ACPACS' research programs focus on the causes of conflict at local, national and international levels and covers a number of different areas such as; Non Violent modes of Conflict Transformation; Development and Peacebuilding; the State and Violence; Alternative Dispute Resolution and Mediation; Regional and Global Trends in Mediation; Justice and Reconciliation and much more.

These different thematic areas are explored primarily in relation to Australia, the Island countries of the Pacific and South East Asia and the success and reputation of this research is demonstrated by information in the following categories:  

Current Research projects

Student Research Projects

Research Grants

Publications

Internet

To find out more about ACPACS' research you can also access relevant research links.
 

ACPACS Projects

With the need to develop greater expertise in mediating intercultural relations and more effective strategies for promoting peace and stability, the Centre provides expert advice to organisations on issues concerned with conflict and its resolution and relations between development processes, peacebuilding and structural stability.  The Centre also provides training and consultancy services in dispute resolution to the government and private sector. This is done by drawing on interdisciplinary expertise in the social, political, economic, legal, ethnic and cultural contexts of conflict in local, national and international arenas. 

Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria

Development and Peacebuilding: A Capacity Building Project

Global Trends in Dispute Resolution- Book Series

LPITAF (Legal Practitioners Interest on Trust Accounts Fund) Grant from the Queensland Government.

Vanuatu Kastom Governance Partnership

States Emerging From Hybrid Political Orders

PeaceMAPP: Art and Peacebuilding

South East Queensland Intercultural Cities Forum (SEQICF)

ConCord UQ

Creative Dialogue and Design (CDD)

Governance for Peace in East Timor

Collaborative Practice

Mediation in the Supreme and County Courts of Victoria

Developing negotiation decision support systems that promote constructive relationships following disputes

Knowledge Discovery in Discretionary Legal Domains

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Current Research Projects

ACPACS is undertaking a range of research projects within Australia and in the wider Asia-Pacific region. Current projects include: research and practice in partnership with the Malvatumauri National Council of Chiefs of...

Student Research Projects

Postgraduate research in peace and conflict is thriving, with students engaged in internationally significant and cutting-edge research. Lorinne Du Toit (Ph.D candidate) is studying ...

Useful Research Links

Australia Asia Pacific Mediation Forum – APMF Association of Dispute Resolvers – LEADR&nbs...

Research Grants

Research grants awarded to ACPACS staff include the following: Anne Brown ARC Grant Governance for Peace - A study of Indigenous and International Peacebuilding in East Timor. This project has been undert...