| Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
Introduction to the Class |
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| 2) |
Basics of Conflict Management |
• “Chp. 1: Introduction to Conflict Resolution”, in Oliver Ramsbotham, Tom Woodhouse and Hugh Mall (ed.), Contemporary Conflict Resolution, 4th Edition, Cambridge: Polity Press, 2016.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKQ2tcl2v-E (10 Conflicts to Watch in 2024)
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| 3) |
Sources of Conflict |
• “Chp. 1: Compulsion” & “Chp. 2: Formation”, in Christopher Mitchell, The Nature of Intractable Conflict, New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2014.
• Dan Smith, Trends and Causes of Armed Conflict, Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management, 2004.
• Kevin Avruch and Peter W. Black, “The Culture Question and Conflict Resolution”, Peace & Change, 16:1 (1991).
• Daniel E. Agbiboa, “Peace at Daggers Drawn? Boko Haram and the State of Emergency in Nigeria”, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 37:1 (2014).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1_qXlLGX8k (The causes of war and conditions of peace by Dr. David Cortright)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DlglQFGY64 (Why we go to war? by Noam Chomsky)
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| 4) |
Escalation of Conflict |
• Mitchell, “Perpetuation”, 2014.
• Sørensen and Johansen, “Nonviolent Conflict Escalation”, 2016.
• Shain, “The Role of Diasporas in Conflict Perpetuation or Resolution”, 2002.
• Moon and Suh, “Historical Analogy and Demonization of Others", 2018.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iHfSR3_zIs (Diaspora mobilisation during conflicts: Armenian, Albanian and Palestinian diasporas compared)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJdErHQGEHM (Mahatma Gandhi, Sarojini Naidu and others during the Salt Satyagraha (Salt March), April 1930)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpGWkPBpMaY (Serbia: The Legacy of Otpor)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVu9eawb1QY (Greenpeace: Inspiring Action)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2att1HJqH2o (Pussy Riot sentenced for Putin protest)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIPmvoHWPFU (China & Japan: History of tensions)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUKblujiRyk (Why is Russia invading Ukraine?)
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| 5) |
Conflict Prevention |
• Mitchell, “Prevention”, 2014.
• Ackermann, “The Idea and Practice of Conflict Prevention”, 2003.
• Eralp and Beriker, “Assessing the Conflict Resolution Potential of the EU", 2005.
• Clubb, “From Terrorists to Peacekeepers: The IRA", 2014.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M83fUUEqA9g (What is conflict prevention?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OceStgzIHc (Preventing conflict, making peace)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4hlnZFdClA (Iran: The impact of conflict prevention)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMA6QyuhrsU (Nicosia: The world's last divided capital)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82edi9VJrn8 (Brexit, dissidents and the Irish border)
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| 6) |
Conflict Mitigation |
• Mitchell, “Mitigation”, 2014.
• Tir and Stinnett, “Weathering Climate Change: Can Institutions Mitigate International Water Conflict?” 2012.
• Dukalskis, “Why Do Some Insurgent Groups Agree to Ceasefires While Others Do Not?", 2015.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ-K4rlz8mo (Conflict mitigation in informal settlements: Kenya Tuna Uwezo Program)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9CgvK0J5ww (Somali youth participation in conflict mitigation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04axDDRVy_o (The “ethnic cleansing” of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, explained)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdizU0arrJ0 (Nile River dispute)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45rqjz6qXRo (Mekong Transboundary Dialogue)
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| 7) |
WRAP UP AND Q&A MIDTERM EXAM |
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| 8) |
Containing Conflict: Peacekeeping |
• Mitchell, “Termination I: Stopping the Violence”, 2014.
• Diehl, “With the Best of Intentions: Lessons from UNOSOM I and II”, 1996.
• Howe, “Lessons of Liberia: ECOMOG and Regional Peacekeeping”, 1996/97.
• Karlsrud, “The UN at War: Examining the Consequences of Peace-enforcement Mandates", 2015.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2xOe22dwi4 (Peacekeeping, peacemaking, peacebuilding)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyJULAN7-so (UN Peacekeeping: Challenges from the field today and tomorrow)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VONdAkDZTUI (Why wealthy "peacekeeping nations" are rejecting UN missions)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDUAEegImXY (Patrolling the lawless Sahara Desert with The Blue Helmets)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-2uMYBSL68 (Under the Blue Helmet: Life as a UN peacekeeper in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBEERS2JvuU (China’s growing role in UN peacekeeping missions in Africa)
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| 9) |
Ending Conflict: Peacemaking |
• Mitchell, “Termination II: Addressing the Issues”, 2014.
• Bercovitch and Jackson, “Negotiation or Mediation?", 2011.
• Lundgren, “Mediation in Syria", 2016.
• Böhmelt, “The Effectiveness of Tracks of Diplomacy Strategies in Third-party Interventions”, 2010.
• Alonso, “Why Do Terrorists Stop? Analyzing Why ETA Members Abandon or Continue", 2011.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0ziw8ojM7g (Track II Diplomacy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyV7mAdnwYk (Track I.5 Diplomacy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrC30Tlsf2I (International Peace Summit: Resolving conflicts through mediation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZNH49ujKcw (Brief history of ETA & peacemaking efforts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhBqx2clQd4 (The art of peacemaking: Can women solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?)
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| 10) |
Post-conflict Reconstruction and Peacebuilding |
• Ramsbotham et. al. "Postwar Reconstruction”, 2016.
• Baxter and Ikobwa, “Peace Education", 2005.
