The Centre for Mediation in Africa (CMA) at the University of Pretoria, the Global South Unit for Mediation (GSUM) at the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, and swisspeace in Berne will jointly host an academic conference on international mediation at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. The conference is planned for 2-4 June, 2015.

The Conference aims to deepen understanding of contemporary international mediation and contribute to more effective mediation in practice.

Proposals for papers are invited on the following themes:

• Mediation as the management of complexity
• Mediation, culture and religion
• Mediation and the challenge of international norms

For more information, see the Concept Note.   

If you wish to present a paper at the Conference, please inform the organisers of your intent and the topic of your paper before 31 March 2015. The papers have to be relevant to the themes of the conference and
conform to academic standards. The organisers retain the right to limit papers to those with a demonstrable relevance to the topic.

The deadline for submission of papers is 13 May 2015.

Submissions should be sent to [email protected].