25th IPRA CONFERENCE GENERAL CALL FOR PAPERS

25th IPRA GENERAL CONFERENCE on the OCCASION of 50th ANNIVERSARY of IPRA

Uniting for Peace: Building Sustainable Peace Through Universal Values

in cooperation with Sakarya University ISTANBUL, TURKEY August 10-14 2014

During the Cold War, ideological confrontations and inter-state conflicts were seen as most dangerous threats against peace and security, and with the end of the Cold War, it was expected that all these threats would disappear. Unfortunately, however, the end of the Cold War witnessed the emergence of new conflict patterns and the world faced new global challenges, new security threats. Since the end of the Cold War, the world has been going through a series of interrelated intra-state conflicts rather than inter-state conflicts. New generation threats for peace and security and conflicts appeared immediately as intra-state conflicts with ethnic conflict in the Balkans, political turmoil in Caucasus, Central Asia, Middle East and recently with the emergence of protests and search for better democracy and peace as in Northern Africa countries. According to the 1994 UNDP human development report, the seven dimensions of human security are economic security, food security, health security, environmental security, personal security, community security and political security. However, with the emergence of new security threats and new generation conflict patterns across the globe, human rights, human security, humanitarian intervention, democracy, prosperity and peace building initiative have become new values and policies both for states and international organizations. All these are post-Cold War concepts that are inter- related and overlapping, and when they are undermined, sustainable peace cannot be established. As we observed from the beginning of history that conflict potential and conflicts are inevitable and will be available forever, only the conflict patterns can change. If so, we need to learn to which extent intra-state conflicts can be managed properly and to which extent conflict escalation across national frontiers, and also their escalation into violence, can be prevented. However, there are mistakes as well as success stories as regards to how states and International/regional organizations manage and / or prevent inter-state and intra-state issues / conflicts. It is in the context of further contributing to the scholarly debates involving post Cold War political ideology, geopolitics, international and regional cooperation in efforts to resolve or prevent the

growing intra-state and cross-border conflicts that IPRA has decided to be the focus of the 25th IPRA General Conference to be organized on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of IPRA and hosted by the Sakarya University in Istanbul, TURKEY, between August 10-14 2014. On the 50 th Anniversary of IPRA, the venue of 25th IPRA General Conference is significant and timely since Turkey is in the middle of three continents and also currently surrounded by conflict zones in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel-Palestine etc . Also, Istanbul is a link between Europe and Asia. We welcome paper, poster and panel proposals from all peace researchers related to the following IPRA Commissions. Interested participants have the option of suggesting new panels or sessions. IPRA COMMISSIONS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Art and Peace Commission Conflict Resolution and Peace Building Commission Development and Peace Commission Eastern Europe Commission Ecology and Peace Commission (EPC) Forced Migration Commission Gender and Peace Commission Global Political Economy Commission Indigenous Peoples' Rights Commission Internal Conflicts Commission International Human Rights Commission Nonviolence Commission Peace Culture and Communications Commission Peace Education Commission Peace History Commission Peace Journalism Commission Peace Movements Commission Peace Negotiations and Mediation Commission Peace Theories Commission Reconciliation and Transitional Justice Commission

21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

Religion and Peace Commission Security and Disarmament Commission Sport and Peace Commission Youth and Peace Commission Peace Tourism Commission

Submission of Abstracts: For submitting an paper / poster / panel proposal, please download the APPLICATION FORM, fill it and send it to ipra2014@iprapeace.org Important Dates December 15th, 2013 January 30th, 2014 from March 20th 2014 July 1st, 2014 August 10-14th, 2014 Deadline for Submission of the Paper / Poster / Panel Proposals Notification of Accepted Proposals Registration Period Submission of Full Papers Conference Dates

Participation fees are as follows:

Registration Status Early bird registration between March 20-April 20 2014 IPRA members from OECD countries
2

Registration between April 20-May 20 2014 225 USD 275 USD 125 USD 175 USD

Registration after May 20 2014 250 USD 300 USD 150 USD 200 USD

200 USD 250 USD

1

Non-members from OECD countries 2 IPRA members from non-OECD countries / Student

100 USD 150 USD

Non-members from non-OECD countries / Student 1

1 Anyone wishing to register as a student must send a copy of their Student Card or a letter from their head of
department to ipra2014@iprapeace.org by registration date. If you fail to do so by this date, you will be invoiced for the additional amount as above.

2 Resident country (working place) of participants will be accepted as country of origin for the payment of
participation fee as of OECD or non-OECD country..

Registration: Registration will be open by March 20th 2014. Participation fee will be paid during registration.

Participation fee includes : Admission to the Opening Ceremony Admission to the plenary sessions Admission to the sessions Conference bag A printed copy of the conference program Coffee breaks A CD-Rom copy of the conference proceedings Welcome and Farewell receptions

Please make your payment via bank transfer ( credit card or pay pal ) ONLY to the bank account . Bank account will be announce on the conference page and send a copy of payment slip to ipra2014@iprapeace.org
Accommodation (not included in the fees) Accomodation details will be announced on the webpage. Transportation : Transportation details to and from Atatrk International Airport and Sabiha Gken Airport will be announced on the webpage and to all accepted and registered participants. Conference will be held in European part of the Istanbul City, so nearest airport is the Atatrk International Airport. Program: Conference program and also further information on the conference will be published in due time on the web page www.iprapeace.org Sincerely

Conference Coordinators: Dr. Nesrin Kenar, co- Secretary General - IPRA Sakarya University, Turkey secretary-general@iprapeace.org Dr. Ibrahim Seaga Shaw, co- Secretary General - IPRA Northumbria University, UK secretary-general@iprapeace.org Conference Secretariat: Dr. Asena Boztas Sakarya University, Turkey ipra2014@iprapeace.org