ICNC offers a wealth of opportunities for structured online learning about civil resistance. These include:

• Moderated courses for selected cohorts (such as the moderated online course “People Power: The Strategic Dynamics of Civil Resistance”) that involve interactive discussion with peers and experts in the field.
• Unmoderated, participant-run courses for selected cohorts (such as the special course: “Civil Resistance Struggles: How Ordinary People Win Rights, Freedom, and Justice.”) that involves interactive discussions with peers moving through an expertly developed curriculum.
• Individualized, self-paced courses for general and professional audiences, including scholars, students, activists, organizers, journalists and members of the NGO and policy community, with varying levels of background knowledge.
• The Academic Online Curriculum (AOC) on Civil Resistance is an extensive and regularly updated set of resources on civil resistance, organized into clearly structured topics and case studies, in order to facilitate easy learning and curriculum development. The AOC is free and requires basic registration on ICNC’s online platform.

Visit our ICNC Online Courses platform for a full list of courses currently offered. Please note that many of these courses are available only by invitation or through an application process, while some are part of our curriculum fellows’ teaching offerings.

If you’re interested in joining an online class, please check for any ongoing calls for applications. We would also recommend joining our mailing list to stay up to date on the newest course offerings.

Unless otherwise noted, ICNC online courses are available for free. Participation in these courses is not restricted by time zones. Course material, forums, and posts are accessible to participants at any time during the day throughout the course, and remains available to them indefinitely after completion of the course.

For more information, email: academicinitiative@nonviolent-conflict.org

Review the menu on the left to access detailed information about content, learning outcomes and participants’ views of the ICNC online seminars from a particular year.

ICNC has developed a mobile app to further support our online course participants and their learning experience. The mobile app is free and available on iPhone and Android devices. To download the app, search for “ICNC Online Courses” in your app store. Mobile app users can also download ICNC’s learner guides. Click here for the iPhone learner guide and click here for the Android learner guide.

Key features include:

• Make posts in interactive discussion forums & share information about civil resistance & nonviolent movements
• Download individual videos, text, units, sections or entire courses
• Access downloaded content offline anytime
• Delete units, sections, or entire courses

Starting in 2012, ICNC has offered a free moderated online course, “People Power: The Strategic Dynamics of Civil Resistance.”

This course is offered annually, usually in the Fall semester. Check the call for applications webpage to see the list of current calls for different ICNC academic programs, including the moderated online course.

2021

ICNC offered “People Power: The Strategic Dynamics of Civil Resistance” from October 1 to November 18, 2021.

There were 97 applicants and 61 participants representing 42 countries were selected. ICNC staff and several of the course alumni from previous course iterations participated as moderators. The course involved discussions and, for the fourth year, was accessible through the ICNC mobile app.

Find out more information about the 2021 Moderated Online Course.

Find out more information about the 2020 Moderated Online Course.

Find out more information about the 2019 Moderated Online Course.

Find out more information about the 2018 Moderated Online Course.

Find out more information about the 2017 Moderated Online Course.

Find out more information about the 2016 Moderated Online Course.

Find out more information about the 2015 Moderated Online Course.

Find out more information about the 2014 Moderated Online Course.

Find out more information about the 2013 Moderated Online Course.

Find out more information about the 2012 Moderated Online Course.

In response to increased demand for knowledge about civil resistance, in 2016 ICNC hosted an additional online course beyond its annual moderated online course. This course content was based off of the moderated course and was run entirely by a self-learning community of participants without outside moderators. After the first successful course, ICNC has continued offering an annual participant-led course.

2022

ICNC offered a participant-led course “Civil Resistance Struggles: How Ordinary People Win Rights, Freedom, and Justice” from April 20 to June 10. There were 71 applications and 50 participants.

Find out more information about the 2022 Participant-Led Course.

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Find out more information about the 2018 Participant-Led Course.

Find out more information about the 2016 Participant-Led Course.

The Academic Online Curriculum is an extensive and regularly updated set of resources on civil resistance, organized into clearly structured topics and case studies, in order to facilitate easy learning and curriculum development. The AOC is free and requires basic registration on ICNC’s online platform.

The over 40 sections in the AOC are organized topically into the following six categories:

• Civil Resistance: Nature, Ideas and History
• Strategic Considerations in Civil Resistance Struggles
• Civil Resistance and its Interplay with Actors, Norms, Processes and Structures
• Types of Civil Resistance Struggles
• Individual Case Studies
• Game, Research and Curriculum Development