About Us
Our Mission
The program's flagship event is an intensive week-long Summer Training for professionals from governments and inter-governmental institutions held annually in New York City. With its emphasis on case studies and simulations, and the active participation of government, civil society and business leaders, it will help the peacemakers of tomorrow build the broad array of practical skills they need to address contemporary conflict. Over the coming years, the Kent Global Leadership Program will develop a global network of alumni, instructors, scholars, and practitioners devoted to advancing our understanding of ways to enhance conflict resolution.
In addition to the summer training for mid-career diplomats, the program also sponsors on-campus events and workshops during the academic year, a visiting professorship, fellowships for outstanding SIPA graduate students, and original research in conflict and peacebuilding.
The Kent program is the brainchild of the late Ed Luck; Merit Janow, the former dean of SIPA; and our generous donor Muhtar Kent. The program is now directed by Jean-Marie Guéhenno.
