Testimonial
"As a Rotary World Peace Fellow, I had the possibility of choosing from among eight top universities in the world to pursue my master's degree. A set of specific, yet flexible courses, coupled with the academic excellence given both by its faculty and its fellows, make MIDP the perfect program for mid-career professionals seeking to address the current challenges affecting peace and development in a globalized world."
Bautista Logioco
Political Affairs Officer, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations
MIDP 2004
Duke-UNC Rotary Center
One of only six such centers in the world, the Duke-UNC Rotary Center for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution is funded by a grant from the Rotary Foundation. The center’s mission is to promote peace through a holistic approach to training by combining conflict resolution methods, peace building and conflict prevention with an emphasis on more sustainable economic, political and human development.
Each year, five fellows enroll at Duke in the Master of International Development Policy (MIDP) and five fellows enroll at UNC in one of several master’s degree programs in the Social Sciences (e.g. Anthropology, Economics, Education, Political Science, Sociology, City and Regional Planning) or Public Health.
For more information please visit the Duke-UNC Rotary Center.
CURRICULUM
Four core courses have been designed specifically for Rotary World Peace Fellows and serve as the foundation for the Rotary curriculum at Duke-UNC:
Conflict Management: The Practice of Negotiation and Mediation
This course teaches the theory and practice of negotiation and mediation as a means of effectively handling conflicts that occur in a variety of settings. Students engage in mock negotiations—systematically preparing, conducting and reviewing their own actions. Based on the theoretical and experiential frameworks presented in the course, students analyze a number of conflict situations around the world.
Designing Democracy
This course addresses a question at the heart of contemporary global politics: how does
one craft democracy in fragile and divided states? Students will seek to investigate the question through contemporary research and theories based on a variety of modern cases.
Human Rights and Conflict
This course examines the link between human rights and conflict in an interdisciplinary
fashion. Students will draw substantially on historical and policy analyses, learning the legal/political history of the contemporary framework for human rights and connecting it to real world efforts underway by lawyers and other practitioners to reframe and transform conflict and build peace.
Rotary Center Capstone Seminar
The Capstone includes 3 elements: (i) a “cross-fertilization” workshop at which Fellows will present the diagnosis and initial conclusions of their Master’s project and receive the suggestions of their peers and the Faculty; (ii) a career workshop preparing the Fellows towards their future leadership
roles in the field of Peace and Conflict Prevention and Resolution; and (iii) the Fellows’ public presentation at the Rotary Conference in April.
Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to research the Duke and UNC academic programs thoroughly before applying.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Website: www.rotarypeacecenternc.org
UNC Office:
Duke-UNC Rotary Center
UNC Center for Global Initiatives
301 Pittsboro St.
CB # 5145
Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
Tel: 919.843.2792
Fax: 919.962.5375
Duke Office:
Duke-UNC Rotary Center
Duke Center for International Development
286 Rubenstein Hall
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708-0237 USA
Tel: 919.613.9222
Fax: 919.684.2861
Program Staff:
Susan Carroll, Assistant Director
Tel: 919.843.2792
Email: scarroll@duke.edu
Renate Deckner, Program Assistant
Tel: 919.843.4887
Email: deckner@email.unc.edu