Instituto Séneca - Centro Internacional de Postgrado
Master in Negotiation and Conflict ResolutionMadrid, Spain
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
Spanish
PACE
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APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 1,850 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
* subsidized by the Seneca Foundation
Key Summary
Introduction
This Master in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution offered by the Seneca Institute constitutes a high specialization in two key areas for the management of crisis or conflict situations, such as the different types and forms of negotiation, attending to the actors involved and the differences or coincidences that they present, as well as the type of event that is intended to be attended to, its origin, its implications, its repercussion, and the aspects that derive from it.
Accreditation
This Master in Negotiation and Resolution of Conflicts, of 600 hours and 60 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System), is a Title of the Catholic University of Murcia - UCAM, under the Agreement signed between the Seneca Institute and the UCAM.
Methodology
This Master is offered exclusively in an “on-line” version. Videoconferences are held weekly in which students can interact with the expert teachers who teach the classes.
Curriculum
Program
The program of this Master in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution is structured in four Parts, each of them comprising a series of Modules.
- Part I - Conflicts
Theories and approaches to conflict. Dynamics and intensity of the conflict: displaced people and refugees. National conflicts. The failed states. Notion of international armed conflict. Security in conflict zones. Others.
- Part II - Conflict Resolution
Theory of international conflict resolution. The role of the actors involved. The OO.II. and conflicts. Diplomatic or political means. Legal means. Violent or coercive means. The "road maps" and negotiation. Models of peace processes. Others.
- Part III - International Mediation
Fundamentals of mediation. The mediation process. Mediation models. Mediator skills. Ethics in mediation. Others.
- Part IV - International Negotiation
The structure of the negotiation. The role of the negotiator. The process of decision making. Negotiation styles. Multicultural negotiation. Others.
- Part V - Post Conflict Prevention and Rehabilitation
Irenology, Polemology and the costs of a conflict. Crisis management and conflict transformation. Techniques and tactics in conflict prevention. Others.
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Program Outcome
goals
- Know the different categories of conflicts and learn to identify local and international actors directly or indirectly related to a conflict.
- Differentiate the different types of media that can be used in conflict resolution, and their potential according to each case.
- Facilitate peace process models and understand the potential of a negotiating or mediating process, as the case may be.
- Develop a negotiating profile and skills for formulating early warning strategies for conflict prevention.
Ideal Students
Who is it for
This Master in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution is aimed at:
- Graduates in Law, Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Psychology, etc.
- Politicians with or without government positions
- Military personnel in peacekeeping missions
- Officials of international organizations
- Diplomats with negotiating responsibilities
- Staff of NGO's and volunteers in field work
Career Opportunities
Labor departures
- International consulting
- OO.II and NGOs
- Observatories of reality such as Crisis Group, among others
- Task Force
- Negotiating missions