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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
CATEGORIES:Featured,Public Event
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SUMMARY:MEDRC Webinar: In Theory and Practice - Exploring Legal Perspectives in Environmental Peacebuilding Initiatives
DESCRIPTION:Join MEDRC for the latest webinar in their Stabilization Mechanism Series\, featuring PeaceRep’s Managing Director\, Tim Epple.\nImage: Anand Purohit\, Getty Images\nWhen: Wednesday 27 September\, 12:00pm \nWhere: Zoom \nRegister to attend. \nLegal frameworks are pivotal to using the environment in service of peacebuilding. International legal mechanisms play a crucial role in mitigating risks and preventing the recurrence of armed conflict. Additionally\, they provide avenues for engagement\, dialogue\, environmental conservation\, and the equitable sharing of benefits. The effective application of legal mechanisms in environmental peacebuilding is a challenging and complex process. Join MEDRC in discussion as a panel of expert speakers share insights from theory and practice. \nSpeakers:\n\nDr Britta Sjöstedt\, Senior Lecturer in Environment Law at Lund University\nTim Epple\, Managing Director at University of Edinburgh Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform (PeaceRep)\nMauran El-Krekshi\, Head of MENA at CMI – Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation\n\nAbout:\nIn the Stabilization Mechanism Webinar Series\, the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) invites expert speakers to help unpack and look critically at a few themes that have emerged within the environmental diplomacy field. MEDRC seeks informed practical insights for mechanisms operating in transboundary environmental cooperation and diplomacy. \nRegister to attend on Zoom.
URL:https://peacerep.org/event/medrc-webinar-legal-perspectives-in-environmental-peacebuilding-initiatives/
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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SUMMARY:Peace Analytics: Peace and Transition Process Tracker
DESCRIPTION:Join Christine Bell\, PeaceRep’s Executive Director\, at the 2023 Data for Peace Conference for her session on Peace Analytics.\nWhen: 16 October 2023\, 21:30 – 22:00 BST / 16:30 – 17:00 ET \nWhere: Online \nRegister to attend virtually (In-person registrations now at capacity) \nPeaceRep Executive Director\, Christine Bell\, will host a hybrid Breakout Session at the 2023 Data for Peace Conference on Peace Analytics and PeaceRep’s new Peace and Transition Process Tracker. \nReal-time tracking and mapping of peace processes\, the conditions around them\, and their impact on levels of peace within a country is challenging for many reasons\, but can help identify trends and inform policymakers and the general public. \nAt the hybrid event next week\, Christine will introduce plans for PeaceRep’s new peace and transition process tracker. The tracker is designed to support adaptive implementation of peace and transition agreements and builds on expansive PA-X data. \nJoin Christine Bell at Breakout #2 Session 3.2 for a deep dive into the challenges of tracking peace processes\, what this means for ‘Peace Analytics\,’ and insights into PeaceRep’s ‘PA-X Tracker’ ahead of its launch in 2024. \nAbout Christine Bell:\nProfessor 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. \nChristine’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. \nAbout the 2023 Data for Peace Conference:\nThis fall\, the NYU Center on International Cooperation\, with support from the Complex Risk Analytics Fund (CRAF’d) and its partners\, will host a five-day hybrid conference with national and international experts in the data for peacebuilding and prevention ecosystem to facilitate peer-to-peer exchange and leverage emerging technologies and data science methods to tackle the growing challenges across the humanitarian-development-peace and climate nexus globally. \nPeacebuilding and prevention practitioners are searching for novel approaches to tackle the growing challenges. Emerging technologies and data science methods have been recognized as potential tools to better understand and tackle some of these challenges across the humanitarian-development-peace and climate nexus. GIS\, advanced analytics\, machine learning\, natural language processing and image processing\, are some of potential “game changers” recognized by many and already utilized by some of our partners. As a power engine of all these approaches stands data\, generated\, and collected at unprecedented rates. And yet\, there are still many gaps and problems in data availability\, quality\, and usability that make this work challenging. \nRegister to attend virtually
URL:https://peacerep.org/event/peace-analytics-peace-transition-process-tracker/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Regionalized Governance in the Global South
DESCRIPTION:Book Launch: Regionalized Governance in the Global South with Brooke Coe and Kathryn Nash\nWhen: Wednesday 01 November\, 16:00 – 17:00 \nWhere: Moot Court Room\, Old College \nRegister to attend in person \nRegister to attend online \nIn their new Element\, Dr Brooke Coe and Dr Kathryn Nash question division of labour and concentration of authority among intergovernmental organizations by examining multilevel governance in the Global South. Their work focuses on the policy domains of peace and security and human rights in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)\, and their central finding is that the extent of governance regionalization varies across regions and issue areas. In the domain of peace and security\, governance is most regionalized in Africa. In the domain of human rights protection\, governance is most regionalized in the LAC region. Given the phenomenon of regional specialization\, the Element makes the case for the greater explanatory power of regional drivers of regional institutional development. \nAt this event to launch their minibook\, Dr Coe and Dr Nash will present their research and answer questions. They’ll also discuss their plans to make their dataset public and the need for further research on divisions of governance in a multi-level international system. The Element is available open access at https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/regionalized-governance-in-the-global-south/27ACE026649675E3A40E37989F9ACD10.
