The Conflict Transformation Across Cultures (CONTACT) program brings together people from around the world in a multicultural setting to develop and improve their skills in peacebuilding and conflict transformation. Participants join an alumni network that includes over 1,000 peacebuilders from Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. The CONTACT program facilitates online sharing within and between cohorts so that discussions, professional development, and networking among peers may continue after the program’s completion. CONTACT facilitates programs in Kathmandu, Nepal; Brattleboro, Vermont, USA; and an online Graduate Certificate in Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding.

The Masters of Arts in Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding is designed to engage current and future peacebuilders in the tasks of conflict prevention, intervention, and healing within their own communities and as third-party consultants. The program focuses on SIT’s strengths in human relations and multicultural competence; in working with the nongovernmental organization (NGO) sector; in hands-on, pragmatic pedagogy; and in field-based practicum experience. The program encourages and models values needed for transformation in individuals, in relationships among parties in conflict, and in the local and global structures in which conflict is embedded.

CONTACT Program Director:
Bruce W. Dayton, PhD
bruce.dayton@sit.edu
802-258-3313

MA in CT Degree Chair:
John Ungerleider
john.ungerleider@sit.edu
802-258-3334