For more than a decade the Centre for Conflict Resolution has been at the forefront of developing new ideas about conflict resolution mediation peacekeeping and peacebuilding. It has developed an international reputation for the practical application of these ideas in war zones and communities riven by conflicts, most notably in Bosnia, Northern Ireland, Kosovo and Sri Lanka. This has involved working with warring parties, government agencies, NGOs, regional and international organisations, together with the civilian communities caught up in these conflicts.
In areas of conflict across the world the Centre addresses critical needs in the following areas:
"Bradford's Centre for Conflict Resolution has a worldwide reputation for its research and practice in supporting peace processes in many of the world's trouble spots" - John Hume, Nobel Peace Prize winner 1998.
CCR staff have research and teaching expertise in the following areas:
The approach of the Centre is to contribute to the development of theories, models and practices of conflict resolution and peace education which assist with the transformation deeply rooted and resistant cultures of violence into cultures of peace.