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This document is a news article on the Durban University of Technology (DUT) website titled “Building Peace through Action Research,” dated 31 Aug 2017. It reports the launch of a new book, “Building Peace via Action Research – African case studies,” at the Research Office Boardroom on DUT’s Steve Biko campus. The article explains that the book is authored by Dr Sylvia Kaye and Professor Geoff Harris (International Centre for Non-violence) and describes the book’s focus on how action research can connect researchers with policymakers and support peacebuilding through 11 case studies. It also notes that the book is available from Ikes’s Bookshop and includes quotes from DUT leadership and contributors.
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Building Peace via Action Research – African case studies
The book on African peacebuilding action research and its 11 case studies is available from Ikes’s Bookshop.
- Who it is for
- People interested in peacebuilding, action research and African case studies
- How to act on it
- Contact or visit Ikes’s Bookshop to obtain the book; the listed telephone number is 031 303 9214.
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Book availability: Ikes’s Bookshop, 031 303 9214
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eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal
Key Takeaways
- Title: Building Peace through Action Research
- Date: 31 Aug 2017
- Book launched: Building Peace via Action Research-African case studies
- Launch location: Research Office Boardroom, Steve Biko campus (DUT)
- Authors: Dr Sylvia Kaye and Professor Geoff Harris (International Centre for Non-violence, DUT)
- Peacebuilding programme: postgraduate Peacebuilding Programme facilitated by the authors
- Reason for the book: concern that research makes little difference to policy/practice and lacks connection between researchers and policymakers
- Content: 11 case studies (education/training, healing and reconciliation, restorative justice, community peace building)
- DUT official quoted: Prof Sibusiso Moyo, DVC of Research, Innovation and Engagement
- Book availability: Ikes’s Bookshop, 031 303 9214
- Contributor examples: Jean Chrysostome Kiyala Kimbuku (reintegration of child soldiers, eastern DRC); Dr Gnanam Pillay (social entrepreneurship and poverty/inequality)
- Durban University of Technology (DUT)
- International Centre for Non-violence (DUT)
- Dr Sylvia Kaye
- Professor Geoff Harris
- Prof Sibusiso Moyo
- Jean Chrysostome Kiyala Kimbuku
- Dr Gnanam Pillay
- Centre for Social Entrepreneurship (DUT)
- Ikes’s Bookshop
- Steve Biko campus
- Research Office Boardroom