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Partners in Peacebuilding
Learn more about the Delaware County Homicide Database, an online dashboard and interactive map, developed by students, staff and faculty and launched in Fall 2021.
At levels from the interpersonal to the global, the Peace and Conflict Studies Department at Swarthmore College provides opportunities to study conflict and peacemaking in many forms.
The Department's multidisciplinary curriculum examines the causes, practices, and consequences of violence as well as peaceful or nonviolent methods of conflict management, resolution,and transformation. Students explore many factors shaping human conflict, including the psychological,social, cultural, political, economic, biological, religious, and historical.
The Peace and Conflict Studies Department draws courses from a range of social science and humanities departments at Swarthmore and the other campuses of the Tri-College consortium. Students may declare a major or minor in peace and conflict studies.
Learn more about the Delaware County Homicide Database, an online dashboard and interactive map, developed by students, staff and faculty and launched in Fall 2021.
The Global Nonviolent Action Database is an online electronic database of hundreds of nonviolent action campaigns.
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection offers a rich collection of primary & secondary materials related to peace organizations, nonviolence, disarmament, and conflict resolution.
The Friends Historical Library documents the history and concerns of the Society of Friends (Quakers) from the 17th century to the present.
Explore the Delaware County Homicide Database, a tool created by students, staff, and faculty via our program's “Gun Violence Prevention” class, to help community members, advocates, and policymakers learn more about gun-related and other homicides in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.