The Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University was established in 1971 to conduct peace research and offer courses in peace and conflict studies.

At present some 200-300 students are enrolled every academic year. Courses offered include undergraduate and post-graduate courses, as well as a Ph. D. program.

Headquartered in Costa Rica, the United Nations-mandated University for Peace was established in December 1980 as a Treaty Organization by the UN General Assembly.

Since it was established in 1990 , more than 1000 students from all continents have come to Stadtschlaining to study peace at EPU.

Department of Peace Studies, Bradford University is the world’s largest university centre for the study of peace and conflict. Peace Studies has a staff and student body of more than 400 people and we have a world-class reputation for peace research. it is also one of the UK’s leading politics departments.

For more information visit : http://www.brad.ac.uk/peace

PRIME conducts various research projects with affiliated researchers playing a central role. In 2008, our main project research is on “Globalization and Peace,” focusing on the issues of disarmament, role of the media and the reconciliation between cultures and religions.

The UNESCO Chair for Human Rights, Peace and Democracy (UNESCO CHRPD) of Shahid Beheshti University started its activities in 1997 and was officially opened in 2000.

For more information visit : http://en.sbu.ac.ir/Default.aspx?tabid=284

 Mayors for Peace

On June 24, 1982, at the 2nd UN Special Session on Disarmament held at UN Headquarters in New York, then Mayor Takeshi Araki of Hiroshima proposed a new Program to Promote the Solidarity of Cities toward the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons. Subsequently, the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki called on mayors around the world to support this program..

Peace Boat

Peace Boat is a Japan-based international non-governmental and non-profit organization that works to promote peace, human rights, equal and sustainable development and respect for the environment.

International Committee of the Red Cross

The ICRC, established in 1863, works worldwide to provide humanitarian help for people affected by conflict and armed violence and to promote the laws that protect victims of war. An independent and neutral organization, its mandate stems essentially from the Geneva Conventions of 1949.

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

SIPRI is an independent international institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament.