DOCTORATE IN PEACE ADMINISTRATION
DOCTORS LEADERS FOR PEACE
ECONOMY AND FINANCE (ECF)
SOCIOLOGY AND RELIGION (SER)
SCIENCES (SCI)
PSYCHOLOGY AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR (PCH)
PEDAGOGY AND COMMUNICATION (PEC)
ECONOMY AND FINANCE (ECF)
Strategic processes and complexity management (ECF-S1)
Date : May 2002
Description : History of strategic thought. Diagnosis and strategic planning. Economic and socio-political strategies. Decision processes in times of complexity and uncertainty. Rules of strategy for groups and developing countries through globalization and complexity. Chaos and dynamic systems theories applied to economy and finance.
Format : Course, discussions, case study
Requirements : Student participation, case study
Prerequisite : none
Materials : Articles, cases, bibliography
Corporate strategy in the era of globalization (ECF-I2)
Date : December 2002
Description : Globalization and internationalization issues in economy and finance. Impact on firms and non profit organization strategies. Criticism and future of globalization in the development of the emergent countries. Rules of globalization in new phases of the « world economy ».
Format : E-learning, Internet, CD-Rom
Requirements : Critical study of the supports, case study
Prerequisite : ECF-S1
Materials : books or texts selected from the reading list
The new economy and its rules (ECF-I3)
Date : September 2003
Description : Rules of the game in the new economy. Economy and information technology (e-business, e-learning, etc). New economy and intangible management, communication management, knowledge management and economy of services. New channels of trade and distribution.
Format : E-learning, Internet, CD-Rom
Requirements : Critical study of the supports, case study
Prerequisite : ECF-S1, ECF-I2
Materials : books or texts selected from the reading list
International finance (ECF-I4)
Date : February 2003
Description : Introduction to usual tools and new tools of international finance. Banking system and stock exchange. Financial firms’ strategies, offshore banking, hedge funds, etc. Role of international institutions : IMF, ECB, FED, World Bank. Financing in the new economy, Financial networks and IT. International finance and excessive debts. Financial risk and peace.
Format : E-learning, Internet, CD-Rom
Requirements : Critical study of the supports, case study
Prerequisite : none
Materials : books or texts selected from the reading list
International tax and business law (ECF-I5)
Date : January 2003
Description : Comparative study of different international law systems : treaties. criminal, civil and tax policies in the major countries. Fraud, corruption and laundering policies. Organizations and international courts. International organization laws : NGO, OSCD, UN. Driving code for Internet companies. Human rights and children’s rights declaration. Law and peace.
Format : E-learning, Internet, CD-Rom
Requirements : Critical study of the supports, case study
Prerequisite : none
Materials : books or texts selected from the reading list
Development issues : advanced and developing countries (ECF-I6)
Date : February 2004
Description : Development issues : cycles and theories. Development crisis and management. International actions for development. Rule of BIRD, IMF, OECD, CNUCED. The world since Lomé agreement. Development and peace.
Format : E-learning, Internet, CD-Rom
Requirements : Critical study of the supports, case study
Prerequisite : ECF-S1, ECF-I2
Materials : books or texts selected from the reading list or by the candidate
SOCIOLOGY AND RELIGION (SER)
Population and inhabitant control in the world, future of the family (SER-I1)
Date : November 2002
Description : Study of the demographic theories. Demography transition. Impact of demography applied to state and family policies. Populations and balance of power between states. Political implications. Population management and inhabitant control.
Format : E-learning, Internet, CD-Rom
Requirements : Critical study of the supports, case study
Prerequisite : none
Materials : books or texts selected from the reading list
Urbanization and territoriality (SER-I2)
Date : July 2003
Description : Urbanization and territoriality. Psychology of urban, residential, and natural environment. Human behaviors and territoriality. Territoriality, culture, and spirituality. Crowding and urbanization management. Privacy and more habitable environments. Peace promotion and environmental design.
Format : E-learning, Internet, CD-Rom
Requirements : Critical study of the supports, case study
Prerequisite : none
Materials : books or texts selected from the reading list
Essential of major religions in the world (SER-I3)
Date : May 2002
Description : Essentials and main comparative aspects of major religions in the world : Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Taoism and Confucianism, Zoroastrianism. Organization and structures of the major religions in the world. Historical perpspectives and forthcoming trends. Religion, fundamentalism, and sectarianism.
Format : E-learning, Internet, CD-Rom
Requirements : Critical study of the supports, case study
Prerequisite : none
Materials : books or texts selected from the reading list or by the candidate
Religions and philosophies : ethics of peace and non-violence (SER-S4)
Date : October 2002
Description : Major religions and philosophies and topics of peace and ethics of non-violence. Theories of non-violence, philosophy of non-violence of the United Nations. Strategies of non-violence, historical figures of non-violence. Role of the Leaders Without Borders as agents of non-violence in the world.
Format : Course, discussions, case study
Requirements : Student participation, case study
Prerequisite : SER-I3
Materials : Articles, cases, bibliography
Political philosophy and common good (SER-I5)
Date : October 2002
Description : Political philosophy and perspectives across the ages and in the present. Common good and political philosophy. Individual, community interests and common good. Notion of common good, specific cultural contexts, and relativism. Peace promotion and common good.
Format : E-learning, Internet, CD-Rom
Requirements : Critical study of the supports, case study
Prerequisite : none
Materials : books or texts selected from the reading list
Underlying causes of conflicts (SER-I6)
Date : March 2004
Description : Understanding causes of conflicts to prevent and manage conflicts - Structural causes of conflicts : economic, ethnical, religious, etc. Conflicts and micro-states - Dereglementation of legal violence - Sociocultural instability - Terrorism and new forms of violence - Implication of Leaders Without Borders.
Format : E-learning, Internet, CD-Rom
Requirements : Critical study of the supports, specific research dealing with candidate’s country
Prerequisite : first 5 quarters
Materials : books or texts selected from the reading list or by the candidate
World governance (SER-I7)
Date : January 2004
Description : UN and world governance. New international order since the end of the cold war. De facto governance and "world companies". World governance and developing countries. Corporate governance. Role of Leaders Without Borders, chamber of equivalence of the diploma. Knowledge, IT dominations and world governance.
Format : E-learning, Internet, CD-Rom
Requirements : Critical study of the supports, case studies
Prerequisite : ECF
Materials : books or texts selected from the reading list
SCIENCES (SCI)
Ecological economics and environment technology (SCI-I1)
Date : April 2004
Description : Ecological economy and environment technology. Eco-ecology and eco-solidarity - Natural resources management ( water, air ). Waste management and reprocessing - Ecological interdependance. International trade and environment. Environment and sustainable development. Ecological international laws and diplomacy. Eco-movement.
Format : E-learning, Internet, CD-Rom
Requirements : Critical study of supports, specific research dealing with candidate’s country
Prerequisite : None
Materials : books or texts selected from the reading list or by the candidate
Information Technologies, opportunities and risks (SCI-I2)
Date : July 2002
Description : Information technology tools and ongoing transmutation of IT - IT as educational and development supports - IT as means of manipulation and disinformation - Multimedia and internet - IT and development issues - Technological international transfers - Expansion of continuous information and power of images. IT and peace management.
Format : E-learning, Internet, CD-Rom
Requirements : Critical study of the supports, case study
Prerequisite : none
Materials : books or texts selected from the reading list
Molecular biology and post-genome era (SCI-I4)
Date : March 2003
Description : Future of molecular biology - Genetic engineering and ethical problems - Genome and post genome areas - Molecular biology and epidemic prevention - Managing and mastering genetic tools - International laws and genetics.
Format : E-learning, Internet, CD-Rom
Requirements : Critical study of the supports, case study
Prerequisite : none
Materials : books or texts selected from the reading list.
Biodiversity and nutritional programs (SCI-S5)
Date : December 2003
Description : Reason and management of biodiversity - Management of natural resources ; FAO , UNDP. Northern-Southern imbalance - Nutrition in developing countries – MGO and nutritional risk. MGO and nutrition in developing countries - biodiveristy programs - Nutrition issues and peace promotion.
Format : Course, discussions, case study
Requirements : Student participation, case study
Prerequisite : none
Materials : Articles, cases, bibliography
Monitoring technological development (SCI-I6)
Date : August 2003
Description : Political , financial and technological intelligence - Intelligence in the Internet Age, methodologies and tools of intelligence - Military intelligence - Risk management, political risk and intelligence - Industrial , economical and financial espionage - IT , security and risk management - Intelligence and peace promotion.
Format : E-learning, Internet, CD-Rom
Requirements : Critical study of the supports, case study
Prerequisite : ECF1, SCI-I2
Materials : Internet, books or texts selected from the reading list.
PSYCHOLOGY AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR (PCH)
Negotiation and mediation processes (PCH-I1)
Date : April 2003
Description : Negotiation processes and methodologies - Discourse management - Negotiation and mediation strategies in conflict resolution. Understanding actors and stages of negotiation process, advanced negotiation. Different styles and strategies of conflict management – Negotiation, prevention of crisis and conflict, and promotion of peace culture.
