As PeaceRep approaches the end of programme funding in 2027, the programme will host a series of engagements on its core research findings for policy, practice, and academia.
Since 2021, the programme has provided thought leadership and data-driven evidence on adaptive management of peace and transition processes. The team will now synthesise their findings and host events to showcase their research, including a conference in March 2026.
Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest publications and events.
Reimagining Peace Processes: PeaceRep to Highlight Research Findings and...
Since 2021, PeaceRep has been providing thought leadership and data-driven evidence on adaptive management of peace and transition processes, building on the foundations of the Political Settlements Research Programme, led by Edinburgh Law School, and the Conflict Research Programme, led by the London School of Economics and Political Science. PeaceRep set out to reimagine peace and transition processes in a changing geopolitical context, producing data-driven evidence and recommendations on new approaches to peace and transition processes.
As our funding draws to a close for our current phase, March 2026 marks the culmination of five years of research and the final year of collaboration across our research consortium. From March, we move into a new phase of synthesising our research findings and recommendations for policy and practice, as well as implications for future scholarship, while ensuring the longer-term sustainability of our legacy products including our flagship PA-X Peace Agreements Database and PeaceTech tools.
Throughout this year, the teams at Edinburgh Law School and the University of St Andrews will consolidate findings across our key thematic and geographic areas.
A suite of synthesis outputs will summarise highlights from our intellectual leadership – including on global fragmentation, multimediation, and PeaceTech data-driven research – and will offer concluding recommendations drawing on five years of data-driven evidence. Our forthcoming suite of key findings on thematic and geographic areas as well as a suite of synthesis articles, reports, and policy briefs will set out our main concepts and contributions to the field, alongside implications for policy and practice.
A programme of events will give policymakers, practitioners, and academics the opportunity to interact with our synthesis work. LSE MEC will host a public event on 14 February on Reframing Iraq: Power, Politics, and Paths to Inclusion, presenting presents five years of field-based research on governance, power, and political transformation in post-2003 Iraq. LSE CCRG will host an end of programme event on its Ukraine project on 23 February and an end of programme Syria conference on 23 and 24 March. Consortium partner International IDEA will host the annual Edinburgh Dialogue on Post-Conflict Constitution Building and Women Constitution-Makers’ Dialogue in late 2026. Other events and engagements will be taking place across the consortium by invitation only.
We will provide more information throughout 2026 about how to stay engaged with our work beyond 2027.
Time for a Change: final cross-consortium event
To celebrate five years of research with the full consortium, PeaceRep will host a three-day event in March 2026 highlighting the programme’s significant impact and relevance across policy, practice, and academia.
The event will showcase insights from PeaceRep’s comparative research into the shifting nature of peace processes in a fragmented conflict landscape, featuring keynote speeches, panel discussions on the programme’s key contribution to scholarship, practice, and PeaceTech as well as country-focused workshops where researchers and practitioners will discuss the options for conflict resolution in Myanmar, Sudan, Syria, and Ukraine.
The event is invitation-only and space is limited. If you wish to attend, email peacerep@ed.ac.uk to be added to the waiting list.
Thanks
We extend our thanks to our funder, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the UK Government, and to our consortium partners for their ongoing commitment and dedication to best practice in peace and transition processes: Conciliation Resources, Coventry University, LSE Conflict and Civicness Research Group, LSE Middle East Centre, International IDEA, Queens University Belfast, University of St Andrews, University of Stirling, and the World Peace Foundation at Tufts University.
PeaceRep is also grateful to the Covid Collective, the Economic and Social Research Council, the Scottish Council on Global Affairs, Scottish Funding Council (ISPF), the British Embassy Yangon, The University of Edinburgh, and UN Women, for their generous support and collaboration over the last five years.