G-I Administration
A personal impression: The Galtung-Institut’s Summer Academy 2016
Some thoughts provoked by Johan Galtung.[1] For five days in July 2016, I had the privilege to take part in a Summer School hosted by the Galtung-Institut for Peace Theory and Peace Practice in Grenzach, Germany. It was an introduction to conflict transformation and the theoretical framework and methodologies developed and practised by Johan Galtung […]
Theresa Sing & Galtung-Institut: Specializing in Comparative Deep Culture & Conflict Transformation
I perfectly remember my first encounter with Johan Galtung‘s work, which was during a Peace Studies inspired conference in Indonesia. Studying at university, I frequently got to the point of asking myself: What is the purpose of all these theories? Many conventional theories analyze politics without considering culture or identity, or discuss economics without being […]
Victoria Scheyer & Galtung-Institut: From Peace Studies Intern to Conflict Transformation Trainee
From February 2016 until June 2016 I was interning with the Galtung-Institut for Peace Theory and Peace Practice (G-I) located in Grenzach-Wyhlen (Germany) close to Basel (Switzerland). Since I was studying in Passau (Bavaria) at that time and was busy writing my Bachelor’s thesis, the director of the G-I, Naakow Grant-Hayford offered me a […]
U.S. elections on “pBsd”: Post Bernie Stress Disorder
An ingenious illustration of Post Bernie Stress Disorder.