URL:https://peacerep.org/event/book-launch-regionalized-governance-global-south/
LOCATION:Edinburgh School of Law\, Old College\, South Bridge\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9YL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Reparations and reproductive violence - The case of children born of conflict-related sexual violence in Colombia
DESCRIPTION:Researcher Dr Tatiana Sanchez Parra (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action Fellow\, University of Edinburgh Politics and International Relations) shares her work on reproductive justice from a chapter of her upcoming book\, ‘Born of War in Colombia: Reproductive Violence and Memories of Absence’. \nPlease RSVP via Eventbrite to attend\nTatiana’s work:  \nTatiana Sanchez Parra works on issues related to feminist peacebuilding\, reproductive justice\, and reproductive violence in contexts of war and political transitions. Her research is situated at the intersection of feminist studies\, socio-legal studies\, and Latin American studies. \nHer current project\, ‘Advancing Gender Justice\, Tackling Reproductive Violence: Forced Parenthood in Contexts of War’\, focuses on the experiences of cisgender women and transgender men who are parenting children born of conflict-related sexual violence in Colombia. Through a collaborative\, ethnographic\, and arts-based approach\, the project seeks to: (1) offer a comprehensive understanding of diverse experiences of these forms of parenthood; (2) advance knowledge regarding justice and redress for these cases; (3) facilitate knowledge exchange to render visible and address these experiences of parenthood. \nAbout Tatiana: \nTatiana is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellow in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh. \nTatiana holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Essex\, where she also obtained a Master’s degree in Human Rights. Prior to her studies in the UK\, Tatiana completed a Master’s in Social Anthropology at the Universidad de Los Andes\, where she also studied her undergraduate degree in Social Anthropology. Before starting her current position at the University of Edinburgh\, Tatiana worked as an Assistant Professor at Instituto de Estudios Sociales y Culturales Pensar of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia) and as a consultant for the Global Survivors Fund (Switzerland). \nPlease RSVP via Eventbrite to attend
URL:https://peacerep.org/event/research-seminar-reparations-and-reproductive-violence-the-case-of-children-born-of-conflict-related-sexual-violence-in-colombia/
LOCATION:Edinburgh School of Law\, Old College\, South Bridge\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9YL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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SUMMARY:Peace Talks Webinar - Vulnerability and Resilience to Violent Extremism: An Actor-Centric Approach
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend via Zoom\nJoin us for the launch of ‘Vulnerability and Resilience to Violent Extremism: An Actor-Centric Approach’ and explore the intricate web of societal dynamics surrounding violent extremism.  \nAdopting an actor-centric approach\, this volume examines the roles of state representatives\, religious institutions and civil society actors. The analysis builds on empirical evidence collected in Bosnia and Herzegovina\, Kosovo\, North Macedonia\, Serbia\, Iraq\, Lebanon\, and Tunisia. \nLearn why vulnerability and resilience to violent extremism can be considered two sides of the same coin. \nAfter hearing from the authors\, attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and participate in a discussion of the book’s key themes. \nSpeakers:\nDr. Juline Beaujouan\nPostdoctoral Research Fellow\nPeaceRep | University of Edinburgh \nDr. Véronique Dudouet\nSenior Research Advisor\nConflict Transformation Research Programme | Berghof Foundation \nDr. Maja Halilovic-Pastuovic\nAssistant Research Professor\nTrinity College Dublin | The University of Dublin \nDr. Amjed Rasheed\nLecturer of Defence Studies\nDepartment of Security Studies | King’s College London \nWho Should Attend?\nThis book launch will be of interest to students and scholars interested in countering violent extremism\, terrorism\, political violence\, and the fields of security studies and International Relations. \nPlease register to attend on Zoom. Attendees will receive a confirmation email with details on how to join the webinar. \nAbout the book:\n‘Vulnerability and Resilience to Violent Extremism’ is available Open-Access at www.taylorfrancis.com. \nThe volume is co-edited by Juline Beaujouan\, Véronique Dudouet\, Maja Halilovic-Pastuovic\, Johanna-Maria Hülzer\, Marie Kortam\, and Amjed Rasheed. \n  \nRegister to attend via Zoom\n 
