Nonviolent Conflict Transformation

Fachseminar "Nonviolent Conflict Transformation" (englischsprachig)

Ziele
Participants are able

• to understand the approach of nonviolent conflict transformation
• to identify and understand the need for nonviolent action to confront injustices
• to gain an overview of the wide range of nonviolent means

Peace work is often associated with “classic” peacemaking approaches like negotiations and mediation. Such methods can lead to sustainable solutions and a deescalation of conflict. However, in order for them to be successful, there has to be a certain degree of power balance between parties and awareness for the root causes of conflict. To create such preconditions, nonviolent direct action can be a tool to raise awareness, mobilise people and confront injustice.

The training addresses people who are or want to become peace or movement workers. Participants will study the basic concepts of nonviolent conflict transformation based on Diana Francis, including definitions of violence and peace as well as means of nonviolent action as described by Gene Sharp and others.

Datum
05.–09.10.2026

Trainer*innen
Jochen Neumann
is a practitioner and trainer in nonviolent conflict transformation. Currently he is coordinating a campaign to promote Social Defense. Before being director of KURVE Wustrow for some 20 years, he worked on mediation and reconciliation in South Africa and implemented Do No Harm at a human rights organisation.

Laura Weber
is a trainer in nonviolent conflict transformation and leadership skills for youth. She was a peace-building coordinator at KURVE Wustrow for six years, working with partner organisations in Nepal and Sri Lanka. Now she is working at the Federation of Social Defense with LOVE-Storm, a project that is fighting online hate speech. 

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