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SUMMARY:Time to Make a Change: Reimagining Peace Processes in a Fragmented World
DESCRIPTION:Illustration by Marie Bertrand via Getty Images\nJoin us for a full-day conference marking the culmination of the PeaceRep programme\nAs the PeaceRep programme draws to a close\, join us in Edinburgh to mark the culmination of five years of data-driven research into the changing nature of peace processes. This full-day conference will showcase insights from PeaceRep’s data-driven research\, featuring key findings on fragmentation\, multimediation\, PeaceTech\, peace analytics\, and country contexts\, together with implications for policy and practice. \nThe full programme includes a keynote speech by Mary Kaldor (LSE)\, together with other high-level speakers to be confirmed. The event will feature PeaceRep researchers\, PeaceTech developers\, mediators\, and policy-makers\, offering a space for inter-disciplinary discussions on contemporary peace and transition processes\, and what needs to change to advance conflict resolution. The afternoon will include a breakout session with a country focus; please choose your top two choices below to allow us to allocate rooms accordingly. \nSpaces are free but limited. Register below to secure your place. \nRegister now\nWhen: 8:30 am – 17:00 pm\, Thursday 12 March 2026\nWhere: Playfair Library\, Old College\, University of Edinburgh\nRegistration deadline: Thursday 26 February 2026 \nThis is a free public event with limited spaces. Registration is essential. \nThe conference will be followed by an evening reception from 17:00 – 19:30.  \nA provisional programme is now available. Please note that details are subject to change.
URL:https://peacerep.org/event/time-to-make-a-change/
LOCATION:Playfair Library Hall\, Old College\, South Bridge\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9YL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Crisis of Legitimacy in Peace Work and the Return of ‘Peace as Force'
DESCRIPTION:Photo by JOSPIN MWISHA/AFP via Getty Images\nJoin PeaceRep\, the Centre for Security Research\, and the Global Justice Academy for a public talk with Gearoid Millar examining the diminishing legitimacy and future of peace work\nRegister on Eventbrite\nWhen: 10:30 am – 12:00 pm\, Tuesday 24 February 2026 \nWhere: G42\, Paterson’s Land\, University of Edinburgh \nIn this talk\, Gearoid Millar examines the diminishing legitimacy of peace work as it has come to be framed in the post-Cold War era. The talk presents data from interviews with 99 peace work professionals examining what they each thought were the biggest challenges to peace that we had faced in the recent past and that we would face in the foreseeable future. Conducted over two phases that straddle a pivotal inflection point for the field (one in 2018–19 and another in 2024–25)\, Gearoid’s research presents many voices from those who have worked either to understand (academics) or to implement (practitioners) peace work. \nAs these voices illustrate\, one of the most common challenges these groups identified was the decreasing legitimacy of peace work; specifically\, the decreasing legitimacy of the model of peace that has previously been pursued (the liberal peace) and of the actors who have most clearly pursued it (the Western states and the UN). The most worrying implication of these findings\, however\, is that the very concept of peace itself as a “just peace” allowing progressively more protection and emancipation for individuals and sub-state communities is also becoming delegitimated\, to be replaced again by “peace as force”. \nGearoid Millar is a Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies in the Department of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen\, in the UK\, where he also Coordinators both the MSc in Peace and Conflict Studies and the MSc in Policy Evaluation. His fieldwork research in West Africa has focused on examining the local experiences of international interventions for peace\, justice\, and development – primarily in Sierra Leone – and he has published widely about the complex and unpredictable interactions (characterised by Hybridity and Friction) between international peacebuilding interventions and the local communities and individuals who experience those interventions. He has contributed widely to the field of Peace and Conflict studies over the past 15 years\, with four books and more than two dozen contributions to key journals\, such as the Journal of Peace Research\, Cooperation and Conflict\, International Peacekeeping\, the Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding\, Third World Quarterly\, Peacebuilding\, and many others. \nThis is a free public event with limited spaces. Please register via Eventbrite \n  \n  \n            
URL:https://peacerep.org/event/the-crisis-of-legitimacy-in-peace-work-and-the-return-of-peace-as-force/
LOCATION:G42 (Paterson’s Land)
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SUMMARY:Somalia\, Mapping the Fragments: Justice & Security in Kismayo and Galkayo
