{"id":4714,"date":"2026-02-23T19:53:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T18:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/?p=4714"},"modified":"2026-02-23T19:53:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T18:53:06","slug":"launch-of-uniri-peace-talks-webinar-series-with-the-presentation-of-the-book-constructive-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/en\/launch-of-uniri-peace-talks-webinar-series-with-the-presentation-of-the-book-constructive-resistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch of UNIRI Peace Talks webinar series, with the presentation of the book \u201cConstructive Resistance\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Center for Peace and Conflict Studies of the University of Rijeka (Croatia) is launching <strong>UNIRI Peace Talks<\/strong>, a series of online seminars aiming at knowledge dissemination and exchange in the field of peace and conflict studies. Significant recent publications and inspiring practical work will be presented during these quarterly webinars, which are open to scholars, practitioners and the wider public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first edition of UNIRI Peace Talks, scheduled for <strong>Thursday, 5<sup>th<\/sup> of March, 2026, 17:30-19:00<\/strong> hours (CET), we are delighted to host two of the co-authors of the book <strong>Constructive Resistance: Resisting Injustice by Creating Solutions<\/strong> (Rowman &amp; Littlefield, 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"164\" height=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ConstructiveResistance.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4704\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Written by <strong>Majken Jul S\u00f8rensen, Stellan Vinthagen and <a>J\u00f8rgen Johansen<\/a><\/strong>, this book is a <em>seminal work<\/em> i<em>n<\/em> <em>resistance studies<\/em>. It develops the concept of<em> constructive resistance<\/em>, which occurs when people start to build the society they desire independently of and in opposition to the dominant structures already in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through case studies and illustrative examples from around the world, the book explores how people work for a more just, sustainable and peaceful future <em>combining construction and resistance<\/em>. While some movements focus mainly on either construction or resistance, the authors argue that those who manage to creatively combine the two are likely to achieve more far-reaching goals and see their results become more durable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"309\" height=\"262\" data-id=\"4706\" src=\"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MajkenJulSorensen.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MajkenJulSorensen.png 309w, https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MajkenJulSorensen-300x254.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"259\" data-id=\"4708\" src=\"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JorgenJohansen.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4708\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us on <strong>Thursday, 5<sup>th<\/sup> of March, at 17:30 CET<\/strong> at the following <a href=\"https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/j\/89991227698?pwd=WRPHT0HR4Xi32GFYW6fLZ90fA6nTbl.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zoom link<\/a> for an inspiring conversation on constructive resistance in theory and practice. For any questions, feel free to contact <a href=\"mailto:valentina.otmacic@uniri.hr\">valentina.otmacic@uniri.hr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Center for Peace and Conflict Studies of the University of Rijeka (Croatia) is launching UNIRI Peace Talks, a series of online seminars aiming at knowledge dissemination and exchange in the field of peace and conflict studies. Significant recent publications and inspiring practical work will be presented during these quarterly webinars, which are open to scholars, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ub_ctt_via":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[66,69,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activities","category-advocacy-networking-community","category-education"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ConstructiveResistance.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Mario \u017duli\u010dek","author_link":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/en\/author\/mario-zulicek\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4715,"href":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4714\/revisions\/4715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csmk.uniri.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}