Jobb Arnold

Associate Professor

I am an associate professor of Psychology and Conflict Resolution Studies. My work examines the psychological dynamics of change and persistence such as personal resilience, social cohesion and coalition building during times of social and environmental upheaval including multi-level political conflicts and programs of reconciliation. Using mixed method field research, I am involved in ongoing comparative and cross-cultural case studies, including post-genocide family formation in Rwanda, inter-religious cooperation in Northern Ireland, Indigenous, Settler and Newcomer relations in Canada, and psychosocial responses to climate change in rural Zimbabwe.  My research program informs my interest in applied psychology and the practical side of social intervention, including the monitoring, evaluating, and making meaningful contributions to strategies for sustainable adaptation during uncertain times.

Areas of Teaching

Social Psychology; Resilience; Conflict; Genocide; Reconciliation; Peacebuilding

Education

Ph.D., Queen's University (2014); M.A University of British Columbia (2007); B.A. Lakehead University

Work in Detail

Teaching

Teaching

PSYC 1010 - Introduction to Psychology

PSYC 2950 / CRS 2250 - Conflict and Communications

PSYC 3040 - Political Psychology

PSYC 3950 - Peace Psychology

PSYC 3050 - Cultural Psychology

CRS 3331 - Genocide, War and Violent Conflict

CRS 3332 - Trauma and Violence

CRS 3931 - Conflict Resolution and Human Rights 

Research

"Assessing Psycho-Social Adaptation and Conflict Resolution Capacities Among Rural Farmers in the Context of Extreme Drought (2023-2025)" Foundations for the Future of Rural, Brandon University, September 23-26, 2025

"Who Brings the Rains? Integrating Satellite Precipitation Data Alongside Rural Farmer's Perspectives on Indigenous Rain Making Ceremonies," Foundations for the Future of Rural, Brandon University, September 23-26, 2025

"Why Peace Professionalism Matters in Uncertain Conflict and Development Contexts," The Canadian Association for the Study of International Development, University of Quebec at Montreal UQAM, Montreal June 12-14th 2024.

"Towards a Peace Professionalism Framework," Saint Paul University, Ottawa, April 5, 2022

"Winnipeg: Indigenous, Newcomer, Settler Relations: Developing Adaptive Resilience." 24th Metropolis Conference: Re-Opening Canada: Looking to the Future of Immigration and Settler Integration. March 24-26, Vancouver 2022.

"Stewarding Sacred Seeds," North American Institute of Indigenous Theological Studies (NAIITS). co-authored with EFC Indigenous-Settler Working Group, Spirituality of Wellness in Community 17th Symposium, June 4-5th 2020, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

"Conflict and Reconciliation in Canada: Antagonism and Agonistic Peacebuilding." Journal of Transdisciplinary Peace Praxis (2023). 

"Electoral Transition, Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Indigenous, Newcomer and Mainstream Relations in Winnipeg." Canadian Journal of Peace Research (2021).

"Being Online During the COVID-19 Pandemic." In, COVID-19 and Cultural Studies: Articulating the Pandemic (2020) available online at: https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/crics/covid-19-and-cultural-studies/being-online-during-the-covid-19-pandemic.html.

"Community Meth Response: Resilient Adaptations: Community Conflict Response" Training Workshop Manual (2020).

"Enhancing the Educational Outcomes for South Sudanese Refugee Youth: Laying the Groundwork for International Comparative Research." Organizational Report Education Pathways to Peace: Canadian-Led Global Project (2020).

 "Salutogenesis and the Prevention of Social Death: Cross-Cultural Lessons from Genocide-Impacted Rwandans and Indigenous Youth in Canada." Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal (2019).

"Bare Nature: Re-grounding Relational Genocide in the Canadian Tar Sands," Space and Culture (2018).

"Land Affect and the Canadian Tar Sands," In Jennifer Ladino and Michael Bladow (eds.) Affective Ecocriticsims (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2018).

"Canada's Three Sovereignties and the Hope of Indigenous-Led Populism," In Kiera L. Ladner and Myra J. Tait (eds.) Surviving Canada: Indigenous Peoples Celebrate 150 Years of Betrayal (Arbeiter Ring Press, Winnipeg, 2017).

"Three Sovereignties and an Election" in Red Rising Magazine, Issue No. 1, (Winnipeg, 2015).

"Bare Nature: Industrial Development and Ontological Destruction" Space and Culture 2014.

"A psychological Investigation of Individual and Social Transformation in Post-Genocide Rwanda," in Confronting Genocide. Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice series, eds. Rene Provost and Payam Akhavan, (Netherlands: Springer Press, 2011): 305-319.

"The Impact of International Funding on Reconciliation and Human Security in Northern Ireland: Identity, Affinity, and Aversion in the Political Domain." (co-authored with Sean Byrne) Journal of Human Security Vol. 6, No. 3 (2010): 16-35.

"The EU peace II fund and the international fund for Ireland: Nurturing cross-community contact and reconciliation in Northern Ireland," (co-authored with Sean Byrne) Geopolitics Vol. 14, No. 4 (2009): 630-52.

"Economic aid: The end of phase II and the impact on sustainable peacebuilding in Northern Ireland." Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding. (co-authored with Sean Byrne) Vol. 3, No. 3: (2009): 345-6. 

Applied

Adjunct Professor, Doctoral Program in Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Manitoba (2017-Present).

Indigenous-Settler Working Group, Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (2019–Present).

2023-2024 Manitoba Public Safety Training Strategy Steering Committee, Clunis Consulting, Winnipeg.

Program Coordinator, MA Peacebuilding and Collaborative Development (2019–2024)

Practicum Advisor, Conflict Resolution Studies, Menno Simons College (2016-)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Affect Project, University of Manitoba (2015)

Youth Programs Team Lead, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario (2012-2014)

Networks Advisor, Dalhousie University, Resilience Research Centre (2013)

Research Analyst, European Union, Monitoring and Evaluation, Northern Ireland (2008-2009)

Good Governance Project, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Rwanda (2005)

Community

Conflict in the Workplace, Staff Training Workshop, Career Trek, Manitoba (May 2025)

Immigration Partnership Winnipeg, Indigenous-Newcomer Sector Table (2015–Present)

 

 

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