Episode 02: Responding to Humanity's Call: An Urgent Message to Peace Scholars with Rosie Chawla
Rosie Chawla, conflict resolution expert, explores how media, institutions, and individuals can shift from silence and exclusion to inclusion and action. She highlights overlooked global crises and champions the concept of positive peace and actively building cooperation across differences. Drawing from her own journey to peacebuilding, Chawla urges listeners to start where they are by challenging their biases, and embracing negotiation as a life skill. In a world fractured by conflict, this episode is a call to lead with empathy, inclusion, and purpose.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Contextual background
00:40 - Introduction
02:00 - Is the world worse now or before?
06:45 - What are pressing social or cultural issues that are overlooked by the media?
13:40 - What can we learn from global events that can be applied at a local level?
19:00 - What are the principles that define peace?
22:00 - What are practical ways people can work in peace?
27:00 - How has the study of negotiation and conflict resolution fit into peace work?
31:50 - What was your aha moment realizing the theories and tools works?
35:55 - What's it like to work in the field of peace and conflict resolution in the world today?
50:40 - What gives you hope?
51:45 - What’s your final takeaway?
52:05 - Closing reflection
Concepts and Frameworks featured:
Theory of Conflict and Cooperation
Positive peace
About the expert:
Rosie Chawla has a master's degree in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution from Columbia University, a business certificate from Wharton Business School, and a bachelor's degree in Finance from Temple University. She has worked in the business field for 19 years.
Since graduating from Columbia she has an impressive portfolio under her belt. In 2016, she traveled to Greece with a scholarship from Columbia University to research the lives of Syrian Refugees. She also worked for the United Nations in Myanmar for six months as a conflict researcher.
In 2017, she was awarded a fellowship from the UN to go to Palestine and meet twenty businesses and NGOs working on the conflict between Palestine & Israel. She was selected to attend the prestigious OECD Forum in Paris.
In 2018, she was chosen as one of the top 10% delegates for the Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations. With the Rotary Club of Chengdu, she supported an NGO with the goal that ends child marriages.
In 2019, she was awarded as a top finalist in Shanghai by Women Professional Society for Social Impact, and was invited to Norway both in 2018 & 2019 to attend the Business for Peace Forum.
In 2024, she received the 2024 Global Ambassador Peace Award from Women’s Federation for World Peace International and was chosen for the Advisory Board for the Business for Peace Council USA.
Currently, her role in China is that of a Global Projects Advisor, where she develops educational projects on global issues for educators, youth, and the community.
