IR5704 Mediation: Community and Global Praxis

Academic year

2025 to 2026 Semester 1

Further information on which modules are specific to your programme.

Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 11

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Planned timetable

Mondays 11.00 -1.00pm Mediation Training - tbc

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr K Giri

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff

Dr K Giri

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

The module situates mediation concepts, assumptions, and practices within the fields of critical, feminist, and post-/de-colonial peace and conflict studies to: contextualise and critique mediation levels (tracks), locate the presence and absence of diverse mediation actors, explore the affective power of mediation languages and discourses, and teach critical reading and archival collation of mediation texts. The module deploys case studies of mediation that cut across levels of interactions and involve differently-located actors, including: the role of Scotland as a mediator; the University as a site of mediation; local, community-level, and indigenous approaches to mediation; and international dispute management and resolution. The module affords students additional learning and professional development opportunities through student-led Mediation in Scotland research praxis groups, and formal mediation training towards Scottish mediation accreditation.

Relationship to other modules

Co-requisites

YOU MUST ALSO TAKE IR5705

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

3-hour Written Examination =100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

2-hour seminar (x 10 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours

212

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • Obtain structured training, continuous professional development opportunities, and mediation accreditation in Scotland through Scottish Mediation
  • Develop an understanding of the key concepts, assumptions, and practices of international mediation
  • Develop a critical understanding of diverse mediation actors, levels, and approaches across a range of issues relevant to conflict management and resolution
  • Challenge the temporal and spatial locations of mediation, through a structured case study approach drawing on indigenous, community-level, Scottish, and global mediation sites
  • Understand and apply theoretical insights from feminism, critical theory, and post-/de-colonial approaches to identify absent and alternative mediation ideas, subjectivities, and practices
  • Reflect on their own situatedness and participation in conflict and mediation dynamics, including through structured discussion of the University as a site of mediation

IR5704 Mediation: Community and Global Praxis

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 1

Further information on which modules are specific to your programme.

Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 11

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Planned timetable

Mondays 11.00 -1.00pm Mediation Training - week 1: Wed, Fri 9am - 5pm; week 2: Wed, Fri 9am - 5pm; week 3: Wed 9am - 5pm

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr K Giri

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff

Dr Keshab Giri

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

The module situates mediation concepts, assumptions, and practices within the fields of critical, feminist, and post-/de-colonial peace and conflict studies to: contextualise and critique mediation levels (tracks), locate the presence and absence of diverse mediation actors, explore the affective power of mediation languages and discourses, and teach critical reading and archival collation of mediation texts. The module deploys case studies of mediation that cut across levels of interactions and involve differently-located actors, including: the role of Scotland as a mediator; the University as a site of mediation; local, community-level, and indigenous approaches to mediation; and international dispute management and resolution. The module affords students additional learning and professional development opportunities through student-led Mediation in Scotland research praxis groups, and formal mediation training towards Scottish mediation accreditation.

Relationship to other modules

Co-requisites

YOU MUST ALSO TAKE IR5705

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

3-hour Written Examination =100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

2-hour seminar (x 10 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours

97

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

212

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • Obtain structured training, and access opportunities for continuous professional development and mediation practice sessions towards registration as mediators through Scottish Mediation
  • Develop an understanding of the key concepts, assumptions, and practices of international mediation
  • Develop a critical understanding of diverse mediation actors, levels, and approaches across a range of issues relevant to conflict management and resolution
  • Challenge the temporal and spatial locations of mediation, through a structured case study approach drawing on indigenous, community-level, Scottish, and global mediation sites
  • Understand and apply theoretical insights from feminism, critical theory, and post-/de-colonial approaches to identify absent and alternative mediation ideas, subjectivities, and practices
  • Reflect on their own situatedness and participation in conflict and mediation dynamics, including through structured discussion of the University as a site of mediation