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Energy
Petroleum
Worldwide we need 44 supertankers of oil every day. But in many countries the peak of oil production is reached. Oil is becoming scarce and expensive.
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Energy
Renewable Energies
Renewable energies from wind, sun, water, biomass, biogas and geothermal energy are rapidly growing. Will they be able to replace petroleum, petroleum gas, coal and uranium?
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Peace
Peace Studies
Peace studies consist of a loose international network of people who reject war, terror and torture and search for peaceful resolutions to conflicts.
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Peace
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the US led largest military alliance of the world, has the official mission to promote peace and democracy. Has NATO betrayed its own values?
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Peace
Terror
Peace Studies ask: Who profits from terrorist attacks? Who are the people pulling the strings? Why is it so difficult to trace terrorist attacks?
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Peace
Resource Wars
The global fight for petroleum has cost thousands of lives in Iraq and other countries. Peace Research wants to point towards alternatives to this.
«We all carry our moral standards within us, only too few ever really look for them. Maybe this is because these are the harshest standards.»
Sophie Scholl
Partners in Research
«Wars on scarce resources are regrettably prevailing.»
Prof. Ueli Mäder
Institute of Sociology, University of Basel
«Energy and Peace are connected.»
Current Study
Europa im Erdölrausch - Die Folgen einer gefährlichen Abhängigkeit
Public Talks
Der globale Kampf ums Erdöl: Warum wir die Energiewende brauchen
25.04.2013 16:30 Uhr
Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG, Klosterstrasse 20, CH-8406 Winterthur
Further education
Conflict analysis und resolution
Extra-occupational post-graduate program at the University of Basel.
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