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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/
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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
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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/
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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/
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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: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
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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: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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