URL:https://peacerep.org/event/peace-talks-webinar-vulnerability-resilience-violent-extremism/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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SUMMARY:What role for youth in peace agreements?: Introducing a new dataset
DESCRIPTION:Asli Ozcelik Olcay (University of Glasgow School of Law) introduces a new dataset on references to youth in peace agreements from 1990-2022 and discusses key findings on the relationship between youth and armed conflict.  \nPlease RSVP via Eventbrite to attend\nWhat role for youth in peace agreements?: Introducing a new dataset \nToday’s youth population is the largest in history\, representing 24% of the global population\, A significant part of the youth population globally is estimated to be affected by armed conflict. Marginalisation of youth in different avenues of life is among the root causes of some conflicts. Armed conflict also has significant adverse consequences for young people\, from impeding their access to education\, health\, and livelihoods to leading to displacement. While some young people join the armed forces of conflict parties\, many remain unarmed and play other roles in conflict situations\, delivering humanitarian aid\, acting as local mediators\, and building peace. Where peace agreements refer to youth\, they provide valuable insights into the multifaceted relationship between youth and armed conflict. Where this is not the case\, it may be an indication of youth’s marginalisation in a peace process. \nThe aim of this talk is to introduce the first peace agreement dataset that adopts a youth lens\, “References to Youth in Peace Agreements\, 1990-2022 (YPAD)”\, which draws on the PA-X Peace Agreements Database. YPAD contains 208 peace agreements that refer to youth\, young people\, or similar\, concluded between the years of 1990-2022 to bring an end to conflicts of inter-state\, intra-state\, or local nature. The data demonstrates that referencing youth in peace agreements remains a marginal practice\, with only 12% of the peace agreements concluded in the said timeframe referring to youth. Yet\, it also reveals a wide variety of practices to be learned from in relation to youth inclusion in the negotiation process\, content\, and implementation of peace agreements\, which to date were not systemically analysed. In addition to introducing the data\, Asli Ozcelik Olcay will discuss some of the key findings and offer a thematic analysis of the references to youth. \nPlease RSVP via Eventbrite to attend
URL:https://peacerep.org/event/what-role-for-youth-peace-agreements/
LOCATION:Edinburgh School of Law\, Old College\, South Bridge\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9YL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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SUMMARY:Full-day Workshop: Race\, Empire and Legal and Constitutional Theory
DESCRIPTION:What are the relationships between critiques of race and empire\, and legal-theoretical approaches to the constitutionalisation of power? This workshop foregrounds this encounter\, with an emphasis on the methodological challenges and innovations it generates. The workshop brings together scholars from different disciplinary methodologies and practices\, spanning law (human rights\, constitutional law\, international law)\, the humanities (performance studies)\, and social and political theory (critical race theory\, gender studies\, cultural studies). Together\, they will explore the methods of and relationships between these different critical approaches\, and their consequences for legal and constitutional theory. \nPlease register to attend on Eventbrite. \nLocation: Seminar Room 1\, Chrystal Macmillan Building\, 15a George Square\, Edinburgh \nAgenda \n9.15am – Tea and coffee \n9.30am – Welcome and introductions \n9.45am-11.15am – Panel 1: Land\, Nature and the Racial Logic of Rights \n‘In themselves a hazard’: The racial capitalist logic of amenity value\nSarah Keenan\, Birkbeck College\, University of London\nGranting rights to protect nature: possibilities and limitations\nHelena Alviar García\, SciencesPo\nDiscussant: Tsampika Taralli\, University of Edinburgh \n11.15am – Comfort break \n11.30am-1pm – Panel 2: Silence and Silencing \nWe Who Must Fight in the Shade\nTommy J Curry\, University of Edinburgh\nConstitutionalizing racial aphasia\nChristopher Gevers\, University of KwaZulu-Natal\nDiscussant: Mihaela Mihai\, University of Edinburgh \n1pm-2pm – Lunch \n2pm-3.30pm – Panel 3: State-building and Colonial Orders \nThe rule of law and racial difference in the British Empire\nKanika Sharma\, SOAS\, University of London\nConstituting digital infrastructure in Latin America\nRene Urueña\, Universidad de Los Andes\nDiscussant: Kathryn Nash\, University of Edinburgh \n3.30pm – Comfort break \n3.45pm-4.45pm – General discussion \n4.45pm – Closing comments \nThis event is organised by Peacerep\, in conjunction with the Centre for Legal Theory and Race.Ed. \nThis event is in person only.
