About ICPB 2023

We are pleased to invite you to a multidisciplinary “International Conference on Peace Building: Policies, Research, and Strategies ” on March 15-16, 2023. The conference is primarily being organized to invite international and national ' experts, social scientists, researchers, and policy makers at the platform of COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore campus to share their views and research, to plan strategies and policies for promotion of peace. This conference is designed to promote peace building by encouraging multi-disciplinary research, education and training from social sciences disciplines including psychology, sociology, political science, international relations, history, religious studies, language, literature, applied linguistics, law, media and communication etc. This would address issues on peace and tolerance and violent and non-violent conflicts resolution; and the experts will brainstorm ideas about how to promote peace in society and prevent violence and destructive conflicts.
It would indeed be an honor for us to engage researchers from your department in this multidisciplinary conference. Kindly disseminate this information among your colleagues, fellow researchers and scholars. You are requested to send your abstracts not later than 6th January, 2023. The abstracts of empirical research (quantitative and qualitative) and conceptual papers related to themes given below.

Peace Psychology

  • Peace Building in the 21st Century
  • Role of Psychology in Peace Building
  • Psychology, Peace Education & Pedagogies
  • Nonviolent Approaches to Peace Building
  • Emotional, Behavioral, & Social Control in Peace
  • Diversity, Extremism, & Tolerance
  • Conflict Resolution: Theoretical & Practical Issues
  • Psychological Aspects of Cooperation, Competition & Conflict
  • Violence, Aggression, & Child Abuse
  • Neuropsychology of Peace, Conflict & Violence
  • Peace of Mind, Mental Health, & Suicide Prevention
  • Psychiatric Perspectives on Abuse & Violence
  • Youth Perspectives on Peace Building
  • Globalism & Structural Violence
  • Violence in Special Groups
  • Social Psychology of Violence
  • Role of Psychologists in Peace Promotion through Social Media
  • Human Rights: Laws & Policies
  • Social Inequalities, Criminology, & Pursuit of Social Justice

Role of Media in Peace Building

  • Media in Conflict Management
  • Media in Interfaith Harmony
  • Tolerance through Media in Society
  • Media's Practices in Peace Building Process in Society
  • Diversity, Media & Peace Building
  • Political Polarization and Peace Building Behavior of Conventional Media
  • Media and Conflict Resolution
  • Information Warfare: The Role of Social Media in Conflict
  • Decolonizing Peace Journalism: The Case of War on Terror in Pakistan
  • Journalism Codes of Ethics in Times of War

Religion and Peace Building

  • Religion, Peace, & Mental Health
  • Interfaith Harmony & Peace
  • Religious Guidance in Peace Building
  • Religious Minorities, Dialogue, & Peace

Language and Literature on Peace

  • Literary Approaches to Peace Promotion
  • Manifestation of Peace in War Literature
  • Representation of Violence in Popular Literature
  • Linguistic Skills in Conflict Resolution & Peace Making