Perspective Institution
The Department of Peace and Conflict Studies provides a comprehensive education addressing the causes of conflict and insecurity and the explanations for peace and processes of conflict resolution. Almost all classes are taught in English, and our students are capable of professional writing and speaking in several languages.
Students are highly motivated and come from a wide range of backgrounds, many with previous work experience and a varied range of skills. They pursue internships internationally and in Sweden, working in research, policy and advocacy as well as within diplomatic missions of a range of countries.
Announcements of internship vacancies may be sent to the internship.courses@pcr.uu.se, these will be circulated to our students.
A sample list of previous internship placements with non-governmental, international and development actors includes:
- African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)
- Amnesty International
- Care International
- Centre for Conflict Management, University of Rwanda
- Centre d’Encadrement et de Développement des Anciens Combattants (Training Centre for the Development of Ex-combatants)
- Centro de Memoria Historica/Colombia (Historical Memory Group/Colombia)
- Council of the Baltic Sea States
- Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation
- Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University
- Folke Bernadotte Academy
- Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
- Human Security Report Project
- Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR)
- Instituto Sou Da Paz
- International Bridges to Justice (IBJ)
- International Centre for Transitional Justice (ICTJ)
- International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
- International Crisis Group (ICG)
- International Sports Alliance
- Interpeace
- Life and Peace Institute
- Kvinna till Kvinna (Woman to Woman)
- Medecins sans frontières (Doctors without Borders)
- Mediators beyond Borders
- Minority Rights Group International
- Nordic Africa Institute (NAI)
- Nordic Centre for Gender in Military Operations – Swedish Armed Forces International Centre (SWEDINT)
- Norwegian Refugee Council
- Olof Palme International Center
- Overseas Development Institute
- Oxfam International
- Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons
- Right Livelihood Award Foundation
- Save the Children
- Search for Common Ground
- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
- Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)
- Swedish Defence University (Försvarshögskolan)
- Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
- Transparency International
- United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR)
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
- United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
- United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office
- Wale Wale Kenya