Events

This annual lecture provides an opportunity to hear directly from leaders in international policy who have worked in peace and conflict. Jonathan Powell is Director and Founder of Inter Mediate, a charity that works on conflict resolution around the world. Mr. Powell was Chief of Staff to Tony Blair from 1995 to 2007 and was Chief British Negotiator on Northern Ireland from 1997 to 2007, during which he played a key role in the peace process that led to the Good Friday Agreement. The agreement ended thirty years of sectarian violence known as The Troubles.

Monday, April 16, 2018

12:00 - 1:15 PM

Ida Noyes Hall Cloister Club

The University of Chicago

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Join us to hear from Libby Hoffman, Founder and President of Catalyst for Peace, the cofounder and primary funding and program partner for peacebuilding initiative Fambul Tok in Sierra Leone. She will share key lessons, insight and new theory from the work of building fully locally-owned, holistic reconciliation and development processes and growing to a national scale; what working ‘from the inside-out’ opens up for local communities; and what it uniquely requires of external supporters and funders.

Thursday, April 12, 2018

12:00-1:00 PM

Harris Public Policy 

Room 289B

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Join us to hear from Mike Findley, Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. Professor Findley is co-director of Innovations for Peace and Development (IPD) and a Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar as well as a member of the Evidence in Governance and Politics Network and the AidData Research Consortium. Professor Findley will discuss his research that uses data from 180 countries to analyze international rules governing the relationship between corporate service providers, banks, and shell companies. 

Thursday, March 29, 2018

12:00-1:00 PM

Harris Public Policy Room 289B

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