This year, for the 9th time, the Dutch Master’s Thesis Prize ‘Visions on Peace’ will be awarded to a master’s student who wrote a thesis of exceptional quality in the field of peace and security issues. The deadline for application is Friday 30 September 2016. The application procedure can be found at www.visionsonpeace.nl.
The thesis prize is an initiative of the Dutch Foundation for Peace Studies (Stichting Vredeswetenschappen, SVW), a foundation that wants to stimulate scientific knowledge and expertise in the field of peace and conflict. As of 2013 SVW cooperates with UPEACE Centre The Hague, the European centre of the UN mandated University for Peace, based in Costa Rica.
Eligible for the prize are Master students who:
- wrote a thesis related to peace and security issues;
- attended a Master’s study at a Dutch university or at another institution of higher education in The Netherlands;
- completed their thesis between 1 July 2015 and 1 September 2016. The thesis must be graded with a minimum of 8 and should be written in correct English or Dutch;
- send the application form and the other required documents to info@visionsonpeace.nl before 30 September 2016, 17.00 Dutch time;
- did not participate before in the “Visions on Peace” thesis competition.
The prize of € 1.500 is sponsored by the ASN Bank and will be awarded on 9 December 2016 at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, together with the award of the new HBO Peace Prize (see www.hbopeaceinpracticeresearchaward.nl).
You may also be interested in this new Dissertation Prize: Respect for Refugee Rights, organized by the Dutch Council for Refugees and the International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague.