Upcoming activities and announcements

Conflict Management in Turkey: From Practice to Theory – Lecture Series

The aim of this bimonthly lecture series is to provide a platform for conflict management professionals, both academics and practitioners, to share their experiences of ‘the field’ with other (aspiring) conflict management professionals and students. The general objective is not only to reflect upon the way conflict management methods are carried out in practice, but also to contribute to the promotion of peaceful conflict resolution methods. All seminars are strongly related to real life situations. Speakers will be encouraged to draw in examples from Turkey and surrounding countries. Every lecture will be concluded with asking how the methods and principles discussed can be applied to novel situations. These recommendations will be collected and published and distributed upon completion of all lectures.

Speakers will be Turkish and international. Topics will relate to Turkey and the wider region. All seminars will be in English and will last for a morning or an afternoon.

Themes that will be addressed are related to the following suggestions:

• Conflict and gender
• War and peace journalism
• Peacekeeping and peacebuilding missions
• Management and resolution of water conflicts
• The role of NGOs in the peaceful resolution of political conflicts
• The European Union as a conflict management project

Conflict Management Summer School

The conflict management summer school aims to provide the opportunity for Turkish and international conflict management students to discuss different themes related to conflict management in Turkey and the wider region and encourage students to conduct research on real-life situations. More specifically, the summer school will be based on three different elements: lectures and discussions with practitioners and academics, the opportunity to conduct research on the settlement of a conflict at local, regional or national level and a simulation game that wraps up the summer school. The school will be held upon the closure of the academic year in Turkey and will be open to both Turkish and international students.

Are you interested in hearing more about or possibly contributing to one or more of the projects listed above? Please feel free to send an email to conflictmanagement@nihankara.org.

Previous activities

• Expert Consultations
  Trends Summary
• Young Professionals Meeting
  Conflict Management in Turkey: From Micro to Macro
• Training International Negotiations Techniques
  In cooperation with the Netherlands Institute for International Relations Clingendael
• Joint Expert Session Istanbul
  Report
• Joint Expert Session Ankara
  Report