URL:https://peacerep.org/event/full-day-workshop-race-empire-and-legal-and-constitutional-theory/
LOCATION:University of Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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SUMMARY:Seeing Conflict through Data: Visualising Peace Process Trajectories
DESCRIPTION:Conflict seems ever-present at the moment. In too many places\, wars and disputes flare up and rumble on\, and peace-making efforts follow in their wake. But all too often\, the vital evidence about what is happening can be hard to find and interpret. \nEdinburgh DataVis Community is back with a talk from two researchers from the Peacerep programme\, a peace and conflict resolution evidence platform which seeks to collate and visualise this critical information. \nTomas Vancisin and Niamh Henry will talk about the aims of the multi-institution project\, and give us a glimpse into how they display and make use of the wide variety of data they gather. \nWHEN: 6 pm\, Thursday 25 April 2024 \nWHERE: Inspace\, 1 Crichton Street \nFor further details and to register\, please visit MeetUp.\nThe Edinburgh DataVis Meetup is an informal community event open to all\, that has been bringing together practitioners\, designers\, academics and the just plain curious in this highly active field since 2018. \nThis is a joint event with Newcastle University\, and a hybrid event.\nA zoom link will be shared a couple days before the event date.\nDoors open at 18:00; talk starts at 18:15. Non-alcoholic refreshments provided. \nDescription of the talk:\nPeaceRep is building PeaceTech innovation focused on better data for supporting adaptive management of peace and transition processes. We are producing a state of the art method for measuring change across a portfolio of indicators\, to support analysis of peace processes and implementation. As the cornerstone of our PeaceTech work\, the PA-X Peace Agreements Database contains more than 2\,000 peace agreements from peace processes between 1990 and 2022. PA-X data underpins a range of digital tools to support policy and practice\, including visualisations\, trackers\, interactive timelines\, infographics\, and a mobile app. \nIn this event Tomas Vancisin and Niamh Henry will talk through the design and development of key PeaceRep visualisations that have had impact in the field of peace building to better understand trajectories of peace processes. This includes temporal\, network\, geospatial and combined visualisations.
URL:https://peacerep.org/event/seeing-conflict-through-data-visualising-peace-process-trajectories/
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SUMMARY:Book Talk with Miranda Melcher: Securing Peace in Angola and Mozambique
DESCRIPTION:Photo by PASCAL PAVANI/AFP via Getty Images\nDoes it really matter what’s written on page 36\, protocol V\, section III\, point 5 of a UN-endorsed peace treaty? \nJoin us as Dr Miranda Ruwart Melcher presents her new book\, Securing Peace in Angola and Mozambique: The Importance of Specificity in Peace Treaties. \nThis book helps explain how and why there are such diverging outcomes of UN peace negotiations and treaties through a detailed examination of peace processes in the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Dr Melcher shows that seemingly small details – such as who wears suits\, who has toothbrushes\, and how specific words are translated between French and English – can and have delayed peace or contributed to restarting wars. \nFollowing a presentation of the book\, there will be time for a discussion of its key themes. \nWHEN: 10:30 am – 11:30 am\, Thursday 09 May 2024 \nWHERE: Teaching Room 07\, Old College\, Edinburgh University Law School \nPlease register to attend on Eventbrite.\nAbout the book: \nSecuring Peace in Mozambique and Angola presents a detailed qualitative analysis of the peace treaties of the civil wars in Angola and Mozambique\, analysing the text in comparative detail while also investigating and making arguments about the processes through which the treaties were negotiated\, and how this impacted their implementation. In addition to using the treaties themselves\, the book draws on previously unopened UN archives about peacekeeping missions in Angola and Mozambique\, giving unique insight in on-the-ground peacekeeping in the 1990s and the evolution of what UN peacekeeping meant and means. \nThe book also: \n\nCombines UN archival material with interviews from key figures involved in negotiations\, going behind closed doors to illuminate how peace treaties are actually negotiated\nExplains divergent outcomes for two long civil wars that have important similarities to many civil wars currently underway\nTraces how the end of the Cold War played out in proxy conflicts and explains why the end of the Cold War made some conflicts worse\nOffers an alternative option to the oft-implemented Disarmament\, Demobilisation\, and Reintegration (DDR) which has mixed outcomes and logic\n\nPlease register to attend on Eventbrite. \nThis event is organised by Peacerep. \nThis event is in person only.
URL:https://peacerep.org/event/book-talk-with-miranda-melcher-securing-peace-in-angola-and-mozambique/
LOCATION:Edinburgh School of Law\, Old College\, South Bridge\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9YL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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SUMMARY:IGO Engagement in Peace Agreements: Building a Dataset with PA-X
DESCRIPTION:Join us as Kathryn Nash and Brooke Coe discuss their research methods for building a new dataset using the PA-X Peace Agreements Database. \nTheir dataset on IGO engagement in peace agreements informed their minibook\, ‘Regionalized Governance in the Global South’. A year on from its publication\, Nash and Coe have released a new policy brief\, which summarises the book’s findings for a broad audience\, and their dataset and codebook\, which underpins their research findings. \nThis event is hybrid. Those who are able to attend in person are invited to join us for a drinks reception following the panel discussion to celebrate the release of the dataset and policy brief. \nWHERE: Online/Moot Court Room\, Old College\, University of Edinburgh Law School \nWHEN: 4 pm – 5:30 pm GMT\, Wednesday 22 May 2024. \nAGENDA: \n\n4 pm: Panel discussion\n5 pm: Q&A\n5:30 pm: Wine reception\n\nRegister to attend in person via Eventbrite. \nOR \nRegister to attend online via Zoom. \nThis event is organised by PeaceRep in conjunction with the Global Justice Academy. \n\nAbout ‘Regionalized Governance in the Global South’: \nThis minibook explores the division of labour and concentration of authority amongst inter-governmental organisations (IGOs) in Latin America and Africa. It focuses on multilevel governance across global and regional IGOs in the domains of peace and security and human rights.
