Our Story
The problems of war and violence urgently require the concerted efforts of donors, policy makers, practitioners, and scholars in the peacebuilding community. Such efforts must be guided by informed understandings of what works effectively to prevent wars and resolve conflict.
To that end, at the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, with the generous support of Milt Lauenstein, the idea for the Better Evidence Project resulted from a meeting of leading academics, practitioners, and funding organizations held at Point of View, the Carter School’s academic retreat center in February 2020. The Better Evidence Project is focused on evidence from two high priority areas: indicators of change that reflect 1) success in conflict resolution, war prevention, and sustainable peacemaking efforts, and 2) learning from local peacebuilding successes. As a key program in the Carter School’s Center for Peacemaking Practice, the Better Evidence Project curates, makes available and promotes the expertise of scholars, local peacemakers, global practitioners, donors, and policy makers, together seeking maximum practical impact in improving conflict resolution practice.
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Presenting Useful Evidence to Inform Peacemaking Practice
BEP invites partners to join us in harnessing useful research to prevent and end war. Submit your research or suggest other materials for peer review for our Resource Library. Join our pool of reviewers who help discern sound evidence to add to the Resource Library. Help us help peacemakers to be more effective.