Abstract

This chapter addresses the “two faces” of higher education—the negative and positive contributions that the sector can make to conflict and peacebuilding. It begins by analysing the role of higher education in conflict causation, utilising the simplifying framework of “greed versus grievance”. It then considers the role of higher education in stabilisation of conflict-affected societies through the absorptive capacity of the sector, Disarmament, Demobilisation, and Reintegration (DDR) processes and Security Sector Reform (SSR). It then analyses the role of higher education in peacebuilding in terms of the teaching, research, and service missions of higher education in addition to issues of identity, conflict transformation, equity, social justice, and transitional justice.

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