URL:https://peacerep.org/event/intergovernmental-organisations-engagement-in-peace-agreements-building-a-dataset-with-pa-x/
LOCATION:Edinburgh School of Law\, Old College\, South Bridge\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9YL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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SUMMARY:Regional Peace Co-construction in Colombia: Innovations and Challenges
DESCRIPTION:With Andrei Gómez-Suárez\, Delegate of the Colombian government to the negotiations with guerrilla group Comuneros del Sur. \n \nLocation:\nTeaching Room 03\, Old College\, University of Edinburgh Law School \nDate/time:\nWednesday 30 October 2024\n15:00–16:00 GMT \nAbout this event: \nPeaceRep and the Global Justice Academy are delighted to host visiting academic\, Andrei Gómez-Suárez\, for a discussion on the ongoing peace process negotiations in Colombia. \nFollowing over a half a century of conflict\, the Colombian government is now pursuing a “Total Peace” strategy\, which involves negotiating with all armed and political rebel groups including the National Liberation Army (ELN) and dissent groups of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Peace negotiations have also involved efforts towards reconciliation\, including assistance and reparation for victims of conflict. \nIn this seminar\, Andrei will share his first-hand experience of negotiating as part of the Colombian government’s delegation in Nariño with guerrilla group Comuneros del Sur. \nAndrei will discuss the innovative approaches he and his colleagues are taking to build lasting peace\, while also sharing the challenges inherent in fostering inclusive dialogue and navigating complex regional dynamics. \nFollowing the presentation\, there will be an opportunity for attendees to participate in a Q&A. \nThis event is in-person only. Refreshments will be provided. \nRegistration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/regional-peace-co-construction-in-colombia-innovations-and-challenges-tickets-1037680108137 \nAbout the speaker \nAndrei Gómez-Suárez (PhD University of Sussex) is part of the Colombian government’s delegation in a peace process in Nariño\, living in Edinburgh but spending part of each year in Colombia. He is visiting academic at the University of Edinburgh and co-founder of peacebuilding organisation Rodeemos el Diálogo (ReD\, or Embrace Dialogue). He has lectured at the Universities of Bristol\, Oxford\, Sussex\, and Winchester and has done consultancies for Conciliation Resources\, the International Organisation for Migrations\, and in Colombia for the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace\, the National Centre for Historical Memory\, and the Ombudsman’s Office. His books include Genocide\, Geopolitics and Transnational Networks: a Con-textualisation of the Destruction of the Patriotic Union in Colombia (Routledge\, 2015)\, El Triunfo del No: la Paradoja Emocional detrás del Plebiscito (Icono\, Colombia\, 2016)\, and We are not made of sugar: a childhood memoir from Colombia (forthcoming\, Fuller Vigil 2025).
URL:https://peacerep.org/event/regional-peace-co-construction-in-colombia/
LOCATION:Edinburgh School of Law\, Old College\, South Bridge\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9YL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241210T150000
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SUMMARY:The end of the Assad regime: what happens now?
DESCRIPTION:Location:\nZoom \nDate/time:\nTuesday 10 December 2024\n15.00 – 16.30 London / 10.00 – 11.30 New York / 16.00 – 17.30 Paris / 18.00 – 19.30 Damascus \nRegister to attend on Zoom.\nAbout this event: \nBashar al-Assad has been overthrown. The surprise offensive of the rebel groups\, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and the Syrian National Army (SNA)\, in the end met little resistance\, sparking a broader uprising that brought down the regime. A new chapter in the Syrian crisis has opened with enormous regional and global implications. A regime that committed mass slaughter to cling to power is no more. \nThe LSE Syria team\, based at LSE IDEAS/Conflict and Civicness Research Group\, have been researching the conflict at every stage of its development as part of their work for PeaceRep (the Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform). Through the Mapping Syria project\, they run local teams of researchers that feed real-time data on conditions on the ground. \nThis rapid response webinar will draw on this experience and local research network to analyse this extraordinary moment of change for Syria and its people. The briefing will address: \n\nWho are the forces/factors behind this offensive?\nHow do they interface with international actors?\nHow will it shape international and regional dynamics?\nWhat are the risks and scenarios going forward?\nWhat are the potential pathways for peace and justice based outcomes?\n\nSpeakers \n\nDr Munzer Alkhalil (LSE)\nMazen Gharibah (LSE)\nZaki Mehchy (LSE)\nDr Rim Turkmani (LSE)\n\nDiscussant\nMary Kaldor (LSE) \nChair\nDr Luke Cooper (LSE) \nFormat\nIn-conversation with audience Q&A \nHow do I participate?\nSign up to the Zoom registration page here:\nhttps://lse.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0YiI_d6WRJGuUDPf9FmJpg#/registration \nIs this event private/public?\nThis is a public on the record webinar. Please forward it to colleagues who might be interested. \nThis event is supported by the Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform (PeaceRep)\, funded by UK International Development from the UK government. However\, the views expressed are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the UK government’s official policies.
