About CIDCM

CIDCM seeks to prevent and transform conflict, to understand the interplay between conflict and development, and to help societies create sustainable futures for themselves.

For more than 20 years, scholars and practitioners at CIDCM have sought ways to understand and address conflicts over security, identity, and distributive justice. CIDCM programs are based on the belief that "peace building and development-with-justice are two sides of the same coin" (CIDCM Founding Director, Edward Azar, 1987).

Peace and Conflict 2016

CIDCM's flagship biennial publication, Peace and Conflict 2016, has been released. The report covers a range of topics including global patterns and trends on conflict and peace, and a special feature on work on measuring micro-level welfare effects of exposure to conflict. From 2016 onwards, Peace and Conflict is a collaboration between the Graduate Institute, Geneva, and CIDCM.

2017 Winter Program in Multi-track Diplomacy

Introducing a 2017 Winter Program Course "Multi-Track Diplomacy: Transforming Violent Conflict", offered January 3-23, 2017. Registration for this course and for the Winter 2017 session opens in late October, 2016.