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EDUCATION

IEP Peace Academy

Learn to define peace, how to measure peace, and how to implement it in the Positive Peace Academy — a free short course now available in over 50 languages.

The IEP Peace academy will give you an unparalleled opportunity to become acquainted with some of IEP’s most influential publications.

Created by internationally renowned think-tank the Institute for Economics & Peace, this free short course introduces the transformational framework — Positive Peace. Rethink peace with the Institute’s data driven approach and discover how Positive Peace is associated with better performance on ecological sustainability, improved wellbeing, stronger GDP growth rates and better business outcomes.

IEP’s research on peace has been used by preeminent international organisations, such as the United Nations and the World Bank, and the IEP Peace Academy has been designed to share this leading research to you. Over the course of 5 modules, you will learn about the history of peace and the centrality of ‘Positive Peace’ to sustaining peace in human societies.

The IEP Peace academy will give you an unparalleled opportunity to become acquainted with some of IEP’s most influential publications, distilled into easily digestible lessons and grounded in the Institute’s data-based peace and conflict research methodology. This course is for researchers, academics, diplomats, teachers, students, but most importantly — anyone, irrespective of background, who is interested in peace or wants to become more involved in the peacebuilding process.

What will I learn?

  • ⭕ Develop a comprehensive understanding of peace and its implications for humanity.
  • ⭕ Navigate the complex landscape of peace and conflict studies with an understanding of systems theory and positive and negative peace.
  • ⭕ Make decisions informed by leading IEP research on economics, conflict and peace.
  • ⭕ Understand how ecological threats and COVID-19 may impact levels of global peacefulness.
  • ⭕ Acquire the knowledge necessary to take the first steps in becoming an effective peacebuilder in your community and country — equipped with a plethora of links to IEP research and further peacebuilding opportunities

Learn more about the course or sign up for free now at positivepeace.academy.

About the Institute For Economics & Peace

The Institute for Economics & Peace aims to create a paradigm shift in the way the world thinks about peace. Find out more at economicsandpeace.org.

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Learn to define peace, how to measure peace, and how to implement it in the Positive Peace Academy — a free short course now available in over 50 languages.

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