Centre for Peace, Conflict and Mediation
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Aim
The Hawke Research Institute's Centre for Peace, Conflict and Mediation
studies all types of conflict and promotes conflict transformation,
mediation, dispute resolution and peace building that benefits diverse
cultural groups in local, national, regional and international contexts.
Background
The CPCM was established in 1993 (initially as the Research Group for Mediation Studies and then the Conflict Management Research Group) under the direction of Associate Professor Dale Bagshaw. It is now part of the Hawke Research Institute.
Objectives
- To provide a pivotal point for research and consultancies in the areas of peace and conflict studies; violence prevention, dispute resolution, mediation, conflict transformation and peacebuilding, in close collaboration with community organisations, government, tertiary sector and international networks.
- To develop ethical, inclusive, just, culturally-sensitive theories and practices of conflict resolution and peacebuilding through consultancies, interdisciplinary research, the conduct of seminars and conferences, and the publication of articles, monographs and books at local, national, regional and international levels.
- To provide opportunities for ongoing critical analysis of approaches to conflict and violence in diverse multicultural societies.
- To contribute scholarly and practical, positive alternatives to violence through developing: differing approaches to conflict transformation for different contexts; models for workable relationships; cross-cultural comparisons of mediation, dispute resolution and restorative justice; inclusive, just analyses of plural identities; and ideas and practices on conflict, coexistence, interdependence, security and reconciliation.
- To offer culturally-relevant expertise in the education and training
of people in all fields of practice who are involved in resolving
conflict and building peaceful relationships, as negotiators,
facilitators, mediators and advisors on empowerment, security,
peacebuilding and reconciliation.
Invitation
The CPCM welcomes new partnerships with industry, the community, researchers and postgraduate students. We invite visits from international and national researchers with mutual interests.
Activities
The CPCM hosts research seminars, conferences and symposiums and conducts research, consultancies and community service projects. We welcome visiting scholars from within Australia and overseas and support Honours, Masters and PhD students.
4th Asia-Pacific Mediation Forum conference: 'Mediation in the Asia-Pacific: Constraints and Challenges', Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16–18 June 2008.
Research focus areas
Transforming local conflict
Domestic, family, school and
workplace violence and bullying
Including cross-cultural differences
Multicultural identities and
citizenship; equality, rights and justice
Practicing mediation
Comparative dispute resolution,
negotiation, mediation and restorative justice
Building peace
International conflicts; peace,
security and reconciliation
Research group coordinator
Professor Elisabeth Porter
elisabeth.porter@unisa.edu.au