Format : E-learning, Internet, CD-Rom
Requirements : Critical study of the supports, case study
Prerequisite : none
Materials : books or texts selected from the reading list.
Inter-religious and inter-cultural management (PCH-S2)
Date : June 2003
Description : Specificity of management situations in inter-cultural and inter-religious context. Managing personal behavioral strategies in multi-cultural context. Behavior of multi-cultural groups. Methodologies, problem solving and decision making in heterogeneous context. Managing and mastering differences and promotion of peace culture.
Format : E-learning, Internet, CD-Rom
Requirements : Critical study of the supports, case study
Prerequisite : SER-I3, SER-S4
Materials : books or texts selected from the reading list.
International negotiations (PCH-I3)
Date : September 2003
Description : International diplomacy and history of the international relations. Ongoing trends in the current world. Strategic debates and treaties on disarmament and new paradigms of defense. Strategies and structure of inland negotiations, major actors and minorities. New issues, populations of refugees and undocumented populations. Right of asylum and status of refugees.
Format : E-learning, Internet, CD-Rom
Requirements : Critical study of supports, specific research dealing with candidate’s country
Prerequisite : PCH-I1, PCH-S2
Materials : Internet, books or texts selected from the reading list or by the candidate
Bases of human psychology (PCH-I4)
Date : August 2002
Description : Main authors and thoughts in human psychology. Primary causes of action and thought. Philosophy of action and bases of human values. Scientific, philosophical and religious knowledge, personal experience and intuition: how we perceive reality.
Format : E-learning, Internet, CD-Rom
Requirements : Critical study of the supports, case study
Prerequisite : none
Materials : Internet, books or texts selected from the reading list
Spirituality and human behaviors (PCH-S5)
Date : September 2003
Description : Human nature and spirituality. Spirituality and individual/group behaviors attitudes. Anthropological and ontological approaches to spirituality.
Format : Course, discussions, case study
Requirements : Student participation, case study
Prerequisite : SER-I3, SER-S4
Materials : Articles, cases, bibliography
Resolving conflicts in " ISM " (PCH-I6)
Date : May 2004
Description : Sociological and political study of particularisms at the age of universalization (regionalism, nationalism, ethnocentrism, racism, fundamentalism, etc). Evolution, nature, and level of the current dialogue between the various human groups. Tools and methodologies of dialogue to face universalization phenomenon and increasing coexistence of communities of different cultures.
Format : E-learning, Internet, CD-Rom
Requirements : Critical study of supports, specific research dealing with candidate’s country
Prerequisite : Full program
Materials : books or texts selected from the reading list or by the candidate
Lobbying and intercultural environment (PCH-I7)
Date : April 2003
Description : Lobbying : rules and context, means and tools - History and development of lobbying phenomena - Managing and mastering intercultural situation of lobbying - Main localizations of lobbying ( UN, EU, etc. ) - Risk and manipulation -Lobbying activities and promotion of peace around the world.
Format : E-learning, Internet, CD-Rom
Requirements : Critical study of supports, specific research dealing with candidate’s country
Prerequisite : None
Materials : Internet, books or texts selected from the reading list or by the candidate
PEDAGOGIE AND COMMUNICATION (PEC)
Personal communication (PEC-I1)
Date : June 2003
Description : Philosophy and anthropology of personal communication. Techniques of communication and strategy of image. Recognition and development of leadership. Strategies of communication adapted to conflict situations.
Format : E-learning, Internet, CD-Rom
Requirements : Critical study of the supports, case study
Prerequisite : none
Materials : Internet, books or texts selected from the reading list.
Communication strategy for peace and conflict times (PEC-I2)
Date : October 2003
Description : Knowledge and comprehension of media organization and operations and control of the relationships with media. Designing communication strategies adapted to message contents and media channels. Mastering different media supports: TV, radio, Internet, writing press, etc.
Format : E-learning, Internet, CD-Rom
Requirements : Critical study of supports, specific research dealing with candidate’s country
Prerequisite : PEC-I1
Materials : Internet, books or texts selected from the reading list or by the candidate
Educational techniques and new pedagogic materials (PEC-I3)
Date : May 2003
Description : New pedagogical tools and techniques. Evolution of pedagogical approaches; multimedia, Internet, CD Rom. Knowledge transmission and new pedagogical tools. Knowledge management, simulation and micro- world.
Format : E-learning, Internet, CD-Rom
Requirements : Critical study of the supports, case study
Prerequisite : none
Materials : Internet, books or texts selected from the reading list