Are you interested in advancing your knowledge of contemporary conflict studies, and developing the skills and qualities needed for professional conflict and peace practice?

Do you want to spend a year studying in a stimulating academic environment, working with staff who are at the forefront of their field and with students from all over the world?

Are you looking for a challenging learning experience, solving real-world problems, addressing complex ethical dilemmas, undertaking independent research projects, and practicing advanced skills for conflict engagement?

Would you like to build a portfolio of work that demonstrates your achievement of a set of professional competencies relevant to employment in the peace, conflict and development fields?

The MA Advanced Practice in Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution is offered by the internationally recognised Department of Peace Studies and International Development, drawing on over 40 years of experience as a leading centre of peace research and education.

The programme will develop your understanding of the causes and dynamics of social conflict, with a strong focus on case-study analysis. It will allow you to develop informed judgements about when and how to engage constructively with conflict, recognising the strengths and limitations of different approaches to intervention. And you will consider critical questions surrounding and problematising efforts to build peace in different contexts, and in the light of contemporary trends, including converging environmental, economic and political developments.

Through a diverse programme of study, including a significant applied, practical element, you will develop and demonstrate knowledge and recognised competencies essential to effective, ethically-aware practice within conflict engagement and peace practice - locally, nationally or internationally.

Please note that for 2019 entry, the module information is subject to change.

Modules

Core

Applied Conflict Research (PES7036-B)

Designing and Assessing Conflict Intervention Process (PES7039-B)

Skills for Constructive Conflict Engagement (PES7049-B)

Dissertation (PES7040-E)

Option

African Politics and Security Dynamics (PES7035-B)

Studying Peace in a Changing World (PES7051-B)

Natural Resource Governance (PES7045-B)

Movements for Social and Ecological Justice (PES7044-B)

Transnational Challenges: Problems and Responses (PES7055-B)

Creative Conflict Transformation (PES7038-B)

Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (PES7046-B)

Gender, Conflict and Development (PES7041-B)

Africa Study Visit (PES7034-B)

Terrorism and Political Violence (PES7053-B)

Sustainable Cities (PES7052-B)

Middle East Politics and Security Dynamics (PES7043-B)

Applicants should have an undergraduate qualification at 2:2 or above (or equivalent).

Relevant professional or voluntary experience would be desirable.

English language requirements:

• IELTS 6.0.
• If you do not meet the IELTS requirement, you can take a University of Bradford pre-sessional English course. See the Language Centre for more details »

Home/EU: £6,850 per year

International: £16,040 per year

Politics at Bradford is ranked 45th in the UK in The Complete University Guide University Subject Tables 2019 for its undergraduate courses. These rankings also place Bradford in the top 20 in the UK for graduate prospects.

Our postgraduate politics courses were ranked 2nd in the UK for employability in the 2018 Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES).