Time to Make a Change: Summary and Reflections on the PeaceRep Final Conference

Authors: Liora Berg, Ava Byrne, Nicholas de Carvalho, Zoe Guidino, Samvit Nagpal, Leah Rose

The PeaceRep final conference, Time to Make a Change: Reimagining Peace Processes in a Fragmented World, hosted by the University of Edinburgh on 12 March 2026, brought together research institutions, non‑governmental organisations, and local research teams partnering in the consortium. It offered space for a collective reflection on the conceptual, methodological, and empirical innovations the consortium has introduced over its life cycle; and how these have shaped thinking and practice.

This report offers summaries and reflections on the event. Written by students at the University of St Andrews, the authors outline panel discussions on key PeaceRep themes and findings from our data-driven and in-country research, along with personal reflections from the conference.