The Urban Peace Lab (UPL) was founded in August 2016 by Sociologist, Criminologist, and Peaceologist, Dr. Peter K. B. St. Jean to be a university based unit to advance the development of Social Promise, Peaceology, and Better News Research. It is a research, development, evaluation, training and action unit at North Park University, Chicago. Although it is housed administratively within the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at North Park, it involves scholars, practitioners, and community collaborators from multiple disciplines and sector in society. In August 2017, the UPL occupied its first office location at 307 Magnuson Center, 5000 N. Spaulding Avenue, North Park University, Chicago, 60625. I volunteer as Associate Director and serve as Research, Policy and Training & Development Fellow of the Urban Peace Lab.
Urban Peace Lab https://www.chi-peace.net/urban-peace-lab.html
The vision of the UPL is to see Social Promise, Peaceology, and Better News Research become well established practices in academic and practitioner aspects of society.
The mission of the UPL is to engage in research, development, training, evaluation, and action initiatives aimed at further establishing Social Promise, Peaceology, and Better News Research.
Some activities of the UPL include periodic organizing of lectures, workshops, training, and other activities on and off campus, organizing an annual Escalating Peace Lecture Series, hosting an annual CHI-PEACE Show in collaboration with the Peaceful World Movement, helping to facilitate the Peaceology Working Group, and helping to advance the development of Peaceology products.
Escalating Peace Lecture Series 2018
Peaceful World Movement
With guest caller Charlie Allen, Institute of Economics and Peace, and co-hosts Dr. Rayford Barner and Dr. Peter St. Jean. In-depth discussion on peaceful, non-violent solutions to positively impact communities. This program was recorded on October 24, 2018 at Chicago Access Network.
Rayford Barner 