The situation in Lebanon has drastically deteriorated in the past few years. The majority of the population lives in poverty, the health care sector is crumbling, and public service provision is lacking. The national currency has lost more than 95 per cent of its value since 2019, people have lost their savings and the country […]
swisspeace, the Department of Social Sciences, and the Institute of Political Science are hosting a bi-weekly «peace research colloquium» open to all members of the University and all other interested parties. Every other week they will host a scholar to present findings from recent peace research and recently published books and articles and discuss the […]
The way we portray women during but also after war affects which issues are taken into account in peace processes. If we only perceive women as victims, they will be taken into consideration as such in designing the societal order after war, and in reconstruction and reconciliation efforts. Many of the issues women fight for […]
Join Search for Common Ground Europe for its panel discussion on the intersection of Women, Climate and Conflict dynamics, based on the case studies of Iraq and Yemen.
Since the beginning of the Ukraine war, civil society has undertaken unprecedented attempts to document atrocities and war crimes committed in Ukraine. It is the first time in history that such an attempt has been launched even while the war is still ongoing. In order to ensure accountability for war crimes, committed atrocities must be […]
The PeaceTalks is a global initiative that uses storytelling as a tool to build peace and inspire action. This special event will feature the stories of people from around the world and different backgrounds under theme the “Leadership for Peace” to show how we can all be leaders for peace. Leadership is about personal initiative […]
In its AR6 reporting the IPCCC found evidence that irreversible damage was done to cryosphere and that sea level rise was inevitable. In the fact of this threat, on 6 August 2021, at the Pacific Islands Forum 51st meeting, the Pacific Leaders issued a “Declaration on Preserving Maritime Zones in the Face of Climate Change-related […]
Join the Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) and Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) for a discussion based on the upcoming report “When Words Become Weapons: The Unprecedented Risks to Civilians from the Spread of Disinformation in Ukraine”. To RSVP, email Abi Watson (awatson@gppi.net).
In the Berghof Foundation's event to launch the paper on “National Dialogues x Digitalisation” it will explore how digitalisation shapes National Dialogues and to what extent National Dialogues may contribute to shaping digitalisation. National Dialogues are nationally owned political processes aimed at generating consensus among a broad range of national stakeholders in times of deep […]
Join Conducive Space for Peace in reimagining what equitable spaces and infrastructures for sustainable peace can look like in the future! This session is hosted by Conducive Space for Peace (CSP), the Network for Empowered Aid Response (NEAR) and Reos Partners. Together they want to explore what will need to happen to shift the power […]