• PeaceTech and Data4peace: What are we learning?

    Online

    This introductory event will draw on PSRP’s work and partnership to offer key insights and learnings from the PeaceTech team at the University of Edinburgh, including:

    What is PeaceTech? How can technology help facilitate inclusive peace, and what is the new potential regarding data analysis?
    Data on peace processes: What are the new possibilities for data collection, analysis, and connectivity: what can we do with data on peace and conflict now that we couldn’t do 10 years ago?
    What types of interdisciplinary and research-practice-tech teams are needed to produce effective PeaceTech projects?
    What lessons have we learned about designing an effective collaborative PeaceTech project in the ‘data’ space?

  • Conflict, Peace, & Covid-19 in the Middle East

    Online

    This event will offer insights into how Covid-19 is affecting peace and conflict trends in the Middle East, particularly around issues of trust and social cohesion and how local actors are shaping the response to the pandemic.

  • Covid-19: An Opportunity for Regional Integration?

    Jointly held by al-Sabah Programme, Gulf Studies Center, Political Settlements Research Programme and Open Think
    Tank, this event will examine regional responses to Covid-19 in the Middle East and Africa, and explore whether Covid-19 is a tool of conflict or opportunity for rapprochement.

  • Global Ungovernance

    Online

    This event will explore the concept of ungovernance in peacebuilding and transitional justice: how un-governance works, what it is good for, its potential downsides, and its implications for programs of institutional change.

  • Regional Responses to Covid-19

    This event will examine the role of regional organisations in Africa and Latin America in responding to the pandemic.