Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy
Addressing displacement and refugee, gender, conflict, human rights and, protection issues in emergencies
The Fletcher School is a leading professional graduate school of international affairs distinctive for its collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to theory and practice. The Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (MALD) is a two-year, highly flexible degree offering 19 concentrations including Humanitarian Studies. The MALD degree program delivers a thorough and nuanced grounding in the latest political, economic, business, and legal thinking. Using a variety of disciplines, students interested in humanitarian studies can explore the causes of crises and how to address and avoid them, how communities caught up in them survive, and what role the international actors play in that survival.
Faculty
Astier Almedom, D. Phil.
Human, institutional, and ecosystem resilience with particular reference to public health; indigenous knowledge and historical narratives; self-determination and nation building; Africa (East, North-east, and West), UK, USA.
Karen Jacobsen, Ph.D.
Refugee and migration issues; security and livelihood issues in refugee hosting areas, microfinance in conflict areas; asylum countries; Africa; developing countries.
Daniel Maxwell, Ph.D.
Food security, livelihoods, complex emergencies, humanitarian agencies and interventions
Dyan Mazurana, Ph.D.
Women's Human Rights; Children's Human Rights; International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law during armed conflict; Protection during armed conflict; Grave violations of women's and children's rights during armed conflict; Reparation for grave violations during armed conflict; Justice and accountability for grave violations during armed conflict;Peacekeeping; Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration of combatants, focus on children and women
Marc Sommers, Ph.D.
Youth, education, peace education, conflict negotiation, security, child soldier, urbanization, human rights and coordination issues in war and post-war contexts; The role of popular culture in youth lives during and after wars; Intersections between youth, religion, and urbanization in post-war settings; Burundi, Kosovo, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Southern Sudan, Timor-Leste
Peter Uvin, Ph.D.
Political and social dynamics in Burundi and Rwanda, Innovations in development aid; Post-conflict assistance and peacebuilding; development and human rights.
Patrick Webb, Ph.D.
Household Food Security, Agricultural Development, International Organizations, and Famine
Kim Wilson, MBA
Rural microfinance, disaster mitigation (and microfinance), customary finance.
Helen Young, Ph.D.
Nutrition in Complex Emergencies, Needs Assessment, Famine
Major areas of current research
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy faculty conduct research on peace-building, the conduct of war and counterterrorism, and the intersections between development, conflict resolution, and human rights and humanitarianism. A joint research program with the Feinstein Center researches the financial resilience of crisis-affected populations and microfinance interventions.
Learn More
Visit the Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy in Humanitarian Studies page:
http://fletcher.tufts.edu/Academic/Courses/Fields-of-Study/Humanitarian-Studies