An online course “Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Peace, Justice, and Inclusive Societies” will be developed, and a pilot course will be offered in the winter term 2025/26 to all bachelor students enrolled at EUPeace universities. The course will bring students from all EUPeace universities together and motivate them to exchange their views on peace, justice, and inclusive societies in interdisciplinary, international groups. It will promote students’ intercultural competencies and inspire the development and exploration of ideas on how to promote and protect peace, justice, and inclusive societies. It will raise awareness of EUPeace, and create and strengthen bonds between its members, in particular between the students. The key idea is to promote interdisciplinary, international group work on selected questions related to peace, justice and inclusive societies.
In order to achieve this aim, the learning material will be provided in a digital format, mainly for self-studying. Online sessions will focus on supporting student group work on specific tasks. Students’ collaboration in interdisciplinary, international teams will raise their awareness for the diversity of perspectives, it will promote their ability to listen to others, to communicate effectively, and to think critically.
This project is made possible through seed funding from the EUPeace Fund, an initial incentive launched to cultivate and develop interest across EUPeace communities in our network; by providing a first format for collaboration, the Fund equips participating researchers, educators, students and administrators with a practical tool for experimentation and active participation, employing a bottom-up approach that generates concrete information on the interests and needs of our communities and informs future collaborative initiatives.
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