Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI)

TAPRI is a multidisciplinary and international research centre whose mission is to conduct high quality research on the causes of war, on non-violent resolution of conflicts, and on conditions for peace. The focus of TAPRI’s research is peaceful change. TAPRI research areas deal with problems caused by structural violence both within and between states, conflict management and conflict resolution including peace and mediation processes as well as post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation.

TAPRI offers as the only unit in Finland MA and PhD degrees in peace and conflict research. TAPRI was granted the right to award doctoral degrees in peace and conflict studies in 2012 with the first degree being attained in 2014. Since 2012, TAPRI has been running its very own internationally top-ranked Master’s Degree Programme in Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research (PEACE) with students attending from all over the world and with a variety of different academic backgrounds.