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Lord Alderdice on Fundamentalism, Radicalization and Terrorism
Fundamentalism, Radicalization and Terrorism. Part 1: terrorism as dissolution in a complex systems In the first of two papers, Lord Alderdice draws on his personal experience of living and working in Northern Ireland and other countries that have suffered from...
CDPB to participate in the World Science Forum 2017
Thanks to the invitation from the Global Thinkers Forum, the Centre for Democracy and Peace Building is delighted to partner with the WANA Institute and host the session at the World Science Forum in Jordan. World Science Forum 2O17 theme is Science for Peace. It will...
Conor Houston to address the One Young World in Bogota
Conor Houston, Consultant with the Centre for Democracy and Peace Building will address the One Young World global youth summit taking place from 3 to 7 October in Bogota, Colombia. The One Young World 2017 will bring together over 2000 young leaders from 190...
CDPB are launching the next phase of their EU Debate NI programme ‘Navigating Brexit: A Roundtable Series’.
Over the next 6 months, EU Debate NI will host 5 Roundtable events which will provide a space for informed discussion focused on developing flexible and imaginative solutions for Northern Ireland post-Brexit. These Roundtable events will involve key stakeholders from...
EU Debate NI: Professor David Phinnemore, QUB on EU/UK talks
Almost a year after the UK's vote to leave the EU, Brexit negotiations began in Brussels on 19 June. Under the terms of Article 50, an initial agreement has to be reached by the end of March 2019. There is no deadline for a longer-term trade and partnership deal....
Scissor Sisters Ana Matronic set for TEDxStormont Women event later this year
Ana Matronic from the world-famous band Scissor Sisters is set to address TEDxStormont Women taking place at Parliament Buildings, Stormont on 2 November. The Scissor Sisters frontwoman and robot obsessive, Ana Matronic has written about her love of robotics in her...
Crans Montana Forum: Changes, Populist Upheavals and the World of Tomorrow
On the occasion of the Crans Montana Forum’s 28th Annual Session, a Special Programme of the New Leaders for Tomorrow took place in Barcelona (Spain) on July 6th, 2017. CDPB Chief Executive Eva Grosman spoke at the special session on “Changes, Populist Upheavals and...
Lord Alderdice: Change and Challenge
Chairman's Remarks - CDPB Annual Report 2017 Change and Challenge The last year has again seen a remarkable level of activity for the Centre for Democracy and Peace Building, from the excitement of our Van Morrison fund-raiser, to our rapidly expanding international...
Lord Alderdice Blog: Why has this generation dropped the baton?
On the long and winding road of the Northern Ireland Peace Process the most important lesson we learned was that such intractable, violent, political problems were a result of disturbed historic relationships between communities of people. The three key sets of...