Preliminary Programme

Restoring Peace and Justice:
Exploring methodological and theoretical challenges
September 17th – 19th 2008


Programme

Wednesday, September 17th


11.00 – 13.00 Arrival and registration


13.00 – 13.10 Welcome
Ida Hydle, Professor, Centre for Peace Studies, University of Tromsø


13.10 – 13.30 Opening remarks
Ole D. Mjøs, Chair of the Board, Centre for Peace Studies, University of Tromsø


13.30 – 13.45 Introduction to the conference theme
Ida Hydle, Professor, Centre for Peace Studies, University of Tromsø


13.45 – 15.00 Keynote speaker

Restorative justice research on crime victims: what can we learn for peace and conflict studies? -
Heather Strang, Director, Centre for Restorative Justice, Australian National University, Canberra ACT Australia


15.00 – 15.30 Break


15.30 – 17.00
3 papers presented: 20 min presentation + 10 min discussion each

Preliminary frame:
Restoring Peace – handling conflicts as resources





17.00 Closing remarks


18.00 Dinner at Árdna, Sami Cultural House




Thursday, September 18th


09.30 – 11.00 Keynote speaker

Restorative justice between the formal and the informal after large-scale violent conflicts –
Ivo Aertsen, Professor, Department of Criminal law and Criminology, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium


11.00 – 11.15 Break


11.15 – 12.30
3 papers presented: 20 min presentation + 10 min discussion each

Preliminary frame:
Peace research – ontological perspectives





12.30 – 13.30 Lunch


13.30 – 15.00
3 papers presented: 20 min presentation + 10 min discussion each

Preliminary frame:
Peace education methodologies





15.00 – 15.15 Break


15.15 – 17.15
4 papers presented: 20 min presentation + 10 min discussion each

Preliminary frame:
Visualizing conflict and peace





17.15 Closing remarks


17.30-18.15 Business meeting CPS/TAPRI


19.30 Conference dinner at Fjellstua on top of the Fløya mountain







Friday, September 19 th


09.30 – 11.00
3 papers presented: 20 min presentation + 10 min discussion each

Preliminary frame:
Societies at peace and societies of justice





11.00 – 11.15 Break


11.15 – 12.30
3 papers presented: 20 min presentation + 10 min discussion each

Preliminary frame:
Peace research as a ‘trouble making‘ exercise and the peace researcher as ‘troublemaker’





12.30 – 13.30 Lunch


13.30 – 14.30 Guided tour


14.30 – 15.00 Closing remarks and discussion


Departure