URL:https://peacerep.org/event/the-end-of-the-assad-regime-what-happens-now/
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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SUMMARY:Transformative Indicators for Women\, Peace and Security | PeaceRep research seminar with Dr Laura McLeod
DESCRIPTION:Location:\nTeaching Room 07\, Old College\, University of Edinburgh Law School \nDate/time:\nThursday 09 January 2025\n14:00–15:30 GMT \nRegister to attend on Eventbrite.\nAbout this event: \nJoin us for a research seminar with Dr Laura McLeod\, Senior Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Manchester. Laura will present her recent article\, Transformative indicators? Gender expertise and technocratic peace\, followed by a response from Senior Research Fellow Laura Wise and an open discussion. \nPresented in collaboration with PeaceRep\, Edinburgh Law School\, the International Relations Research Group\, and GENDER.ED. \nThe seminar will be held in person. Refreshments will be provided. \nFormat: \n\nResearch presentation (Laura McLeod) – 20 mins\nResponse (Laura Wise) – 10 mins\nDiscussion (all) – 30 mins\n\nArticle abstract: \nIn the last decade\, the use of indicators to track implementation of international peacebuilding and peacekeeping programmes\, policies and practices has proliferated. Indicators are criticised by many scholars for their technocratic\, standardised and colonialising effects. This article follows a different line of inquiry. Can indicators be transformative? Contemporary critiques place indicators as bureaucratic artefacts in a vacuum\, detached and decontextualised from the nuances of human agency developing\, utilising and subverting them. I conceptualise indicators as powerful gendered technologies of knowledge creation developed\, used and subverted by institutional actors. Using interviews with institutional actors and United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Reports\, I trace institutional stories of one indicator (out of 26) developed to capture implementation of the UN Women\, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda. The indicator investigated tracks the number of senior gender experts employed within UN Peacekeeping and Special Political Missions. Stories of progress\, skill\, and location in the reporting of this indicator between 2010 and 2020 highlight strategies deployed and opportunities taken by feminist-change advocates within the UN to prompt a deeper implementation of the WPS agenda. While indicators hold the danger of reinforcing neoliberal norms\, the failure to conceptualise the potential for developing\, utilising and/or subverting the indicators smacks of hubris\, limiting opportunities for meaningful transformation. \nAbout the speaker: \nDr Laura McLeod is Senior Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Manchester. She works broadly in the areas of gender\, feminism\, security and peacebuilding in post-conflict contexts. Much of her focus has been on the United Nations Security Council’s Women\, Peace and Security agenda\, activities around it and its implementation within the United Nations and former Yugoslavia\, in particular Serbia\, Kosovo and Bosnia & Herzegovina.
