Peace and Conflict Studies

Since the fall of the Ba’ath regime, many Iraqi and Iraqi-Kurdish universities have established Political Science and International Relations programs to conceptualize political developments in the region and globally. Iraq has become a particularly interesting field of research for international political scientists since 2003, especially in the field of peace and conflict studies. The academic landscape, however, has often mirrored the country's fragmentation. The Iraq Political Science Day aims to bring this fragmented academic landscape into a greater exchange with one another. This workshop is jointly organized by political science and international relations departments from various universities in Iraq. The [...]