We are delighted to announce our new additional focus on
Nonviolent Direct Action and Civil Resistance
We are currently seeking a new faculty member to become The inaugural Endowed Chair in the Study of Nonviolent Direct Action and Civil Resistance. To learn more...
UMass Amherst Magazine Article
To learn more about this new development read this article from the UMASS Amherst Magazine: 'A Tale of Two Peace Offerings: Philanthropists encourage the pursuit of peace': Read more
Distinguished Speaker Series 2013-2014
This year we are hosting a Distinguished Speaker Series on Nonviolent Direct Action and Civil Resistance. See the schedule.
Psychology of Peace and Violence Program Faculty, Students and Graduates in the News
Graduates Ramila Usoof-Thowfeek, Johanna Vollhardt and Rezarta Bilali are part of an international research team that received a large 5 year grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation/Swiss Programme for Research on Global Issues and Development for a project entitled:
Fostering Pluralistic Memories and Collective Resilience in Fragile Transitional Justice Processes
Bernhard Leidner, Linda Tropp, and Brian Lickel published an article in the American Psychologist discussing how social psychological research can contribute to the promotion of peace.
Berhard Leidner has received a three year NSF grant entitled:
Approaches to the Aftermath of Intergroup Violence: Effects of Impunity, Trials, and Truth Commissions on Intergroup Peace and Reconciliation Between Victims and Perpetrators.
Professor Brian Lickel and Rachel Steele, from the University of Massachusetts, gave a talk on Thursday August 8th entitled, Social and Psychological Processes Underlying Intergroup Retaliation and Reconciliation kicking off the season of conferences at the School of Psychology, Catholic University of Chile, Interdisciplinary Center for intercultural and Interdisciplinary Studies.
Rezarta Bilali, a graduate of the Psychology of Peace and Violence Program has been named Assistant Professor in the Doctoral Program in Psychology & Social Interventions of the Department of Applied Psychology, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University.
Post-doctoral Research Fellow from the Research Foundation – Flanders at the Institute of Development Policy and Management (IOB), University of Antwerp and Post-doctoral Fellow at the Program on Order, Conflict and Violence, Yale University
Violence, identity and Self determination: narratives of conflict from the Kashmir Valley
Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India and Fulbright Visiting Research Fellow at the Hiatt School of Psychology, Clark University
