UCSIA Peace Chair

How can we work towards a safer and more stable world, both in Europe and globally? The UCSIA Chair for Peace seeks answers to this important question and encourages research into a new security architecture.

In doing so, we pay attention to current challenges, such as the climate crisis, the wars in Ukraine, Gaza, Congo and elsewhere, shifting geopolitical relations, the growing role of countries such as China and India, and the fight against the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

UCSIA Peace Chair

Activities

Each year, the academic chair delves into a pressing societal issue. In this context, it organizes one or more activities, ranging from public lectures and roundtable discussions to seminars for master’s and doctoral students.

In the past

In the past, we have organized, among other things:

Partners

The UCSIA Chair for Peace is an initiative of UCSIA, in close collaboration with the Department of Political Science at the University of Antwerp. A steering committee shapes the programme and guides the project.