This
seminar will focus on how psychological insight, especially knowledge
about trauma can be used in promoting health, peace and development -
with a special focus on Afghanistan.
About fourty years of war has
made Afghanistan to one of the poorest and least developed countries in
the world. The conflict today is primarily between a westerly supported
regime in the capital Kabul and rebel groups with the islamist group
Taliban. The conflict started when the US invaded Afghanistan after the
9/11 terror attacks conducted by the militant Islamist organization
Al-Qaeda.
Main speakers
- Kristian Berg Harpviken - Director PRIO
- Ragnhild Dybdahl - Psychologist and Associate Professor at Oslo and Akershus University College (HiOA)
- Kenneth Sandin - Psykologist at Doctors Without Borders (TBC)
Breakfast is served from 08:30, while the seminar starts at 09:00. Registration is not necessary for this seminar.
Place: Forsamlingssalen, Harald Schjelderups hus, Forskningsveien 3A