URL:https://peacerep.org/event/transformative-indicators-for-women-peace-and-security/
LOCATION:Edinburgh School of Law\, Old College\, South Bridge\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9YL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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SUMMARY:The Future of Power-Sharing in Iraq: Youth Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images\nThis event will be a panel discussion exploring the future of power-sharing in Iraq with Iraqi researchers both within Iraq and in the diaspora.\nRegister to attend in person or online\nThis year marks the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of Iraq’s new constitution\, a milestone that coincides with a significant generational shift—nearly 50% of the population has been born since this transformative period. These demographic changes have brought new perspectives\, challenges\, and opportunities to the forefront of political discourse. \nAs part of the PeaceRep Iraq Programme at LSE Middle East Centre\, this event will bring together Iraqi researchers to examine how younger generations perceive the power-sharing system in Iraq. The discussion will address the Iraqi political system’s effectiveness in meeting societal needs and explore the aspirations of a new generation poised to shape Iraq’s political and social future. \nSpeakers: \n\nOula Kadhum – SOAS\nKhogir Mohammed – Middle East Research Institute\nMuhaned Seloom – Doha Institute for Graduate Studies\n\nChair: \n\nKamaran Palani – LSE Middle East Centre\n\n  \nLearn more about the speakers and register to attend: https://www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-centre/events/2025/future-of-power-sharing-iraq-youth 
URL:https://peacerep.org/event/the-future-of-power-sharing-in-iraq-youth-perspectives/
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: Devi
DESCRIPTION:Location: MacLaren Stuart Room\, Old College\, University of Edinburgh Law School \nDate/time:\nThursday 27 February 2025\n17:30 GMT \nRegister to attend on Eventbrite\nJoin PeaceRep\, GENDER.ED\, and the Global Justice Academy for the Scottish premiere of Devi\, a multi-award winning documentary about the life of Devi Khadka. \nAbout this event: \nNepal’s Civil War ended in 2006\, but not for Devi; rebel warrior\, mother and sexual violence survivor. As those in power try to erase rape from the history of war\, Devi has to battle her own demons before she can begin to build a movement to fight for justice. In August 2024 Devi Khadka finally saw Nepal’s government pass a key law on conflict related sexual violence – which Devi puts down in part to the process of making the film and the support of director Subina Shrestha. \nThe film screening will be followed by a Q&A with Devi director Subina Shrestha and Global Justice Academy Director Kasey McCall-Smith at Edinburgh Law School. \nRefreshments will be provided upon arrival. \nhttps://www.devidocumentary.com/ \n“A deeply moving and inspiring film about the long and often complicated road to justice. Devi shows us what it takes to be a human rights defender\, standing up for women’s rights whatever the cost.” \nSherine Tadros – Deputy Director of Advocacy for Amnesty International
URL:https://peacerep.org/event/film-screening-devi/
LOCATION:Edinburgh School of Law\, Old College\, South Bridge\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9YL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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SUMMARY:ISA 2025 | PeaceRep Reception: Rethinking Peace and Transition Processes in a Changing World
DESCRIPTION:Attendees of the 2025 International Studies Association (ISA) conference in Chicago are invited to join PeaceRep for a reception on Sunday evening.\nWhen: Sunday 02 March 2025\, 7:45pm – 8:45pm (CST) \nWhere: Buckingham at the Hilton Chicago \nPeaceRep researchers from the University of Edinburgh\, University of St Andrews and Coventry University will be hosting this event\, and are looking forward to this opportunity to talk about our research on peace and conflict resolution in a friendly and cordial atmosphere. \nAt the reception\, we will share more about our data-driven approach to peace and conflict research\, including: \n• Hands-on demos of our data and PeaceTech tools like the PA-X Peace Agreements Database and Peace Process Tracker \n• Key insights from our comparative research into global fragmentation and the evolving role of local and international actors and mediators \n• Our work on perceptions of peace in South Sudan\, including findings from a longitudinal survey recording daily experiences of safety and views on elections\, governance\, security\, trust in public authorities\, and civic space. \nPlease note that this event is open to those registered to attend the 2025 ISA Conference. \nAttending ISA 2025? Visit PeaceRep in Booth #314 in the exhibit hall.\nYou can also hear from PeaceRep researchers in the following sessions: \n• SA68: Sunday 8:15am. The Origins of Peacebuilding and Interrogating Structural Violence. Mateja Peter and Elisa D’Amico\, University of St Andrews \n• SB20: Sunday 10:30am. Resilience\, Counter-radicalisation and the construction of responsible subjects. Jan Pospisil\, Coventry University \n• SD35: Sunday 4:00pm. Crisis or Opportunity? The future of peace missions in an evolving global order. Mateja Peter\, University of St Andrews \n• SD54: Sunday 4:00pm. Beyond comprehensive peace agreements: the role of civil society in promoting liberal values in local agreements. Jennifer Hodge\, University of Stirling \n• MC43: Monday 1:45pm. Expanding Peace: New Perspectives and Conceptual Innovations. Sanja Badanjak\, University of Edinburgh \n• MD41: Monday 4:00pm. Contemporary Peace Negotiations: Design\, Dynamics and Case Analyses. Kasia Houghton\, University of St Andrews \n• MD48: Monday 4:00pm. Rebel Groups in Conflict Transformation. Jan Pospisil\, Coventry University \n• TB39: Tuesday 10:30am. Book Reviews Roundtable: Why and how they can benefit you. Jennifer Hodge\, University of Stirling \n• WB66 Wednesday 10.30am. Challenges and Adapations in African Peacebuilding. Ibrahim Sakawa Magara\, Coventry University \n• WD54: Wednesday 4:00pm. World Order\, Ideological (re)alignments and the War against Ukraine. Jan Pospisil\, Coventry University \n  \nAbout PeaceRep\nPeaceRep: The Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform is a research consortium based at the University of Edinburgh and funded by UK International Development from the UK government.
