Welcome to the Justice & Peace Studies Program!

The Georgetown University Program on Justice and Peace is a transdisciplinary, cross-cultural community of students, faculty, staff, and community partners who share a commitment to academic study and lived pursuits of peace and social justice. The Program offers undergraduate students in Justice and Peace Studies (JUPS) a major in the Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences, as well as a minor in the College, the School of Nursing and Health Studies, the McDonough School of Business, and the Walsh School of Foreign Service.

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Creative and Collaborative Explorations

The Program fosters creative and collaborative explorations of complex questions of applied philosophy and domestic and global politics. Innovative approaches to teaching and learning, including social action, community engagement, experiential learning, and student-produced media are hallmarks of the Program.

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New Spring 2025 Elective Course taught by Professor Marisa Ensor

Dr Ensor with women of the Tonga tribe in Namwala, Southern Province, a region of Zambia affected by severe climate-driven drought, inter-tribal conflict, and displacement (2023).  In Spring…

October 16, 2024

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JUPS Senior Julianne Meneses presents her fieldwork done abroad in Bosnia & Herzegovina

Julianne Meneses (JUPS ’25), a senior at Georgetown University, presented her preliminary findings from her summer 2024 fieldwork in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Global Social Justice…

October 16, 2024

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Social Transformation in South Africa Class Summer 2024

This unique interdisciplinary student cohort at Georgetown University stands apart in its approach to learning, as it is the only program where students from all…

October 11, 2024