Priyankar Upadhyaya was an External Associate at PRIO until 2022.
Priyankar Upadhyaya
PRIO Global Fellow
Email: unesco.chair@bhu.ac.in
Guest researcher at PRIO June-July 2016.
PRIO Global Fellow 2017-2022.
Professor Priyankar Upadhyaya currently serves as the UNESCO Chair Professor for Peace and Intercultural Understanding at the Banaras Hindu University where he also heads the Malaviya Centre for Peace Research one of the prestigious Centre of Peace and Conflict Studies. He has done post-doctoral studies at London University and holds a Ph.D. and M. Phil. Degree of Jawaharlal Nehru University and an Advance International Diploma in Conflict Resolution from the Uppsala University. He has taught international relations and peace studies for over three decades and supervised over 25 doctoral and postdoctoral researches.
Latest publications
All publications
Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue as a Vector of ‘Sustaining Peace’
Book Chapter in Promoting peace, human rights and dialogue among civilizations
Building Peace through Education and Culture: Evolving UN Perspectives
Journal Article in Strategic Analysis
Towards Sustaining Peace: A Transformative UN Approach
Book Chapter in Peace and Conflict Studies: Perspectives from South Asia
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam: A Transformative Vision of Intercultural Peace
Book Chapter in Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam: Relevance of India’s Ancient Thinking to Contemporary Strategic Reality
Human Rights for Sustaining Peace: Emerging UN perspectives
Journal Article in Journal of the National Human Rights Commission, India
India in the World: Emerging Perspectives on Global Challenges
PRIO Project Summary
Part I: Perspectives from Peace Research
Book Chapter in Long Walk of Peace: Towards a Culture of Prevention
Long Walk of Peace: Towards a Culture of Prevention
Edited Volume
Intercultural dialogue: lineage and practice in the Indian subcontinent
Book Chapter in Interculturalism at the Crossroads, Comparative Perspectives on Concepts, Policies and Practices
Women’s Rights and Empowerment: The Indian Context
Book Chapter in Women, Peace and Security in Northeast India
Latest news
PRIO Global Fellow Priyankar Upadhyaya speaks at the High-level Forum on the Culture of Peace
PRIO Global Fellow Professor Priyankar Upadhyaya was invited by the President of the United Nations General Assembly to participate in a roundtable discussion at the High-level Forum on the Culture of Peace at the UN Headquarters on 13 September 2019.
Long Walk of Peace: Towards a Culture of Prevention
Conference Report on 'Food Security Debates in India: Experiences from the Grassroots'
“Food Security Debates in India: Experiences from the Grassroots” was hosted by the UNESCO Chair for Peace and Intercultural Understanding – Malaviya Centre for Peace Research, Banaras Hindu University, and co-organised by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) and Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).
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