Welcome

Over the past three years, our student team has developed The Visualising Peace Library, an online database of bibliographic references designed to promote cross-disciplinary conversations about peace and peace-building.
The Visualising Peace Library has two core aims. Firstly, it represents a footprint for our various research projects – in particular, our Museum of Peace and the series of reports, blogs, short films and interactive tools published on our project website. Secondly, it is designed not just to reflect the research that we have been doing but also to stimulate and expand future research. In bringing together a wide range of publications, from different disciplines and sectors, we aim to stretch and inspire new habits of studying, learning and thinking about peace.
We are building a growing portfolio of blogs and presentations to complement the resources we have gathered together in the Visualising Peace Library. Students from different disciplines have taken time to highlight particular items or connections and contrasts between items which have struck them as offering fresh insights into peace or peace-building. We hope that you find these stimulating as you explore the wider Library.
You can browse the resources we have gathered together via the Library button below, or click on Learning Journeys to be guided through some of our resources by members of the Visualising Peace team. You can also dip into a ‘pot luck’ selection of our latest library entries at the bottom of this page, and explore some of the themes we cover via the cloud of ‘tags’ on the right.
Electoral Resolution and Atmosphere / from Hope to Hostility
Bruter, Michael, and Sarah Harrison. 2020. In Inside the Mind of a Voter, 263–90. Princeton University Press. Reflecting on recent electoral developments, that have led to a lack of…
Managing Arms in Peace Processes: Aspects of Psychological and Intelligence, 1-14.
Raevsky, Andrei. 1996. Geneva: United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research. This source is a short publication written by Andrei Raevsky as part of the United Nations Institute for…
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…
‘Likes’ for Peace: Can Facebook Promote Dialogue in the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict?
Maoz, Ifat, Yifat Mor, and Yiftach Ron. 2016. Media and Communications 4, no. 1: 15-26. This source is an academic paper written by three Israeli researchers – Ifat…
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…
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…
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…
Integrative Complexity Interventions to Prevent and Counter Violent Extremism, 1-7
Nemr, Christina, and Sara Savage. 2019. New York: Global Center on Cooperative Security. This source is a policy brief produced by Christina Nemr and Sara Savage for the…
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