The Flemish Peace Institute is an independent
institute for peace research at the Flemish Parliament.

Dr. Maarten Van Alstein

Maarten Van Alstein (°1978) studied History, Law and International Politics. In 2009 he obtained a PhD at the University of Antwerp on Belgian diplomacy and the orgins of the Cold War. Since 2010 Maarten has been working as a researcher at the Flemish Peace Institute

Within the institute’s programme on ‘Peace & violence in society’, Maarten conducts research on peace education, dealing with controversy and polarisation in class, politics of memory and the remembrance of war.

Here you’ll find an overview of the publications (co-)authored by Maarten Van Alstein in English and in Dutch.