Learning Journeys
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Below you will find a series of reflective blogs and presentations by different members of the Visualising Peace team. In sharing our individual experiences of studying peace and peacebuilding in different disciplines, we hope to involve and inspire others – both people new to peace studies and those with lots of experience already. Like peacebuilding itself, understanding peace is a joint endeavour – and we can learn a lot from sharing knowledge across different fields of learning, experience and expertise.
Drawing directly on entries in our Visualising Peace Library, some of the blogs and presentations below dive deep into specific aspects of peace studies. Others highlight productive contrasts and connections between different habits of studying, theorising and practicing peace in different disciplines and sectors. They look back at past trends, while also posing new research questions and identifying future pathways for more interdisciplinary, cross-sector, collaborative study. We hope you enjoy dipping into them as part of your own learning journey!
‘Blessed are the peacemakers’: international relations, peace and the way forward
Mathias Katsuya, February 2022 This presentation by student Mathias Katsuya summarizes some recent peace studies literature with an emphasis on the field…
Agency: peace in peace studies, media studies and pedagogy
In this presentation, Visualising Peace student Ekin Cotuk discusses some of the scholarship she has been reading in different fields about peace…
American Catholic Pacifism in the 20th Century
In this presentation, Visualising Peace student Thomas Frost discusses some of the scholarship he has been reading on pacifism within American Catholicism….
Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice
In this video, Harris Siderfin discusses a range of items he has included in the Visualising Peace Library, particularly relating to peace…
Civil Resistance and Peacebuilding
In this blog, Visualising Peace student Madighan Ryan reflects on some of the research which she has recently added to our Visualising Peace…
Civil War and Peace in Sri Lanka
In this presentation, Visualising Peace student Tao Yazaki discusses some of the research she has been doing on post-conflict transitions in Sri…
Diplomatic Studies and Visualising Peace
In this presentation, Visualising Peace student Jakub Lewandowki discusses some of the research he has been doing on the role of diplomacy…
Education for Sustainable Peace: an ongoing journey
Lia da Giau, April 2024 Building on my experience as student and researcher interested in peace literacy and sustainable development (SD), I…
Fairy tales for peace
In this presentation, Visualising Peace student Kim Wahnke discusses some of the research she has been doing on storytelling a positive peacebuilding…
Foreign Aid, Neocolonialism and Peacebuilding
In this blog, Visualising Peace student Sofia Lobue discusses foreign aid models that are designed to promote peace and security but can…
Gaming and Bilingualism in Peace Education
In this presentation, Visualising Peace student Shengyuan Ji discusses a range of publications that cover gaming and bilingualism as interesting manifestations of…
How can we spread peaceful messages through storytelling?
In this presentation, Visualising Peace student Kim Wahnke discusses some of the research she has been doing on storytelling for peace, drawing…
Human Nature and the Potential for Peace
Peace is a concept that many feel familiar with – and yet clear-cut definitions are hard to pin down. Our research has…
Inner Peace
In this presentation, Visualising Peace student Otilia Meden discusses some of the scholarship she has been reading about care and self-care in…
Military Involvement in Peace Operations
In this presentation, Visualising Peace student Teddy Henderson discusses some of the research she has been doing into the logistical, ideological and…
Monuments and Reconciliation
In this presentation, Visualising Peace student Tao Yazaki discusses some of the research she has been doing on monuments and reconciliation in…
Narratives of Peace in South American 20th-century literature
In this presentation, Visualising Peace student Christy Forshaw discusses some theoretical scholarship on ‘peace literature’ and reflects on some examples she has…
Navigating AI in Peacebuilding, Conflict Resolution and Restorative Justice
In the presentation below, Visualising Peace student Isabel Frasier discusses ‘the good, the bad, and the ugly’ of AI’s current and potential…
Neutrality and Principled Impartiality in Peacebuilding
In this presentation, Visualising Peace student Robert Rayner discusses some of the research he has been doing on the different stances that…
NGO-Government collaborations in peacebuilding
In this presentation, Visualising Peace student Samuel Huff discusses some of the research he has been doing into the different roles that…
NGOs and Peacebuilding
In this presentation, Visualising Peace student Samuel Huff discusses some of the scholarship he has been reading on the role played by…
nonAcademic Style: autoethnography and transrationality in peace education
In this presentation, Visualising Peace student Joe Walker discusses some of the scholarship he has been reading on peace education. He looks…
Peace and Peacebuilding in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien
In this presentation, Visualising Peace student Albert Surinach I Campos discusses some of the research he has been doing on representations of…
Peace and Place
In this presentation, Visualising Peace student Eleni Spilliotes discusses the research she has been doing into place-making as a form of peace-making….
Peace Education for Sustainable Systemic Change
In this blog, Visualising Peace student Lia da Giau reflects on some of the research which she has recently added to our Visualising…
Peace Education for, with, and by Young People
In this blog, Otilia Meden reflects on some of the research which she has recently added to our Visualising Peace Library. Peace…
Peace in Post-Conflict Societies: conflict and intergroup contact theory
In this presentation, Visualising Peace student Harris Siderfin discusses his research into intergroup conflict and social identity theory, particularly in post-conflict societies….
Peace, Sustainability and Politics
In this presentation, Visualising Peace student Kim Wahnke discusses the connections made between environmentalism, peace and politics in interdisciplinary scholarship. This is…
Queer Rights and Peacebuilding
In this blog, Visualising Peace student Madighan Ryan discusses the importance of including queer voices in peacebuilding at all levels, identifying ‘multipartiality’…
Royal Beheadings and Christian Peace Committees
Royal Beheadings and Christian Peace Committees: how the Visualisation of Peace in the Medieval and Early Modern Era differed throughout Europe In…
Seeking Justice, Achieving Peace
In this presentation, Visualising Peace student Zoe Gudino discusses some of the research she has been doing into the relationship between post-conflict…
Social Homeostasis
In the presentation below, Visualising Peace student Ideja Bajra explores synergies between the study of cell biology and peacebuilding. She proposes a…
The Republic of Ireland and the Northern Irish Conflict
In this presentation, Visualising Peace student Aimee Capraro discusses some of the scholarship she has been reading about the role played by…
Timeline of Peace in the Medieval Period
Throughout 2022 and 2023, a team of undergraduate students at the University of St Andrews have been working on a ‘Vertically Integrated…
Understanding Utopia
In this presentation, Visualising Peace student Jadzia Allright discusses her research into ideas of utopia – as a way of exploring habits…
Verbum Vincent: Psychology and Narrative in the Future of Peace-building
In this presentation, Visualising Peace student Mathias Katsura discusses some of the scholarship he has been reading about the affective impact of…
Visualising Peace and Place in different disciplines
In this presentation, Visualising Peace student Margaux de Seze discusses some of the scholarship she has been reading about the relationship between…