BUPERC was founded in 2007 as the first official Peace Education Center in a university setting. The mission of the center is to integrate transformative pedagogical approaches and socio-emotional skills based on the theoretical foundations of peace education to formal and non-formal educational settings. The center aims to realize its vision through collaborating with other centers at the university(ies), NGO’s, educational institutions and lately also the municipality and some business organizations. Planning and conducting interactive workshops with educators, NGO workers, and students, designing curricula based on the needs of the group of educators or the institution, making research in the area of conflict transformation and socio-emotional skills, organizing panels and lectures within the university are some of the activities of the center. The areas that the members of the peace education center concentrate on are conflict transformation, rights-based education, gender equality, non-violent communication, socio-emotional skills, arts-based approaches to conflict transformation, coexistence and diversity.

AREA / SUBJECT OF THE FELLOWSHIP

The fellowship activity will focus on

  • Peace education,

  • Conflict transformation,

  • Socio-emotional skills in education,

  • Non-violent communication

DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED FELLOWSHİP ACTIVITY

The fellow is expected to carry out his/her research in the above-mentioned fields and present it to the members of the center and a larger audience by the end of their stay.

EXPECTED PROFILE 

The fellow is expected to be a Ph.D. student or a post-doc researcher working in the areas of conflict transformation, critical or transformative pedagogy, non-violent communication or socio-emotional skills in education.

CONDITIONS OF THE FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY

The fellow is expected to do their research at the center three days a week.

PROPOSED TIME FOR THE FELLOWSHIP 

The fellowship activity shall take place between September 2020 and May 2021. The exact dates are to be decided upon the agreement between the applicant and the host organisation.