Lecture Series
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Peace and Conflict
WS 2021/22 & SS 22
Everyday life in society is characterized by numerous overlaps and incompatibilities of human interests. For the most part, these conflicts are non-violent, but they are often characterized by physical or structural violence. They always manifest themselves locally, but are increasingly characterized by national, regional and international interdependencies. Conflicts shape a large part of human reality, from situations of discrimination or injustice to armed violence and interstate war. While conflicts as a visible expression of human discontent and related violence are an indication of a need for action and thus a genuinely positive phenomenon, remaining in this state is usually not desirable. Accordingly, peace describes a desirable situation free from violence.
This broad spectrum of the problem area corresponds to a very wide academic field, from social sciences, humanities and economics to law and theological disciplines. This lecture series provides a multidisciplinary overview of corresponding research fields and topics located at the University of Graz: from domestic violence to problems of democratic participation to armed conflicts in (post-)conflict regions.
Most lectures can be accessed via the YouTube Channel of the department of Global Governance.