PeaCE PSYCHOLOGY

Education resource hub

Our purpose

Is to increase the availability and use of resources for introducing peace psychology and its concepts to students and future psychological practitioners and scientists working to promote peace and nonviolence within and across personal, interpersonal, national, and global boundaries.

We have developed a curriculum outline of 15 major content areas in peace psychology (identified here as teaching and learning “modules”) following consultations with peace psychologists around the world. Within each of the 15 content areas, we have also generated a list of suggested topics and discussion questions that should not be considered as either definitive or exhaustive.

This is an ever-evolving project. Many of the modules and resources on this website have been crowdsourced, by which we mean contributed by colleagues in peace psychology. Share your feedback and suggestions by contacting us at peacepsychologyopensource@gmail.com.

EXPLORE RESOURCES

Resources are organized within 15 teaching and learning modules. These modules may be used independently from one another or rearranged into a packet that fits an educator’s or learner’s purposes (e.g., finding online resources relevant to a specific question, introducing peace psychology to students for future graduate work, supplementing already existing course materials). For example, teachers may encourage students to reflect upon their own perceptions by asking them “why” or “what do you think” questions based on a particular reading or podcast. Many of the topics and questions have links to supportive materials (e.g., articles, videos, books, etc.), with our emphasis being on providing materials that are open access, yet also including recommendations of resources available in libraries or for purchase. Use the Explore Resources link to view content currently available on our website.


Note that further supervised skills training beyond the purview of this project is necessary to practice and develop peacemaking skills (e.g., mediation, conflict resolution, trauma counseling).

CONTRIBUTE RESOURCES

We are especially interested in submissions that are open source (i.e., freely available by permission of the publisher or other copyright holder, or not copyrighted and freely available). We can only post submissions that meet the criteria for fair use of open educational resources although resources that are available through libraries or for purchase may also be recommended.

Do you have questions about what is open-source or meets fair educational use guidelines? Check out these weblinks  for more information on fair use guidelines.

Submissions in any of the following categories may include original materials that you have created, links to open-source materials, or recommendations of resources that are not freely available:

  • readings (books and articles, specific chapters in books, blogs or other online publications);
  • videos/podcasts (links to engaging interviews and Ted-Talk style presentations);
  • PowerPoint presentations or the printed text/outline for lectures; 
  • classroom activities or assignments for students/trainees; 
  • syllabi and training programs on peace psychology and related topics.

Please include contact information so that we may get in touch with you if we have any questions about what you have submitted before we post your educational materials, links, or recommendations on this website. Also, please include suggestions for how to use the materials you are recommending.