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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Announcing the 2025 Kroc Border Fellows

The Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice (Kroc IPJ) is excited to announce the fourth cohort of Kroc Border Fellows. The Kroc Border Fellows program ...

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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Unlearning War: Is Education Right Path to Peace?

Education is often regarded as a fundamental pillar for fostering peaceful and just societies, serving as a powerful instrument for shaping ...

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Friday, April 11, 2025

Peace With China

This blog is a reposting from MAPJ Alumni Julie Ethan's ('13) blog on CODEPINK. Julie reflects on her first trip to China—a journey that challenged ...

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Where Peacebuilding Meets Social Innovation: Lessons from Rwanda

I was delighted to join the social innovation field practicum in Rwanda in January 2025 where I, Professor Patricia Marquez, and eleven students saw ...

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Friday, March 28, 2025

Kroc School Students Gain Research Experience Through Kroc IPJ Practice Fellowship

For the 2024-2025 academic year, Kroc School students Lucy O'Brien (MAPJ) and Rebeca Ancer Gomez (JD/MAPJ) were selected as Practice Fellows at the ...

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Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Peace and Technology in the 21st Century

When technology advances, society finds ways to use it for progress—but how can it be leveraged to promote peace in the 21st century? Digital tools ...

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Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Connecting Women Peacebuilders: Kroc IPJ Hosts Women Waging Peace Conference in Nepal

Last week, the Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice hosted the Women Waging Peace Collective Learning Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal. Women Waging ...

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Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Alumni Spotlight: Aly Vredenburgh Author of Out of Focus

Aly Vredenburgh (MA) ‘23 is an emerging leader in youth advocacy, education, and research. With a sociology degree and an M.A. in Social Innovation ...

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Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Kroc Border Fellows Panel Highlights Changemaking at the US-Mexico Border

The third cohort of Kroc Border Fellows spoke to members of the University of San Diego community and the public on February 5. The seven Fellows ...

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Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Killing Camelot: Oligarchy & CEO Assassination

Marvel Arthurianism, CEO assassination, and populist resistance in the age of techno-oligarchic feudalism On January 20th, a would-be king strode ...

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Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Pakistan’s Taliban Conundrum

The following blog was written by Talha Madni, a candidate in the Kroc School's MA in Peace & Justice program. On 15 August 2021, the Taliban ...

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Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Kroc Pod: Diving Into Bay Area Perspectives

Maureen Tejeda Metz, a Dominican graduate student in the MA in Social Innovation program at the Kroc School of Peace Studies, co-hosts the Kroc Pod, ...

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