DESCRIPTION:Zoom Webinar hosted by the LSE Conflict and Civicness Research Group\nRegister to attend online\nWhen: 19 March 2025\, 14:00 – 15:00 (BST) \nWhere: Zoom \nThe general failure of national peace processes has contributed to the emergence of new spaces and dynamics of both peace and conflict\, particularly at sub-national levels. In this light\, Christine Bell and Laura Wise ask us to reimagine peace processes by mapping and understanding the fragmented peace-conflict spaces that they have identified through PeaceRep’s PA-X Local Peace Agreement database. \nThis webinar\, based on research by the PeaceRep Somalia team\, seeks to illustrate how a granular understanding of Somalia’s fragmented governance landscape – Kismayo and Galkayo – can enhance policy and programmatic engagement\, by shifting the focus from dominant elite-level narratives to local realities. This is particularly important in securitized\, “bunkerized” environments such as Somalia. \nThis event is part of a three part webinar series drawing on research from Galkayo and Kismayo in Somalia and Tumaco and Chocó in Colombia’s Pacific region across the CCRG. It explores how peace and security processes unfold in fragmented\, multilayered\, and transcalar environments\, where cycles of violence are shaped by limited or uneven state presence\, chronic underdevelopment\, and contested forms of authority. The series examines how these processes operate within broader political economies and connect across local\, national\, and international levels\, highlighting the potential of transcalar peace and security processes to support more inclusive and sustainable outcomes. More information and information on future webinars can be found here. For more information and to register for upcoming webinars\, please visit Conflict and Civicness Research Group Events. \nSpeakers & Chair\n\nKhalif Abdirahman\, Senior Field Researcher at the LSE’s Conflict and Civicness Research Group\nNisar Majid\, Research Director of Peacerep Somalia at the LSE’s Conflict and Civicness Research Group\nAbdifatah Ismael Tahir\, researcher at Hilin\, a non-profit research organisation\nMarika Theros (Chair)\, Policy Fellow at the Conflict and Civicness Research Group at LSE IDEAS and the Director of the Civic Engagement Project\n\nLearn more about the speakers here \nRegistration\nThis event if free and open to all. However\, pre-registration is required. Register here.
URL:https://peacerep.org/event/somalia-mapping-the-fragments-webinar/
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: Redefining Ceasefires
DESCRIPTION:Join PeaceRep and Marika Sosnowski for a talk on her new book\, Redefining Ceasefires: Wartime Order and Statebuilding in Syria.\n“Boys playing tug of war” (2020) by Shadi Abousada\nWhen: Thursday 14 September\, 2:30 – 4:00pm \nWhere: Moot Court Room\, Edinburgh Law School\, South Bridge\, Edinburgh EH8 9YL \nRegister now on Eventbrite. \nSince 2012\, ceasefires have been used in Syria to halt violence and facilitate peace agreements. However\, in a new book\, Marika Sosnowski argues that a ceasefire is rarely ever just a “cease fire”. Instead\, she demonstrates that ceasefires are not only military tactics but are also tools of wartime order and statebuilding. \nDrawing from the PA-X dataset\, rare primary documents and first-hand interviews with over eighty Syrians and other experts\, in this talk\, Marika draws from the book’s findings to present an innovative typology of ceasefires as a way to think through a range of heretofore underexamined impacts ceasefires can have on areas like rebel/local governance\, citizenship and property rights\, humanitarian access and economic networks. The categories of the typology will be illustrated with examples of ceasefires from arguably the most critical conflict of our time\, the Syrian civil war. \nRead more about the book: Redefining Ceasefires: Wartime Order and Statebuilding in Syria \nSpeakers\n\nLaura Wise\, PeaceRep Research Fellow and Programme Coordinator\nKasia Houghton\, ESRC Doctoral Researcher\, University of St Andrews\nMohamad Alashmar\, Doctoral Researcher & Fellow at the Centre for Syrian Studies\, University of St Andrews\n\nAbout the Author\nMarika Sosnowski is an Australian-qualified lawyer\, a Research Associate at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) in Hamburg and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Melbourne Law School. Her research is firmly interdisciplinary straddling international law\, socio-legal studies and politics. Her primary interests are in the fields of governance and legal systems with a geographical focus on Syria. \nAbout PeaceRep\nPeaceRep is a research consortium based at The University of Edinburgh Law School. Our research is re-thinking peace and transition processes in the light of changing conflict dynamics\, changing demands of inclusion\, and changes in patterns of global intervention in conflict and peace/mediation/transition management processes. \nRSVP\nRegister now on Eventbrite. Contact peacerep@ed.ac.uk with any questions. \n 
URL:https://peacerep.org/event/book-talk-redefining-ceasefires/
LOCATION:Old College\, Edinburgh Law School\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9YL
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SUMMARY:Women\, Peace and Security in the Digital Age
