The seminar is designed to delve into the essential question of how social space and relationships between society and nature must be transformed to foster peace. The seminar offers a comprehensive exploration of a variety of cases, theories, and methodological tools that deepen the intricate interplay between peace-building, spatial dynamics, and the environment. The topics addressed in the seminar hold significant relevance in the fields of social science, public policy, and international cooperation, as an increasing number of social actors recognize that achieving peace entails reshaping spatial and ecological relationships that were previously conducive to violence. The growing interest in understanding the spatial and environmental dimensions of peace has sparked the emergence of several research agendas both in the Global North and South. These include the Spatial Turn in peace studies, Geographies for/of Peace, Environmental Peace, Trans-humanist Peace Theories, and Decolonial Peace Studies. This seminar critically reviews these perspectives and aims to equip participants with a range of concepts and theories to analyze peace issues from a spatial and environmental viewpoint. This includes topics such as transitional justice, reparation, reintegration, forgiveness, peace education, development, countering the psychology of violence and war, healing various types of damage, and security, among other aspects essential to peace research and practice.
- Trainer/in: Jan Arne Friedrich
- Trainer/in: Nils Friedrich