• Tom, “Building a Liberal Peace in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone”, 2017.
• Linabary, Krishna et al., “The Conflict Family: Storytelling as an Activity and a Method", 2016.
• Chandler, “The Twenty Years’ Crisis”, 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHaMoUZv4_A (Peacebuilding starts small)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaKcKTIUkXY (UN to stand behind Sierra Leone peacebuilding efforts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI_WP2Hijz0 (The future of peacebuilding: Lessons from Afghanistan)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBEevCiQM4o (Politics of reconstruction)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cid9OiYUIOU&t=52s (Rethinking gender in peacebuilding)
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| 11) |
Post-conflict Reconciliation |
• Mitchell, “Reconciliation", 2014.
• Mutua, “Never Again: Questioning the Yugoslav and Rwanda Tribunals”, 1997.
• Rafferty, “Engaging with the Violent Past in Northern Ireland”, 2017.
• Hassauna, “Spaces for Dialogue in a Segregated Landscape: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict”, 2016.
• Schliesser, “The Politics of Reconciliation in Post-genocide Rwanda”, 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DajmN6zQrGE (Rwanda’s gacaca courts questioned 10 years on)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99HhGu5kwJg (Genocide’s legacy: A reconciliation village in Rwanda)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdCR9N8v9XY (Two decades after peace pact, reconciliation still lags in Northern Ireland)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBP_O6OhlCc&t=53s (What does a "Jerusalem Hug" look like?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGYMOLj3mSM (Jews, Muslims and Christians form "peace circle" in Jerusalem)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P15U1sXJ5xM (Establishment of Peace and Conflict Studies for Reconciliation in Iraq)
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| 12) |
Institutionalization |
• Mitchell, “Institutionalization”, 2014.
• Fixdal and Smith, “Humanitarian Intervention and Just War”, 1998.
• Plessis and Pete, “Who Guards the Guards? The ICC and Serious Crimes Committed by the UN Peacekeepers", 2004.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcBovmGZSPU (Michael Walzer on Just War Theory)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR8qPyCrrsM (ICC - I)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz7fOtThE6E (ICC - II)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDQepfY3igM (ICC - III)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjD95gmn87c (ICC - IV)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBSP3GCLNQo (ICC - V)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxhyGQpdVME (Does the ICC target African states?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5kup8zyxks (Will the ICC probe into Palestinian Territories achieve anything?)
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| 13) |
Gender Issues |
• Ramsbotham et. al. "Gender and Conflict Resolution”, 2016.
• O'Reilly, "Contextualising Gendered Agency in War and Peace”, 2018.
• Parashar, “Gender, Jihad, and Jingoism", 2011.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI2AZdl-2O8 (Gender analysis of conflict: Why is it important?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaukupIWOL0 (The importance of women in peace processes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ps1eiGL_6Y (Women at the negotiating table: The missing piece in peacebuilding)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhFLJJPWT9M (Gender dynamics in conflict-affected Middle East and North African countries)
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| 14) |
Climate and Conflict |
• Marina Malamud, “The Environment as a Factor in Small Wars”, Small Wars & Insurgencies, 29:2, (2018).
• Eli Stiefel, “Threat Multiplier: The Growing Security Implications of Climate Change”, Fletcher Security Review, 5:1, (2018).
• Caroline Delgado et. al., Food Insecurity in Africa: Drivers and Solutions, SIPRI Research Policy Paper, January 2023.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8yOamWq3a0 (Garrett Hardin on the Tragedy of the Commons)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkEKKYYrl0g (Climate and conflict in the Horn of Africa)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLCFD0pVfN8 (Refugees flee conflict sparked by climate change in Central Africa)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2mtQCfYC34 (A broken canopy: Deforestation and conflict in Colombia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRw0PS1MFsg (EcoPeace Middle East Promotional Video)
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
| 1) |
To develop an interest in the human mind and behavior, to be able to evaluate theories using empirical findings, to understand that psychology is an evidence-based science by acquiring critical thinking skills. |
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| 2) |
To gain a biopsychosocial perspective on human behavior. To understand the biological, psychological, and social variables of behavior. |
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| 3) |
To learn the basic concepts in psychology and the theoretical and practical approaches used to study them (e.g. basic observation and interview techniques). |
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| 4) |
To acquire the methods and skills to access and write information using English as the dominant language in the psychological literature, to recognize and apply scientific research and data evaluation techniques (e.g. correlational, experimental, cross-sectional and longitudinal studies, case studies). |
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| 5) |
To be against discrimination and prejudice; to have ethical concerns while working in research and practice areas. |
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| 6) |
To recognize the main subfields of psychology (experimental, developmental, clinical, cognitive, social and industrial/organizational psychology) and their related fields of study and specialization. |
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| 7) |
To acquire the skills necessary for analyzing, interpreting and presenting the findings as well as problem posing, hypothesizing and data collection, which are the basic elements of scientific studies. |
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| 8) |
To gain the basic knowledge and skills necessary for psychological assessment and evaluation. |
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| 9) |
To acquire basic knowledge of other disciplines (medicine, genetics, biology, economics, sociology, political science, communication, philosophy, anthropology, literature, law, art, etc.) that will contribute to psychology and to use this knowledge in the understanding and interpretation of psychological processes. |
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| 10) |
To develop sensitivity towards social problems; to take responsibility in activities that benefit the field of psychology and society. |
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| 11) |
To have problem solving skills and to be able to develop the necessary analytical approaches for this. |
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| 12) |
To be able to criticize any subject in business and academic life and to be able to express their thoughts. |
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