If you register to participate in the International Congress: Conflicts, Conflictology and Peace, you are invited to participate in the seminar "Introduction to Conflictology", held by Dr. Eduard Vinyamata, Director of the Campus for Peace and Solidarity, and Academic Director of the post graduate studies on Conflictology at the Open University of Catalonia.

The seminar will take place on Saturday 20 October 2007 at the headquarters of the Open University of Catalonia, located on Avda. Tibidabo 45, Barcelona, from 9 a.m to 2 p.m.

Topics:

• What is Conflictology?
• Links to Mediation, Arbitration, Conflict Management, and similar concepts.
• Social Science and Conflictology
• Biology, Medicine, Neurology, Mathematics, Theoretical Physics and Conflictology
• Inituitive knowledge and Conflictology
• Conflictology procedures, techniques, therapy and methods
• Resources and how to acquire Conflictology skills
• Conflictology research and practices
• Overview of the Conflictology context - associations, societies, universities, research centres, research programmes, etc.

If you are interested in participating, please register for the International Cogress and then confirm attendance to: cooperacio@uoc.edu, indicating "Introduction to Conflictology Seminar".

For information about the Open University of Catalonia’s Post Graduate programmes in the area of Humanitarian Cooperation, Peace and Sustainability:
http://www.uoc.edu/masters/esp/cooperacion/cooperacion.html