Category Archives: Peacebuilding

USIP’s Weekly Bulletin, 9/29/17: Visit by President Sirleaf of Liberia, Fears from the Kurdistan vote, Reconciliation and Sri Lanka, and Colombia’s Peace Accord

The U.S. Institute of Peace’s Weekly Bulletin is a good roundup of activities from the previous week at the Institute as well as global topics. Click here or below for this week’s edition

Advancing Peace in Shared Working Class and International Educational Settings: A Visit to the University of Massachusetts/Lowell

Yesterday I had the opportunity to visit the University of Massachusetts/Lowell (UML) in Lowell, MA.  I presented to about 30 students studying in the undergraduate and graduate programs in peace and conflict studies.   The university is the only one in New England to support both graduate and undergraduate programs in the field.   It was the firstContinueContinue reading “Advancing Peace in Shared Working Class and International Educational Settings: A Visit to the University of Massachusetts/Lowell”

The Future of Work, Catalina Rojas of PCDN

By: David J. Smith, September 28, 2017 The Global Youth Economics Opportunities Summit is taking place September 27-29 in Washington, DC.   Dr. Catalina Rojas from the Peace and Collaborative Development Network (PCDN) is attending (I am member of PCDN’s Career Advisory Board).  She wrote this thoughtful piece about the Future of Work after listening toContinueContinue reading “The Future of Work, Catalina Rojas of PCDN”