Peace, Conflict and Development

The MA in Peace, Conflict and Development at University of Bradford provides an advanced understanding of the inter-relationships between conflict, development, security, and governance in developing, fragile, transitional and/or conflict affected regions and countries.

You’ll gain the understanding and skills you need to pursue or develop a career in what is now a major area for international, national and local policy and practitioner communities. You’ll be equipped to work across many sectors including:

• international development

• conflict prevention and peace building

• post-conflict recovery

• humanitarian aid

• natural resource management

You’ll have the opportunity to take specialist pathways, including specialising in selected regions (Europe, Africa, MENA, Asia, or Latin America and the Caribbean), with opportunities for selected study visits. The Peace, Conflict and Development program at University of Bradford will provide enhanced training and engagement with widely used policy and practitioner analytical tools and models, enabling you to develop your skills and employability.

Career prospects

Students will benefit from practical skills-based training as well as academic education, in relation to engagement with key contemporary policy and program debates of the key international and national organisations involved in peace, conflict and development. They will benefit from the strong international engagement of the relevant teaching staff in these debates, and the networks that these bring.

Courses include:

• Applied Conflict Research

• Security and Development in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Areas

• Natural Resource Governance

• African Politics and Security Dynamics

• Issues in Development Theory

• Policy Analysis for Governance and Development

• Studying Peace in a Changing World