resources and infrastructure are often destroyed or become inaccessible to large segments of…


MPI Peacebuilding Training: Week 3: Resource-Based Conflict: Indigenous People's Perspectives and Approaches

Mar 20, 2014 | Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute

This field-based course is designed for community development workers, human rights advocates, environmentalists and other civil society actors who are working with Indigenous People that…


Caux Dialogue 2013 and 2014

Mar 10, 2014 | Land Lives Peace

Six to ten inches of topsoil is all that lies between humanity and extinction. Yet every year more than 30 billion tons of it is…


Practicum on Experiential Peacebuilding

Mar 3, 2014 | Outward Bound Peacebuilding

The Practicum on Experiential Peacebuilding (PEP) is a program that combines a unique outdoor experience with experiential learning techniques in a multi-cultural environment. During this…


Photo Competition: Transparency that Matters

Feb 27, 2014 | Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

The EITI International Secretariat invites you to the photo competition “Transparency that matters” in March 2014. We want to see your photos showing how EITI…


The University of California Berkeley (UCB) and the University for Peace (UPEACE): Summer Peace Institute

Feb 18, 2014 | University for Peace

The University of California Berkeley (UCB) and the University for Peace (UPEACE) jointly offer the summer course on Human Security and Peacebuilding

Deepen your understanding of…


Call for Applications: 2014 Media Course on Oil, Gas, and Minerals

Feb 18, 2014 | Revenue Watch Institute

The Revenue Watch Institute-Natural Resource Charter is rolling out this year’s training program for African journalists interested in improving their knowledge of and skills in…


Water, People, Agriculture: PhD Scholarship Information

Feb 11, 2014 | Anton & Petra Ehrmann-Stiftung Research Training Group

WPA PhD scholarship

The application is only possible by completing WPA’s PhD scholarship application form, which can be down-loaded here. Besides the application form, the…


Whose Garbage Is This Anyway?

Feb 11, 2014 | Thomas Friedman, in The New York Times (Op-Ed)

Thomas Friedman's NY Times Op-Ed  HEBRON, West Bank — It was not your usual Holy Land tour, but surely one of the most revealing I’ve…


Request for Qualifications: Humanitarian Assistance Thematic Window, DRC

Feb 10, 2014 | International Initiative for Impact Evaluation

International Initiative for Impact Evaluation will soon issue a Request for Qualifications from researchers for proposed impact evaluations of humanitarian assistance interventions in the Democratic…


2014 Call for Proposals: Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone (Deadline: 30 May)

Feb 10, 2014 | Open Society Initiative for West Africa

OSIWA seeks proposals aimed at achieving the following specific objectives in the priority countries listed beside each objective: - See more at: http://osiwa.org/en/portal/grants/79/Call-for-proposals.htm#sthash.xRg3yQNP.dpuf OSIWA seeks…


Call for Abstract and Research Proposals on Government Development Strategies in the Pastoral areas of the Horn of Africa

Feb 3, 2014 | Institute for Peace and Security Studies

IPSS is calling for Abstract and Research Proposals on Government Development Strategies in the Pastoral areas of the Horn of Africa: lessons learned.

The research findings…


New Online training: UN partners with EU in toolkit for preventing land and natural resources conflict

Jan 27, 2014 | European Union and United Nations Development Programme

The challenges associated with preventing, managing and resolving natural resource-induced conflicts may well come to define global peace and security in the 21st century. Global…


New civil society initiative on conflict and the environment

Jan 27, 2014 | Toxic Remnants of War

During the last two years, the Toxic Remnants of War Project has sought to establish whether an approach that merged environmental and humanitarian principles could…


DFID-ESRC China and Africa Research Programme

Jan 23, 2014 | Economic and Social Research Council

The Department for International Development (DFID) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) are pleased to announce a dedicated programme of research to investigate…


Landesa: Women’s Land Rights Visiting Professionals Program

Jan 16, 2014 | Landesa: Center for Women's Land Rights

The Women’s Land Rights Visiting Professional Program is cultivating a network of qualified professionals who are strongly committed to strengthening women’s land rights. The program…


Call For Papers: The Jus Post Bellum Project

Jan 15, 2014 | Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at the University of Leiden

Peacebuilding and Environmental Damage in Contemporary Jus Post Bellum: Clarifying Norms, Principles and Practices An NWO-funded Vidi project of the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies…


Empowering women in natural resource management critical for lasting peace in war-torn countries, says UN report

Nov 15, 2013 | UNEP

Geneva/New York/Nairobi  – Ensuring that women have better access to and control of natural resources such as land, water, forests and minerals can improve the…


UNEP Partners with KOFF Swisspeace to Deliver Training on Prevention and Resolution of Natural Resources Conflicts

Nov 14, 2013 | UNEP

Geneva – Access, distribution and management of natural resources including land, renewable or non-renewable resources have often been an important driver of violent conflicts. The…


UNEP, ELI, and Partners Launch Global Knowledge Platform for Environmental Peacebuilding

Nov 6, 2013 | ELI & UNEP

WASHINGTON, DC and GENEVA, 6 November 2013 ‒ A new website providing users with free access to dozens of case studies as well as teaching…


Policy Brief Release: Land and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Oct 10, 2013 | ELI & UNEP

Land and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, an accompanying brief to our recently released book of the same title is now available to download. To download the brief, please click…


Policy Brief Release: High-Value Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Oct 9, 2013 | ELI & UNEP

High-Value Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, an accompanying brief to our recently released book of the same title is now available to download. To download the brief,…


Policy Brief Release: Assessing & Restoring Natural Resources in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Jun 17, 2013 | ELI & UNEP

Brief No. 2: Assessing and Restoring Natural Resources in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, an accompanying brief to our recently released book of the same title, is now…


Available for Download: Assessing and Restoring Natural Resources in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

May 25, 2013 | ELI & UNEP

Assessing and Restoring Natural Resources in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding is now available for download free of charge. To find out more about the book and download…


New Release: Land and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

May 6, 2013 | ELI & UNEP

Land and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, the latest book in the series was released today. To find out more and order a copy, please click here.

Press ReleaseLand,…


New Release: Assessing and Restoring Natural Resources in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Nov 6, 2012 | ELI & UNEP

Assessing and Restoring Natural Resources in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, the latest book in the series, was released today. To find out more and order a copy,…


2025 Gender Interest Group Survey

Environmental Peacebuilding Association

Take our Gender Interest Group Survey here! 


Call For Inputs - Fossil Fuel-Based Economy and Human Rights

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

In her upcoming report to the Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur seeks to synthesise and analyse a varied body of evidence (from across the…