This article introduces the videogame PeaceMaker which has been used in addressing the Israeli-Palestine conflict. In the first part of the essay, the authors introduce the game which simulates realistic…
This podcast is part of the program ‘building peace‘ and it discusses Aegis Trust’s peace education programme in Kigali, Rwanda. Peace activists established a peace memorial museum which enables thousands of students…
In this article, the authors engage with the concept of peace education. To introduce the importance of encouraging peace education in schools, the authors highlight the roles that schools can play in sustaining overt…
This article discusses the role of bilingual education in peacebuilding in Israel. The author conducted ethnographic field research at a local school in order to engage and participate in the bilingual education. He…
In this article, the authors engage with the concept of peacebuilding in the process of designing video games. As part of the historical background, the authors firstly highlight the fact that wargames play an…
This article investigates the causes of civil war by analysing 79 civil wars which took place between 1966 and 1999. The authors conclude that the primary causes of civil war are greed and grievance. In their analysis,…
‘Diamonds, foreign aid and the uncertain prospects for post-conflict reconstruction in Sierra Leone’ is an article written by Andrew Grant and published in The Round Table. The article links resources extraction to…
Aid and Violence, with Special Reference to Sierra Leone is an article written by David Keen, which investigates the relationship between international aid and violence in Sierra Leone. The author mentions three…
““Terrorism and Taboo: an anthropological perspective on political violence against civilians” is an article written by Jeffry Sluka which examines the anthropological methods of studying state violence. The author…
“Emancipatory peacebuilding: critical responses to (neo)liberal trends” was written by Charles Thissen as a chapter in Critical issues in peace and conflict studies: Peace, theory and pedagogy, which was edited by…