Student Experience

Workshop in Applied Peacebuilding

Every spring, MSGA students learn what it takes to do field-based peacebuilding work. Students, paired with leading peacebuilding, development and humanitarian organizations, develop peacebuilding projects during the semester and travel to the field to implement their projects as graduate student consultants during the summer.

Their experiences in the field not only prepare students for future employment, but also aim to increase peacebuilding capacity in the communities and organizations they work with.

CGA alum Dalia Amin reflects on her experience as a Graduate Student Consultant with the University of Dohuk in Iraq as part of the Workshop in Applied Peacebuilding.

Lili Nikolova ('13) reflects on her experience as a Graduate Student Consultant with Search for Common Ground in Colombo, Sri Lanka as part of the Workshop in Applied Peacebuilding.

Sara Canals ('16) reflects on her experience as a Graduate Student Consultant with International Peace Parks Expeditions in Costa Rica as part of the Workshop in Applied Peacebuilding.