The Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace & Conflict Resolution (MIPCR) at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Welcome to the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace
& Conflict Resolution
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Our Institute is a center of learning, research, and service in peace studies, conflict resolution, and human rights. We offer elective courses to students from all disciplines. For those who wish to specialize in the field, we offer three academic programs:
Undergraduate Certificate in Peace Studies
- A 15-credit program in peace studies and conflict resolution that is equivalent to a minor in the field. Certificate Details
Undergraduate Major in Peace and Conflict Resolution
- An individually designed major offered through Interdisciplinary Studies. Major Details
Graduate Certificate in Conflict Resolution
- Available to students seeking the certificate only or concurrently with a Masters or Ph.D. program. Certificate Details
Prepared for the Aspen Institute by the Matsunaga Institute for Peace and
Conflict Resolution, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
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summer course
in Hiroshima, Japan
Pictured l to r: Carole Petersen, Director, Matsunaga Institute for Peace; Susan Chandler, Director, Public Policy Center; Denise Konan, Dean, College of Social Sciences
Congratulations Spring 2012 Graduates and Scholarship Award Winners!
Pictured l to r: (front row) Kathy Aldinger, Guanpei Ming, Thuy Thi Ngoc Bui, Bal Krishna Sharma, Vera Zambonelli, Hannah Monson; (back row) Louise Schnake, Scott Perske
Scholarship Winners
Philip Jacob Peace Memorial Award
Guanpei Ming
Chankanitha Vong
Betty Jacob Peace Fund Award
Bal Krishna Sharma
Nobumoto Tanahashi Peace Fellowship
Vera Zambonelli
Graduate Certificate in Conflict Resolution
Thuy Thi Ngoc Bui
Molly Anne Chlebnikow
Sabra Della-Lucia
Charlotte Naone
Lewis Schnake
Chankanitha Vong
Undergraduate Peace Studies Major
Kathy Aldinger
Undergraduate Peace Studies Certificate
UH Mānoa:
Maura Barrett
Hannah Monson
Eitan Cohen
Alexandra Aguirre
UH Maui:
Kameleonalani Cleveland
Kristi Ota
Shannon Jones
Ronald Smith
Mary Jane Garcia
Our Vision and Mission
The Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace & Conflict Resolution envisions a university, community and world where the prevention, management, and resolution of conflict are a shared enterprise.
We are a multi-disciplinary academic community of scholars, students, practitioners, and visitors who seek to promote peace and conflict resolution through teaching, research, service and application.
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We seek to:
- Educate and train professionals and future leaders in applied peacemaking and conflict resolution;
- Develop and apply innovations to the peaceful resolution of conflicts--locally, regionally, nationally, and globally;
- Address contemporary problems within Hawai'i, the Asia-Pacific region, the Continental United States and the world;
- Use our strategic Pacific location to bring people together and renew the University's responsibility to provide a safe sanctuary for a civil and respectful exchange of perspectives and ideas