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Department of Peace & Conflict Studies
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Missions
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To impart high quality education in the ever-growing field of Peace & Conflict Studies that enables the graduates to meet emerging challenges of uncovering root causes of various intrastate and interstate conflicts and displaying apt skills for conflict prevention, management, resolution, transformation and possible elimination of all forms of conflicts to foster global peace and prosperity
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Objectives
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Peace & Conflict Studies program enables the students to critically analyse nature and causes of conflict so as to develop their skills for resolution of conflicts through peaceful means. On conclusion of the degree program, the students would be able to meaningfully contribute in policy making not only about conflict management, conflict resolution and conflict transformation, comprehend political economy of peace & conflict and social development of states but also about contemporary domestic, regional and global issues. Salient objectives of the program are as under:
* To provide conceptual clarity on theories and practices in the international relations, peace and conflicts.
* To introduce students with different regions of the world covering economic, political and security dimensions.
* To develop understanding regarding nature and causes of conflicts and prospects of fostering peace.
* To develop understanding of Pakistan’s domestic and foreign policy in regional and international perspective.
* To promote research culture among students.
* To hone students' skills regarding written/verbal communication, conflict analysis, conflict mapping and conflict resolution and transformation.
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Capt(R) Ashfaq Ahmad Malik
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at NUML Islamabad. The department offers Maters and BS programs in Peace and Conflict Studies. NUML is among the pioneer institutions to offer this program. After National Defence University, Islamabad, NUML is the 2nd University in the country to introduce MSc Program in Peace & Conflict Studies discipline from 2012. The department is a vibrant and growing entity of the Faculty of Social Sciences. Peace & Conflict Studies is a trans-disciplinary inquiry into myriad reasons for various forms of conflicts with the aim to understand the conflicts, manage them and finally achieve peace. PCS covers peace studies, traditional and non-traditional security, international law, political economy of peace and conflict, sociology, anthropology, social psychology, feminist and gender studies, area studies and cultural studies. There is no doubt that this program of studies would be highly beneficial for professional development of the students.
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Department Contacts
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 Email ID: :aamalik@numl.edu.pk |
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Location : Salam Block
Ground Floor
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