Academy Courses by Title

The courses offered through USIP’s Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding provide a mix of theory and practice, with a heavy dose of applied exercises, including case studies, simulations, and small group exercises. In addition, the courses attract participants from a range of backgrounds. Participants receive a certificate for successful completion of each course.

Download the Spring 2012 Course Schedule (PDF, 322 KB)

• Building Bridges through Intergroup Dialogue
• China's Nuclear Posture, North Korea's Nuclear Challenge, and U.S. National Security
• Civil Resistance and the Dynamics of Nonviolent Conflict
• Conflict Prevention
• Cultural Adaptability: Advanced Applications
• Economic Reconstruction in Conflict-Affected States
• Engaging with Identity-Based Differences
• Facilitation in Conflict Environments
• Gender and Peacebuilding
• Governance and Democratic Practices in War-to-Peace Transitions
• Health Care in Post-Conflict and Fragile States
• Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law
• Iran and Pakistan's Nuclear Proliferation Challenges
• Islamic Law
• Land, Property, and Conflict
• Mediating Violent Conflict
• Navigating the Interagency Process
• Negotiations from Checkpoints to High Politics
• Overseas Religious Engagement
• Peacebuilding Organizations and Institutions
• Peacebuilding in Tribal Muslim Societies
• Preventing Electoral Violence in Africa: Tools for Policymakers
• Rule of Law Practitioners Course
• Security Sector Reform
• Social Reconstruction and Human Security
• Stabilization and Peacebuilding: Understanding Dynamic Processes and Making Them Work
• Strategic Economic Needs and Security Exercise (SENSE)
• Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR)
• Strengthening Capacity in a Reform Environment: A Course for Mentors and Advisers
• Supporting Police Reform: Capacity Building for Advisers and Trainers
• Trauma and Peacebuilding
• The Two Sudans: Managing Ongoing Conflict

Online Courses

The following introductory courses are available online.

• Conflict Analysis (also available in Arabic, Farsi, and Spanish)
• Interfaith Conflict Resolution (also available in Arabic)
• Negotiation and Conflict Management
• Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)