LUC agreement with UN University for Peace

LUC The Hague is delighted and proud to announce the completion of an agreement with UPEACE and the Alliance for Peace.  Recognizing the synergies between the missions of the institutions, this agreement will enable each party to develop new collaborative teaching and research capacities in the area of Peace & Conflict Studies.

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On 26 June 2012, the dean of LUC The Hague, the rector of the UN-mandated University for Peace (UPEACE), and the chairman of the UPEACE Alliance signed a Memorandum of Understanding that allows for the joint development of educational programmes.  In the first instance, the agreement enables LUC to offer a new track in Peace & Conflict Studies in its innovative BA programme, in cooperation with the new UPEACE Centre in The Hague, based in the Peace Palace.

Chris Goto-Jones (LUC), John Maresca (UPEACE), Marius Enthoven (Alliance)

Signing the MoU in LUC's boardroom

In the future, the main UPEACE campus in Costa Rica and LUC The Hague will also work towards the development of collaborative programmes at the graduate level.  The two institutions signed a separate agreement with that intent, and we should look forward to seeing developments in this area soon.

Chris Goto-Jones (LUC) and John Maresca (UPEACE) complete the agreement

DAI Triumph!

Building on the success of last year’s poster conference, emerging out of the core course, Designing Academic Inquiry, this year’s students did a fantastic job of raising the bar even higher.Whilst last year’s conference focussed on issues of direct relevance to the city of The Hague itself (+Public transportation +Healthcare +Recycling and waste management +Sporting and leisure facilities +Museums and cultural provisions +Parks and open public spaces), this year’s took a broader, global perspective on questions of environmental sustainability.




Building on the success of last year’s poster conference, emerging out of the core course, Designing Academic Inquiry, this year’s students did a fantastic job of raising the bar even higher.Whilst last year’s conference focussed on issues of direct relevance to the city of The Hague itself (+Public transportation +Healthcare +Recycling and waste management +Sporting and leisure facilities +Museums and cultural provisions +Parks and open public spaces), this year’s took a broader, global perspective on questions of environmental sustainability.




A very effective device on this poster was the use of a mirror in the screen of a laptop, to suggest that the audience was always and already a participant in the issue.




Other groups tackled more familiar materials, such as cotton, copper, water, rubber and wood, albeit with equally provocative and powerful messages.




In the end, as last year, our poster conference was honoured by the presence of the alderman for education of the city of The Hague, Ingrid van Engelshoven, who answered questions about the various ways in which the city is committed to environmental sustainability, and she asked LUC to prepare some policy recommendations for the city based on the work done for this conference.





Many congratulations to all the students and staff involved in making this second Designing Academic Inquiry poster conference such a success.  As last year, it was extremely impressive to see what students can achieve even after such a short period at LUC.



With admiration,
Chris (the dean)