NOTE 'CONFLICT RESOLUTION' HAS LARGELY REPLACED 'PEACE' IN MANY INSTITUTIONS AROUND AUSTRALIA see http://www.conflict-resolution.org/sitebody/education/international/Australia.htm including:

UNE - Center for Peace Studies

Sydney University - Doctor of Philosophy in Peace and Conflict Studies

ANU Master of Arts (International Relations) Specialising in Peace and Conflict Studies http://studyat.anu.edu.au/majors/7886SPEACE;courses.html
INTR8052 - Conflict Resolution and Peace Building
INTR8053 - Ethics of Peace and War
INTR8054 - Gender and War

ANU Master of Diplomacy/Master of Arts (Strategic Studies) including:
DIPL8004 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (6 units)..

plantagenet,
one way of reducing conflict is to stop forcing so much academic nonsense down our throats at great expense to us. Haven't you noticed that when people have it reasonably good there is no conflict ? Conflict only starts when others dictate to you & vice versa.

I agree with you exactly 'individual' and am not pushing tertiary education.

I was writing in relation to the author's article...

BTW while you may claim we're all individuals - I'm not.

Pete

Conflict resolution seems pretty good to me, but it’s just a start. What about the causes of conflict, and preventing them? When people have it good, it often means those who aren’t having it so good are simply simmering and not being heard, just waiting to be violent. The ‘start’ can even go deeper, and look at what it is in people that makes them choose to engage in conflict. I would hope that understanding such issues with some academic focus would be a contribution to help our world along the way to peace.