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General Information

Our Mission

The Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace at the University of Hawaii at Manoa is a multi-disciplinary academic community of scholars, students, practitioners, and visitors who, through teaching, research, service and application, 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 Hawaii, 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

To view a downloadable informational brochure regarding general information on the Matsunaga Institute for Peace, please click here.