Johan
Galtung is a Norwegian professor and author, widely regarded as the "Father
of Academic Peace Research." His pioneering and continuing efforts have greatly
contributed to inspiring the creation of Peace and Conflict Resolution academic
programs in universities throughout the world. In an academic career spanning
40 years, Johan Galtung has been a visiting professor at 30 schools on 5 different
continents. He has written more than 100 books and over 1000 articles about peace
and conflict resolution, ecology, health, global governance, sustainable development
and economic reform. In 1959 he stated the International Peace Research Institute
in Oslo and directed it for 10 years. In 1964, he launched the Journal for
Peace Research at the University of Oslo. In 1993 he co-founded TRANSCEND
- A Peace and Development Network for Conflict Transformation by Peaceful Means
which has members in more than 50 countries. In 1987 Johan Galtung received the
Right Livelihood Award (often referred to as the Alternative Nobel Prize) "...
for his systematic and multidisciplinary study of the conditions which can lead
to peace."