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a celebration of the PeaceFem mediation app\, and a discussion on the challenges faced by the Women\, Peace and Security agenda in the Digital Age.\n\n \n  \nWhen: Tuesday 9 May\, 16:00 – 18:00 \nWhere: InSpace\, University of Edinburgh \nRegister to attend via Eventbrite\nIn 2000\, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1325 on Women\, Peace and Security (WPS)\, which sets an agenda for all peace and conflict transition processes to include women’s meaningful participation\, and gender perspectives in any resultant peace agreements. Over two decades later\, the world of peace mediation has dramatically changed with the spread of Information Community Technologies (ICTs)\, and the widespread use of data to understand the progress and trajectory of women’s inclusion in peace processes. Meanwhile\, the global conflict landscape is increasingly fragmented and complex\, and presents new challenges for mediation approaches to resolving violent armed conflict. \nThe PeaceFem mobile app is a contribution to the growing field of PeaceTech\, which uses technology to support peacebuilding. Designed for women’s rights advocates\, mediation and negotiation teams\, and other peace and security actors\, PeaceFem contains strategies for influencing peace processes\, as well as the resulting gender-sensitive provisions in peace agreements and data on their implementation. Launched in July 2020\, the app is now in use in 60 countries around the globe and is available in five languages: Arabic\, English\, French\, Indonesian\, and Burmese. PeaceFem is available for download via Google Play and the App Store. \nAt this event\, join co-creators of the PeaceFem app\, and experts on Women\, Peace and Security\, peace and conflict\, and PeaceTech\, to discuss the opportunities and challenges that the Digital Age offers women’s equality advocates trying to influence conflict transitions. We will reflect on how women peacebuilders utilise PeaceTech to leverage inclusion\, how technology can also restrict women’s meaningful participation\, and why Women\, Peace and Security advocates are increasingly using peace and conflict data to support their work. \n  \nSchedule\n16:00: Welcome – Prof Christine Bell\, Assistant Principal (Global Justice)\, University of Edinburgh School of Law\, Executive Director of PeaceRep \n16:05-16:15: PeaceFem introduction with Ms. Fiona Knäussel (Associate Researcher\, University of Oxford) \n16:15-16:45: Panel discussion – ‘Women\, Peace and Security in the Digital Age’ \nChair:\nMs. Laura Wise – Research Fellow\, University of Edinburgh\nSpeakers:\n• Dr Monalisa Adhikari – Lecturer in International Politics\, University of Stirling\n• Dr Sanja Badanjak – Chancellor’s Fellow in Global Challenges\, University of Edinburgh\n• Dr Claire Duncanson – Senior Lecturer in International Relations\, University of Edinburgh \n16:45-17:15: Open discussion \n17:15-18:00: Drinks reception \nThis event is hosted by PeaceRep: The Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform. PeaceRep is a seven-year research consortium re-thinking peace and transition processes in light of changing conflict dynamics\, led by the University of Edinburgh Law School. PeaceRep is funded by UK Aid from the Foreign\, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)\, UK. \nRegister to attend via Eventbrite\n  \nAbout the speakers\nDr Monalisa Adhikari is a Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Stirling. Monalisa obtained her PhD in International Relations from the University of Edinburgh in 2020\, and was a Research Fellow with the Political Settlements Research Programme. Her primary research interests include peace processes\, international interventions in fragile and conflict-affected states\, rising powers engagement in the global governance of peace and security\, and foreign policies of India and China. She has conducted research in China\, India\, Myanmar and Nepal. \nDr Sanja Badanjak is a Chancellor’s Fellow in Global Challenges at the University of Edinburgh School of Law\, PeaceRep’s Data Director\, and Data Manager for the PA-X Peace Agreements Database and Dataset. Her research interests include the applications of quantitative and text-as-data methods in the study of institutions\, elections\, and peace processes. She completed her PhD in political science at the University of Wisconsin – Madison\, and holds and MA in political science from the Central European University. \nProf Christine Bell is Assistant Principal (Global Justice) and Professor of Constitutional Law at the School of Law\, University of Edinburgh\, and is PeaceRep’s Executive Director. She is a co-creator of the PeaceFem app. Christine’s research interests lie in the interface between constitutional and international law\, gender and conflict\, and legal theory\, with a particular interest in peace processes and their agreements. \nDr Claire Duncanson is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the School of Social and Political Science. Claire’s research interests lie at the intersection of international security\, IR theory and gender politics. Her work applies new theoretical insights about feminism\, gender\, and masculinities to international issues such as peacebuilding\, military interventions\, and nuclear proliferation. Her current project\, with Carol Cohn at the Consortium on Gender\, Security and Human Right\, is focused