Do Violent Protests Work?
Khandaker, Tamara, host. Wait, There’s More (podcast). June 2020. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5pcPQnpnQBaxvjRi679Ozx?si=a8ecae5588af48fb. This podcast, recorded at the height of the Black Lives Matter (BLM)…
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Failure in a Modern Utopia
Wells, H. G. In A Modern Utopia, 135-174, 1905 This chapter in H.G. Wells’ 1905 book A Modern Utopia discusses the possible failures in a modern Utopia. The book walks a very thin line between fictional and…
Young People, Situated Learning, and Peace Praxis at The Margins of Everyday Life
Ogunnusi, Michael. 2020. De Montfort University. This thesis thoroughly studies how we approach young people and peace. First, it reviews how peace is generally depicted as the absence of violence or as ‘deficit…
Images of Africa: The UK Report
van der Gaag, Nikki, and Cathy Nash. 1987. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization. http://www.imaging-famine.org/images_africa.htm. This report, a joint effort combining the research of the United Nations’ Food and…
Newspaper nationalism: Sinhala identity as historical discourse
Tennekoon, Serena. In Sri Lanka: History and the roots of conflict, edited by Jonathan Spencer, 205-226. London:Routledge, 1990. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203407417. This book chapter, written by Serena Tennekoon, is…
Comics Media in Conflict Resolution Programs: Are They Effective in Promoting and Sustaining Peace?
Yamshon, Ellen, and Yamshon, Daniel. 2006. This is an interesting review of the evolution and use of comics to create peace in post-conflict societies. The paper examines cases where comics have been used to bring…
Priming effects of a reconciliation radio drama on historical perspective-taking in the aftermath of mass violence in Rwanda
Bilali, Rezarta and Johanna Vollhardt. 2013. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 49, no. 1: 144-151. This source is an article written by peace and violence psychology specialists Rezarta Bilali and Johanna…
Mass media and persuasion: Evidence-based lessons for strategic communications in CVE, 1-8.
Hamid, Nafees. 2022. London: Cross-Border Conflict Evidence, Policy, and Trends. This source is a briefing note prepared by researcher Nafees Hamid for the Cross-Border Conflict Evidence, Policy, and Trends research…
Mass Media, Behaviour Change, and Peacebuilding
Bothen, Ariel, et al. 2022. London: Behavioural Insights Team. This source is a discussion paper published by the Behavioural Insights Team, a UK-based consulting firm that is the direct descendant of a Cabinet Office…
Preventing Violent Extremism in Kenya through Value Complexity: Assessment of Being Kenyan Being Muslim
Khan, Anjum, Jose Liht, and Sara Savage. 2014. Journal of Strategic Security 7, no. 3: 1-26. This source is an academic paper published by three researchers from the University of Cambridge: Sara Savage of the…