Image: Grassroots peacebuilding conference in Ad-Damazine Sam Angulo Onapa, UNE Peace Studies PhD Candidate, shares his experience with peacebuilding and vison for the future: "I started my PhD studies at UNE in February 2017, hoping to...
Jennifer Lynne is a UNE Peace and Conflict Studies Graduate and CEO of The Contact Project. Jennifer Lynne spent her childhood in America, Mexico and Europe. Her work in over 30 countries led to her founding The Contact Project. A PhD in Peace and Conflict Studies...
Performing arts is proving to be a powerful antidote to disunity and displacement in the Middle East. Since 2011, Ben Rivers, UNE Peace Studies Graduate, has used therapeutic drama and applied theatre to address issues of sexual and gender-based violence, social...
“I never want any child to go through what I did as a refugee. I want to help empower indigenous communities to effectively manage their own natural resources to prevent the corruption that leads people to take up arms to control these resources. William Adams...
When Shafi Mostafa saw growing discontent and conflict in his home country of Bangladesh, he felt compelled to understand the social and psychological factors at play, in order to bring about change. Shafi, a UNE Peace Studies PhD candidate, shares his vision for...
Former UNE student and now lecturer in Peace Studies Dr Johanna Garnett works with young activists from agrarian communities in Myanmar to develop sustainable and just community development programs. It has brought her face-to-face with the plight of neighbouring...
The Secondhand Saturday Project. Photo by Raquel Duron Perez, Uniting Harris Community Centre, 2017. Our unsustainable consumption of resources and waste generation is creating conflict locally, nationally and internationally. Yue (Frankie) Zheng, community...
That’s part of what women should be, is stand up and be heard and fight for what we believe in.” - Literacy for Life campaign participant, Toomelah. New literacy skills are helping the women in the Aboriginal community of Toomelah and nearby Boggabilla,...
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