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SHSS Alum Heads the War Prevention Initiative and Presents at IPRA 2014 Conference
Patrick Hiller, Ph.D. with Johan Galtung, Ph.D. in Turkey.
Patrick Hiller, Ph.D., doctoral graduate of the Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR) in NSU’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), presented “The Global Peace System” at the International Peace Research Association (IPRA) 2014 Conference held in Istanbul, Turkey.
Hiller serves as the Executive Director of the War Prevention Initiative (WPI) and he is an adjunct instructor in the Conflict Resolution Program at Portland State University. He is a member of the Governing Council of the IPRA and is on the Board of Director of the International Peace Research Association Foundation.
The vision of War Prevention Initiative is: “a world beyond war by 2-3- and humanity united by a global system of peace with justice.” The organization was founded in 2011 and is a project of the Jubitz Family Foundation with one of its core projects being the Global Peace System. Hiller has been the Executive Director since its inception.
For more information about the War Prevention Institute, please go to their Website at: www.warpreventioninstitute.org.