This panel will explore how we can more effectively engage with each other rather than talk past each other given the stakes both in the US and globally.
Better Evidence ProjectBetter Evidence ProjectThis panel will explore how we can more effectively engage with each other rather than talk past each other given the stakes both in the US and globally.
This panel session will spotlight the Carter School’s new Evidence to Action for Peace Initiative. It is designed to: Strengthen efforts, both local and international, to prevent armed conflicts, end wars, and build sustainable peace. Bridge theory and practice. Promote and draw upon local and international knowledge and local and international practice. Embody a cycle of continuous learning and sharing.
This session will be a platform for the 5 IREX Community Solutions fellows being hosted at the Carter School to discuss their projects–their goals, program design and plans for implementation upon return to their communities at the end of the fall semester. They are from Bangladesh, Guatemala, Palestine (Gaza), and Slovakia.
Drawing from across local and global agencies, we examine emergent evidence-based practices that support SDG 16 and how the evidence informs this work.
This session will focus on the importance of local peacemaking initiatives and how outside intervenors can complement rather undermine such efforts, as too often occur
As a community of practice, how can we more effectively share what we are learning? At a minimum, evidence-based peacebuilding must result from meaningful input from, and collaboration with, practitioners and organizations in conflict-affected societies. How can scholars and researchers contribute to that?
The riveting journey of kiwi soldiers as they land unarmed into the heat of a 10 year civil war using only the weapons of Music, Maori Culture and Love to create peace.
Dr. Margarita Tadevosyan presents the results of her original research on the role of international organizations in the successful prevention of violent conflict in different conflict contexts.
Better Evidence Project in partnership with Peace Direct, and War Prevention Initiative present the launch of Peace Science Digest Special Issue on local peacebuilding.
BEP’s First Executive Director Dr. Kristina Hook and her colleague Drew Marcantonio present their research on war-related environmental damage and its impact on war prevention and mitigation policymaking to the audience of the Marine Corps University’s Brute Krulak Center for Innovation and Creativity.