Overview

What’s in a name?

Pax Ludens means ‘playing peace’. The human potential for play and the human potential for peace are at the heart of our training philosophy.

Pax Ludens is a not for profit organisation which provides training in international conflict and crisis management for public, private, academic and corporate clients. Our training challenges participants to explore and test their assumptions about a conflict situation and to propose creative, peaceful strategies for its resolution.

A team composed of professionals from the fields of education, international relations, internet & communication technologies, and conflict resolution, tailor-designs each training and guides participants throughout its preparation, execution and debriefing phases.
To complement its expertise and methodologies, Pax Ludens has designed software (interACT©) which enables us to create an innovative learning environment allowing for extensive analysis and evaluation.

Co-founder Dr. Leonard Suransky has been at the forefront of simulation methodology since the 1960s and has been implementing training events all over the world ever since. His training have focused on, among other cases: the Arab-Israeli conflict, Cyprus, Southern African Development Community (SADC) Regional Politics, US-African Trade Agreements, Sri Lanka, Energy Security Challenge, Bio Terrorism, Maritime Security, the Lockerbie Case, the DR Congo conflict, and the Johannesburg Conference on Sustainable Development and North/South Economic Relations. This same methodology is now being used in numerous universities worldwide.

Contact:

Zeestraat 100
2518 AD the Hague
The Netherlands
info@paxludens.org

PUBLICATIONS:

  • International Conflict Management “Analysis & Intervention” Training Manual. Clingendael Institute & Pax Ludens. 2005 Mans_&_Shimshon_conflict_resolution_manual.
  • Babysitting or birdwatching, creative learning in conflict resolution. Mans, Shimshon & Suransky. ISAGA2007.

 

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