on creating a Feminist Roadmap for Sustainable Peace and Planet. Prior to her academic career\, she worked for a variety of human rights and international development NGOs\, including Amnesty International\, Jubilee 2000 and Global Perspective. \nMs. Fiona Knäussel is an Associate Researcher with PeaceRep based at the Oxford Internet Institute\, and a co-creator of the PeaceFem mediation app. Her research focuses on the development and study of PeaceTech and peace data applications\, and the ethical implications of the use of technologies in the context of conflict and peacebuilding. She also has a strong interest in women’s rights in conflict\, and gender-specific and intersectional human rights issues. Fiona holds an LLM in Public International Law from the London School of Economics and an LLB (Hons) in Law and International Relations from the University of Edinburgh. She’s also currently reading for a MSc in Social Science of the Internet at the University of Oxford. \nMs. Laura Wise is a Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh School of Law\, PeaceRep gender lead\, and a co-creator of the PeaceFem app. Laura’s research explores the margins of peace processes and their intersections with the politics of inclusion\, with a particular focused on local peace processes\, non-dominant minorities\, and gender. Her work on gender perspectives in peace agreements regularly informs United Nations women\, peace and security policy\, and she has previously worked with UN Women to support women engaged in peace processes in Syria\, Yemen\, Iraq\, and Libya. Laura holds an MA in Comparative Ethnic Conflict from Queen’s University Belfast and a BSc Econ in International Politics from Aberystwyth University. \n  \nAbout PeaceFem\nPeaceFem is a collaboration between UN Women\, Inclusive Peace\, the Monash University Centre for Gender\, Peace and Security\, and the Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform (PeaceRep) at\nthe University of Edinburgh. The project has been financially supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in cooperation with Deustche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. PeaceRep/University of Edinburgh data was supported by UK Aid from the UK Foreign\, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)\, and Monash data was supported by Australian Research Council Linkage Project\, ‘Toward Inclusive Peace: Mapping the Gender Provisions of Peace Agreements’. Inclusive Peace data was supported by Inclusive Security\, UN Women\, and the Governments of Norway\, Switzerland\, Germany\, Finland\, and Turkey. \nLearn more about PeaceFem
URL:https://peacerep.org/event/women-peace-and-security-in-the-digital-age/
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar: The peace process as a quantitative unit of analysis
DESCRIPTION:Visiting researcher Yoav Kapshuk (Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee) presents findings from a recent paper co-authored with Yuval Haitman (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev): \nThe peace process as a quantitative unit of analysis\nPlease RSVP via Eventbrite to attend\nPaper Abstract: \nPrevious quantitative research has examined both the design of peace agreements and assessed which provisions characterize stable ones. However\, research on peace agreements as a single unit of analysis misses the connections forged between multiple agreements within a peace process. \nTherefore\, while recognizing the difficulties in operationally defining the concept of peace process\, this project restructures the data from PA-X peace agreements database (version 5) such that the unit of analysis is the peace process instead of the peace agreement. In doing so\, we obtain insight into the principles at work when designing peace processes. To this end\, we use machine learning methods to assess at what stage and in what order within a negotiation is it desirable to engage in any given principle. \nA preliminary examination was conducted on the principles of transitional justice (TJ)\, an area known to be significant for societies transitioning from conflict to peace. We examined which principles of TJ in partial agreements predict the achievement of a comprehensive agreement and found that out of 10 variables of TJ from the PA-X database\, the presence of 1) reconciliation\, 2) release of prisoners and 3) mechanisms to deal with the past in intermediate stages of peace processes (i.e.\, in partial agreements) have the greatest contribution to achieving comprehensive agreements. In contrast\, provisions such as vetting\, missing\, and courts in intermediate stages of peace processes have the lowest contribution to achieving comprehensive agreements; provisions such as amnesty and reparation have medium contribution. \nThese findings advance our understanding of what key TJ provisions to focus on during negotiations. Future research will use observations of peace processes to examine the importance of other principles: inclusion of groups (such as minorities\, women\, refugees)\, provisions for security\, provisions for power-sharing\, and more.  \nPlease RSVP via Eventbrite to attend
URL:https://peacerep.org/event/research-seminar-peace-process-quantitative-analysis/
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