Conflict Transformation and Peace Studies - 127 - Master’s Year 2

Program Year

Obligatoire - 27 ECTS

  • Data, risks and conflicts, Risk Management ?
  • Foreign language
  • Humanitarian Logistics - Logistique humanitaire
  • Négociation - Negotiation
  • State Building - Construction de l'Etat
  • Gestion des crises - Crisis Management
  • Séminaires professionnels - Professional Seminars
  • Early warning systems - Système d'alerte précoce
  • Modelling strategic behaviour

Optionnel - 3 ECTS

  • Comparative politics - Politique comparée
  • Research Methods - Méthodes de recherche
  • SPOC SIGMA - Managing ODD

Obligatoire - 18 ECTS

  • Advanced Decision Analysis, Game Theory - Modèles Décisionnels Avancés : participation et polarisation
  • Enjeux justice transitionnelle - Transitional Justice
  • Les crises environnementales au XXIè siècle - Environmental Crises in the XXIst Centuries
  • Stage/mémoire - Internship/Thesis

Optionnel - 12 ECTS

  • Microfinance
  • Economie des migrations internationales
  • Traitement juridique des conflits armés - Judicial Treatment of Armed Conflicts
  • Genre, conflits armés, post conflit - Gender, Armed Conflicts and Post-Conflict Situations
  • Political Economy of Civil Wars
  • Project management in Tensed Political Contexts. Ethics and Methodology - Gérer un projet en terrain difficile. Éthique, savoir-être et méthodologie
  • SEMINAIRE PSL 1
  • SEMINAIRE PSL 2
  • SEMINAIRE PSL 3

Academic Training Year 2024 - 2025 - subject to modification


Teaching Modalities

This track consists of 394 hours of classes taken between the months of September and June. 50% of courses are taught in English.

Students spend the first semester (S3) taking courses and the second semester (S4) doing an internship and writing their thesis.

For the internship, students must prepare a report consisting of (a) an account of what they did during the internship and how it went, (b) an in-depth exploration of a topic that interested them during the internship.
For the thesis, students consult with their advisor to design a research project that pertains to the disciplines and subjects they have explored over the course of their Master’s degree.


Internships and Supervised Projects

The program is connected to a network of organizations, NGOs, administrations, and businesses that offer internship opportunities to students. Students are also encouraged to seek out their own internship opportunities. The six-month internship is full-time and normally takes place between April and October so that it is completed before theses are defended in late October and before the graduation ceremony in late November.