Introduction To Conflict Transformation

1. Define conflict and its various types
2. Explain the major theories of conflict causation
3. Identify and apply different conflict handling styles
4. Understand the principles of peace building and multi-track diplomacy
5. Analyze the concept of violence and its forms
6. Assess the role of human security in conflict transformation
7. Apply conflict transformation strategies to real-world scenarios

13 weeks, about 30 hours in total. Yours will differ.

1. Week 1Module 1: Essentials of Conflict Transformation

   • Unit 1: What is Conflict? · 2 hours

     Read the introduction to conflict transformation.. Understand the dynamics of conflict.. Differentiate between conflict and cooperation..

2. Week 2Module 1: Essentials of Conflict Transformation

   • Unit 2: Types of Conflict · 2 hours

     Identify different types of conflict.. Analyze conflicts and determine their contextual features.. Differentiate ethnic conflict from religious conflict..

3. Week 3Module 1: Essentials of Conflict Transformation

   • Unit 3: Conflict Causation Theories · 2 hours

     Understand what a theory is and is not.. Use theory to explain different types of conflict.. Understand the empirical and theoretical distinction between violence and conflict..

4. Week 4Module 1: Essentials of Conflict Transformation

   • Unit 4: Causes of Conflict · 2 hours

     Explain the basic causes of conflicts.. Understand the particular features of each type of conflict.. Relate types of conflict to different scenarios..

5. Week 5Module 1: Essentials of Conflict Transformation

   • Unit 5: Post-Conflict Community in Nigeria · 2 hours

     Understand what constitutes a post-conflict community.. Grasp the defining features of a post-conflict community.. Know the types of post-conflict communities..

6. Week 6Module 1: Essentials of Conflict Transformation

   • Unit 6: Type of Post-Conflict Community · 2 hours

     Identify different types of post-conflict communities.. Understand problems confronting post-conflict communities.. Differentiate between a post-conflict community and a post-disaster community..

7. Week 7Module 2: Conflict Handling Styles

   • Unit 1: Types of Conflict Handling Styles · 2 hours

     Understand the application of different styles of handling conflicts.. Identify the most effective style applicable to any conflict situation.. Discuss the desirability of dialogue in preference to debate..

8. Week 8Module 2: Conflict Handling Styles

   • Unit 2: Guide to Intervening in Conflicts · 2 hours

     Identify the necessary steps to be taken before intervening in a conflict.. Understand the background and history of the situation.. Appreciate the imperative of adequate preparation prior to intervening in conflicts..

9. Week 9Module 2: Conflict Handling Styles

   • Unit 3: Tools of pre-intervention analysis · 2 hours

     Understand the use of tools of conflict analysis.. Analyze conflicts in ways that will proffer informed steps for constructive management.. Apply the pyramid tree, conflict tree, and the onion tools..

10. Week 10Module 2: Conflict Handling Styles

    • Unit 4: Peace keeping as a Conflict Handing Style · 2 hours

      Understand that peacekeeping can be another form of conflict handling style.. Identify that peacekeeping can be used in intra-state and international conflicts.. State what peacekeeping entails..

11. Week 11Module 3: Peace Building and Conflict Transformation

    • Unit 1: Peace – Building · 2 hours

      Understand the concept of peace building and different genres.. Apply peace building to support the process of conflict transformation..

12. Week 12Module 3: Peace Building and Conflict Transformation

    • Unit 2: Multi – Track – Diplomacy · 2 hours

      Understand the concept of Multi-Track Diplomacy.. Know how to make use of different tracks in the concept to achieve smooth transformation of conflicts..

    • Unit 3: Violence: A conceptual Discourse · 2 hours

      Understand what constitutes violence.. Know different perspectives of violence.. Appreciate the link between a mastery of the concept for the transformation of conflict..

13. Week 13Module 3: Peace Building and Conflict Transformation

    • Unit 4: Forms of Violence · 2 hours

      Understand different levels and contexts of violence.. Identify how to undertake proper and adequate transformation in the aftermath of violent conflicts.. Understand the concept of security and the correlative relationship between peace and security..

    • Unit 5: Conflict Transformation and Human Security · 2 hours

      Understand the concept of security.. Know the correlative relationship between peace and security.. Appreciate the fundamentality of human security for conflict transformation..