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    • Research Projects

    Nonkilling Neuroscience Research Colloquium

    Every day, new information is emerging on the brain, and how it works. New discoveries are occurring regularly as new frontiers in understanding are further explored. This will only increase as brain research continues and becomes more sophisticated. The purpose of this research initiative is to explore what and how new advances might expand our understanding of the brain as it relates to killing and nonkilling. Seven of the most accomplished brain researchers came together with the expressed purpose of identifying the state of knowledge related to killing and nonkilling, and explore what new information might be possible to learn about killing and nonkilling, to reduce killing from various causes. The report of their proceedings explores the latest scientific findings on the neurochemistry and neurobiology of killing.

    Guide to Nonkilling Best Practices

    Increasingly, there is new research and reporting on efforts and strategies to reduce killing from various causes. This initiative is intended to bring attention to these advances, and attempt to catalyze more activity and awareness of progress being made. As work is occurring around the world, this presents an opportunity to identify culturally-based initiatives that might be tailored to different areas. It will also create a greater understanding of the cultural differences and resulting variations in approach and success. This compilation of nonkilling “best-practices” case-studies, could include progress and results from: unarmed police forces, small weapons elimination programs/ laws, death penalty abolition, countries without armies, conscientious objection to military service, suicide prevention campaigns, departments for peace, gender/domestic killing elimination programs, etc.

    School of Nonkilling Studies

    The School of Nonkilling Studies is being developed at Wikiversity, being an interdisciplinary learning platform focused on the development of knowledge and skills for a killing-free world. The School will be used as a platform for nonkilling learning resources aiming at specific projects as the Global Nonkilling Leadership Academy and can be further enriched by primary and secondary education materials as they are produced. Presently, three unique learning programs are being developed: “Interdisciplinary Program on Nonkilling Studies”; “Program on Nonkilling Spiritual Traditions”; and “Program on Nonkilling Leadership Development”. Wikiversity is a Wikimedia Foundation project devoted to learning resources, learning projects, and research for use in all levels, types, and styles of education from pre-school to university, including professional training and informal learning.

    Nonkilling Research Committees

    Nonkilling Research Committees on various areas of knowledge are being established as consultative bodies to promote the advancement of interdisciplinary scientific evidence on the possibilities of nonkilling societies. These Committees provide creative input on research agendas, academic events, courses and publications. This project goes to the heart of CGNK’s mission of introducing nonkilling within the scientific community and fostering useful research on nonkilling for its wider application. The creation of such groups further legitimizes nonkilling as a valid multidisciplinary theoretical, methodological and applied paradigm.

    Edition of Towards a Nonkilling Paradigm

    Following the call of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates (“to address all forms of violence we encourage scientific research in the fields of human interaction and dialogue and we invite participation from the academic, scientific and religious communities to aid us in the transition to nonviolent, and nonkilling societies”, Charter for a World Without Violence, final paragraph) this volume brings together contributions from over fifteen disciplines (including Anthropology, Psychology, Economics, Linguistics, Mathematics and Biology) examining the possibilities of a killing-free world and the contributions each area of knowledge can make toward this goal. Many of the contents of this volume have served as bases for the School of Nonkilling Studies course materials.