International Conference on Conflict Resolution Education

[Peacebuilding and Disinformation] "Disinformation is a global challenge that undermines trust within societies and, ultimately, peace. This study investigates how peacebuilders can help combat disinformation by using their expertise in conflict analysis, mediation, and dialogue. It also explores the role of technology in spreading disinformation and identifies opportunities for peacebuilders to intervene. The study emphasizes the need for them to focus on addressing the root causes of both disinformation and conflict, rather than simply responding to their symptoms." Download this report for free as a pdf from the web site.

Peacebuilding and disinformation A non-governmental organisation supporting people in conflict in their efforts to achieve sustainable peace through conflict transformation and peacebuilding

Consider submitting a proposal! Deadline May 1!

🚨 Call for Proposals – PJSA 2025 Conference! 🚨

Leveraging Legacies of Peacebuilding in a Precarious Time 🌍
📅 October 9-12, 2025 | 📍 Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, USA

Join scholars, activists, and educators at the Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) Annual Conference as we explore the past, present, and future of peacebuilding. This year’s theme delves into the trajectories of social movements, intergenerational activism, faith-based peace initiatives, and interdisciplinary approaches to conflict transformation.

🔎 Key Topics Include:
✅ Quaker Studies & Peacebuilding
✅ Global Histories of Peace Movements
✅ Social Movements & Intersectionality
✅ STEM & Peacebuilding
✅ Responding to Authoritarianism
✅ Intergenerational Organizing

💡 Submission Deadline: May 1, 2025
🚀 Early Bird Registration: May 15 – June 15, 2025

All scholars, students, activists, and practitioners are encouraged to submit!
📝 Submit your proposal now: https://www.peacejusticestudies.org/conference/2025-conference-call-for-papers/

Check out Walsh University's Restorative Justice Center!

Center for Restorative Justice and Community Health At Walsh University, the mission of the Center for Restorative Justice and Community Health is to provide Walsh faculty, staff, students, and our greater community opportunities to connect with diverse populations on important social topics—both within and outside of the university—with the goal...

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Are you a researcher conducting work in civil society artivism? Or are you perhaps interested in human rights? Our civil society work is growing and we need you!

CIVICUS is looking for a Consultant to support a research project on civil society artivism and a Human Rights Intern to assist with advocacy priorities with various human rights stakeholders.

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📆 Deadline: Indefinite; applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis
🔗 web.civicus.org/TOR-ArtivistResearch

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📆 Deadline: 28 February 2025
🔗 web.civicus.org/HumanRights-Intern
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Please follow the submission instructions from the links above and make sure you send your application to the right medium. We want to learn more about you, so we want to make sure we don't miss your application!⁠
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Join us on February 26, 2025, at 3:00 PM for a deep dive into the psychology behind right-wing extremist groups. Explore how righteous rage fuels political power, leading to emotionally charged aggression plus the role of women in far-right movements.

Join us as we discuss the Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, and the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. Don’t miss this critical conversation on polarization in America!

Register here → https://ow.ly/qBkz50V3IRf

George Mason University

Americans are paying less for college, on average, than they were a decade ago. “That’s the good news,” Rose Horowitch writes. “The bad news is that no one seems to have heard the good news.” https://theatln.tc/N1vBSo1I

The idea that college is getting ever more unaffordable feels like a basic fact of American life. But this misconception comes from the idiosyncratic way in which college is priced: “Schools set a staggering official price that only a subset of the wealthiest students pay in full,” Horowitch explains. “There’s often a chasm between the published cost of attendance, or sticker price, and what people actually pay once financial aid is factored in, or the net price.”

The effect of this system “is most pronounced for low-income families, but middle- and upper-middle-income families receive substantial discounts too,” Horowitch writes. Only students whose families make more than about $300,000 a year and who attend private institutions with very large endowments pay more than they did a decade ago, one economics professor told Horowitch.

A mix of factors appears to explain these changes. In part, increases to the federal Pell Grant have limited out-of-pocket costs for low-income students. State appropriations have also rebounded for public universities since the Great Recession. And, Horowitch reports, colleges themselves appear to be offering more aid, accounting for more than 70 percent of all discounts.

Still, more Americans are saying that a degree isn’t worth the investment. “Colleges should do a better job advertising their value proposition, even as they stress that most people don’t pay the full sticker price,” Horowitch writes. But even when people learn how much they stand to earn with a degree, researchers have found that “just telling people the difference between sticker and net prices has been shown to have little effect on whether those people attend college.”

Higher education’s pricing model is probably not going anywhere. “It might not be long before we’re hearing about the rise of the $110,000 year of college—even as students are paying less than they do today,” Horowitch continues at the link in our bio.

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Check out this award winning free documentary by ICNC "Bringing Down a Dictator" which notes how youth brought down Milosevic in Yugoslavia.

Bringing Down a Dictator (English) | ICNC An award-winning documentary chronicling the student-led Optor! A movement that led to the ouster of Serbian српски dictator Slobodan Milosevic.

Helpful free resources - the Beyond Intractability site developed by the Burgess' in Colorado

Home Knowledge base, online seminars, and blogs focused on strategies for limiting the destructiveness of intractable conflict.

Organizations working to fight disinformation

Resources about social media trolls and disinformation Articles about disinformation, and the behavior and influence of trolls on social media. Organizations that work to prevent disinformation

Great tool for spotting the "trolls" on social media. Can you spot the trolls on all our news social media platforms?

Internet Troll and Disinformation Quiz Learn the signs of online disinformation and internet trolls. The Spot the Troll quiz asks you to examine real social media profiles and posts and decide whether they are legitimate.