"Just War and Just Peace: Religious-based Armed Conflicts over Natural Resources"

Organized by the Religion and Society Research Institute and the Research Institute for the Integrity of Creation

"Just War and Just Peace: Religious-based Armed Conflicts over Natural Resources"

11 June (Wednesday) 2025. 8:00 → 18:00, Europe/Budapest Széchenyi Hall/Ludovika main building, 1st floor,100.

The Eötvös József Research Centre of the Religion and Society Research Institute of the Ludovika University of Public Service, the Research Institute for the Integrity of Creation of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University and the Faculty of Theology of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University cordially invites you to the international conference "Just War and Just Peace: Religious-based Armed Conflicts over Natural Resources". The conference will focus on the richness of the theoretical tradition of the Catholic Church related to just war and just peace as a potential guideline for the moral assessment and management of conflicts. The conference aims to explore, in the light of theology, philosophy and ethics, the conditions for justice in war and peacebuilding and the role of religious traditions in promoting sustainable peace.

Plenary talks will be held by:

- H.E. Dr. Péter Erdő, Cardinal, Primate, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest;
- H.E. Dr. Michael Czerny, Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.

Other speakers:
- Dr. Christian Braun (King's College)
- Dr. László Gájer (Pázmány Péter Catholic University)
- Dr. John Mark Mattox (National Defense University)
- Dr. Tamás Nyirkos (Ludovika University of Public Service)
- Dr. Jacques Olivier (St Vincent de Paul Seminary)
- Dr. Jean Olivier Nke Ongono (Ludwig-Maximilian Universität)
- Dr. József Padányi (Ludovika University of Public Service)
- Dr. Yuriy Shchurko (Ukranian Catholic University)
- Dr. Lóránd Ujházi (Ludovika University of Public Service)
- Dr. Avraham Weber (Fordham University)
- Dr. David Whetham (King's College)

Date: 11 June 2025, 08:30-17:00
Venue: NKE Ludovika, Main building, Széchenyi Hall (1083 Budapest, Ludovika tér 2.)
Registration: https://ludevent.uni-nke.hu/event/5155/

The conference will be held in English, without simultaneous interpretation and is supported in the framework of the project "Sustainability, resilience - the societal challenges of climate change and adaptation".

Sponsor: Ministry of Technology and Industry - ID: EKPPF/922/2021-ITM_SZERZ