The Peace Research Centre
| Published date | 01 March 1967 |
| Date | 01 March 1967 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/002234336700400107 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
THE
PEACE
RESEARCH
CENTRE
4rigins
The
Peace
Research
Centre
was
founded
in
Lancaster
in
1959
by
Patrick
Deighan
and
others.
They
had
been
influenced
by
Theodore
Lentz
in
his
book
Towards
a
Science
of
Peace
and
Professor
Lentz
greatly
influenced
the
growth
of
the
Centre
during
subsequent
years.
During
its
first
two
years,
the
Centre
was
involved
entirely
in
the
promotion
of
the
idea
of
peace
research.
This
resulted
in
a
number
of
meetings
in
London
during
1961
and
1962
and
eventually
in
the
founding
of
the
Conflict
Research
Society
in
1964.
The
first
research
project
at
the
Centre
was
firmly
in
the
Richardson
tradition.
Paul
Smoker
started
working
on
the
mathematics
of
arms
races
in
1961;
for
the
next
three
years,
this
work
was
financed
solely
by
a
small
grant
from
the
Peace
Research
Laboratory
in
St.
Louis.
In
1965,
five
other
projects
were
started;
the
Centre
now
has
a
staff
of
three
re-
searchers,
one
secretary,
and
a
part-time
secretary.
Also
in
1965
a
Conflict
Studies
Group
was
established
at
the
new
University
of
Lancaster.
Although
there
are
no
organi-
sational
links
between
the
two
bodies,
there
is
complete
co-operation
and
an
overlap
of
research
projects.
Purposes
The
aim
of
the
Centre
is
to
promote
research
and
education
on
conflict
and
the
pre-requisites
of
peace
between
nations
and
other
human
groups.
To
this
end
it
finances
research,
seminars,
conferences,
and
the
classification
and
publication
of
information
for
those
involved
in
peace
research
and
for
the
wider
public.
Organisation
The
Centre
is
entirely
independent
of
ideological,
political,
and
national
inter-
ests.
Its
activities
are
co-ordinated
by
a
Management
Committee
which
is
elected
annually
by
the
members
of
the
Centre.
There
is
also
a
Research
Advisory
Board
consisting
of
behavioural
scientists
in
the
field
of
peace
research.
Although
the
re-
search
staff
in
Lancaster
numbers
only
a
few
individuals,
the
Centre
provides
an
intellectual
focus
for
a
much
larger
num-
ber
of
behavioural
scientists,
as
reflected
in
the
selection
of
articles
here.
Management
Committee
Michael
Nicholson,
M.A.
Ph.
D.
David
Fabri
John
MacRae,
B.A.
Michael
Arnold,
B.A.
B.Sc.
Ll.
B.
Michael
Brogden,
B.Sc.
Anthony
Coxon,
B.A.
Ph.D.
Robin
Jenkins,
B.A.
Muriel
Lawson
John
Martin,
A.L.A.
Royston
Todd,
B.A.
Tom
Ward
Research
Advisory
Board
Professor
Russell
Ackoff
Dr
Norman
Alcock
Dr
Fred
Blum
Professor
Kenneth
Boulding
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