URL:https://peacerep.org/event/isa-2025-peacerep-reception/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:Peace Mediation and the Climate Crisis – Opportunities for Germany to Advance Climate-Sensitive Mediation
DESCRIPTION:a Zif Xchange Space\nWhen: 27 March 2025\, 15:00 – 16:30 (CET) \nWhere: Online \nClimate crisis is increasingly recognized as a crucial factor influencing conflict dynamics worldwide. As extreme weather events\, resource scarcity\, and environmental degradation exacerbate existing tensions\, peace mediation must evolve to incorporate climate considerations. \nThis launch event followed by a discussion will introduce the findings of the study “Peace Mediation in the Climate Crisis: Opportunities for Germany to Advance Climate-Sensitive Mediation.” The study\, authored by Tim Epple and Amelie Overmann\, is based on an expert workshop\, highlighting the key challenges\, existing gaps\, and Germany’s potential contributions to strengthening the link between climate change and peace mediation. \nWe invite you to join this important exchange\, including discussions on what role Germany plays in shaping global climate-sensitive mediation strategies and how interdisciplinary collaboration enhances the effectiveness of peace mediation in climate-affected regions. \nPresentation of Findings \n• Tim Epple\, Managing Director\, PeaceRep\, University of Edinburgh\n• Amelie Overmann\, Former Head of Project “Strengthening Mediation and Dialogue Capacities\,” ZIF \nDiscussants \n• Anne-Sophie Beckedorf\, Deputy Head of Division S03\, German Federal Foreign Office\n• Nisreen Elsaim\, Environmental and Climate Expert and Activist \nThe results of the study will be made available to all participants in advance\, enabling them to review the findings thoroughly and to engage in a well-informed exchange during the event. \nRegistration \nPlease register by Monday\, 24 March 2025\, via email at mediationsupport@zif-berlin.org. You will receive the Zoom log-in Information for the event upon registration.
URL:https://peacerep.org/event/peace-mediation-and-the-climate-crisis/
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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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/
CATEGORIES:Featured,Public Event
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SUMMARY:Dr Houda Abadi: Reimagining Women\, Peace and Security for Today's Geopolitics
DESCRIPTION:Distinguished peacebuilder Dr Houda Abadi will reflect on lessons learned from 25 years of the UN Women\, Peace and Security agenda.\nRegister on Eventbrite \nJoin Edinburgh Law School and Beyond Borders Scotland for a public event marking the 25th anniversary of the Women\, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda. \nUnited Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women\, Peace and Security (WPS) was passed in October 2000\, reaffirming the important role of women in the prevention and resolution of armed conflicts. Now\, 25 years later\, the WPS agenda is more relevant than ever as women peacebuilders face continued challenges amidst shifting global conflicts and escalating violence. \nTo mark the anniversary\, distinguished peacebuilder Dr Houda Abadi\, Founder and Director of Transformative Peace\, will reflect on “Reimagining WPS for Today’s Geopolitics: Lessons from 25 Years”. The lecture will be followed by a Q&A and networking reception. \nDr Abadi has more than 18 years of experience designing and implementing peacebuilding programs in the US\, Europe and the MENA region. Dr Abadi works with a wide range of stakeholders to facilitate dialogue and promote peacebuilding in sensitive conflict zones such as Afghanistan\, Iraq\, Libya\, Palestine\, Syria\, and Sudan. She develops programs to foster women’s inclusion in peacebuilding processes; provides expertise in designing community based and gender sensitive PVE programs that are locally owned and led; facilitates collaboration between policymakers and grassroots leaders across political and religious divides; conducts evidence based research to help shape policy decisions at the national and international levels\, and lastly empowers community leaders to be positive agents of change. Read more at Transformative Peace. \nThe event will also celebrate the Women in Conflict 1325 Fellowship Programme\, which has trained more than 360 women peacebuilders from 40 conflict-affected countries across the Middle East\, Africa\, South Asia\, Europe\, and Latin America since 2017. Run by Beyond Borders Scotland in partnership with Edinburgh Law School and funded by the Scottish Government\, the Fellowship supports women peacebuilders and the critical work they do to end and transform violent and non violent conflict. \nThis is a free public event with limited spaces. Registration is essential. Register on Eventbrite \n  \nProvisional programme \n17:30: Welcome Remarks \n17:40: Introduction of speaker and Women in Conflict Fellowship: Kaukab Stewart MSP\, Minister for Equalities \n17:45: Keynote lecture: Dr. Houda Abadi\, Founder and Director of Transformative Peace \n18:15: Q&A \n18:35: Networking reception
URL:https://peacerep.org/event/reimagining-wps/
LOCATION:Playfair Library Hall\, Old College\, South Bridge\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9YL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Event
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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)
CATEGORIES:Featured,Public Event
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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
CATEGORIES:Conference,Featured,Public Event
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