ConDev offers Student Media Grants, which, with funding from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, empower students from around the world to highlight issues facing fragile and conflict-affected areas of the world through original, compelling photojournalism.
Learn more...Internships
ConDev interns are challenged to go above and beyond what is expected of average students, and we have sent interns and recent graduates around the world to conduct research and gain international exposure. We also help place interns at USAID’s Headquarters in Washington, DC. Internships are advertised through our social media networks.
ConDev also works with The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M to implement “Capstone Courses.” Through this concerted effort, graduate students collaborate with Program personnel to conduct research related to conflict and development around the world and share results with key decision-makers. Learn more...
In addition to offering Capstone Courses to Bush School students, ConDev faculty and staff teach courses at Texas A&M University such as “Economics of Foreign Intervention, Conflict and Development” and “Food Security, Climate and Conflict.” These classes focus on real-world applications and welcome guest speakers with pertinent backgrounds as well as ConDev researchers to visit and interact with students. Learn more...
ConDev encourages its students and interns to pursue conflict-related research on a variety of topics affecting fragile and vulnerable societies around the world, such as school violence, conflict-resistant food systems, crime and violence prevention systems, etc. Learn more...
The Program has supported Student Innovators for Development through innovative workshops and courses, during which students engineered solutions for real-world clients ranging from NGOs and private-sector professionals to Botswanan farmers. Learn more...
Over 60 Texas A&M University students had an opportunity to lead Play for Peace® activities for kids in rural schools and villages in Guatemala. Aggies learned Play for Peace methodologies and then led collaborative games with Mayan kids, helping them learn about teamwork, inclusion and peace. Practice Peace Sessions led by a local expert included dialogues about avoiding gang activities in their communities and how kids and youth can become architects and leaders of sustained peace. Learn more...
AgriCorps connects American agricultural volunteers to the demand for experiential, school-based, agricultural education in developing countries. It started operating in Ghana with the support of the Program on Conflict and Development (ConDev). Learn more...
Education Projects and Studies
The Programf supports research on educational topics as well as extension programs to educate the peacemakers of tomorrow.
Studies on Education and School Violence
Youth Education Programs