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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
CATEGORIES:Conference,Featured,Public Event
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