Peace is studied in many different disciplines. This resource enables users to compare approaches in Classics, Comparative Literature, English, Film Studies, History, IR, Psychology, Social Anthropology, Sustainable Development…
Mission StatementThis text offers an analysis of the status of peace in Northern Ireland and Bosnia and Herzegovina 20 years following the signing of the Dayton Accords, the internationally-sponsored 1995 agreement that ended the…
This article examines the marginalization of peace research in the broader field of international relations and offers several explanations as to why two seemingly-interrelated fields possess such a convoluted…
This text offers a strong, introductory overview of how the primary schools of International Relations conceptualize “peace”. Among the prominent visualizations of peace are that of Realism, where peace simply refers…
This article provides a case study of the international peacebuilding community’s emphasis on “local ownership” and its implementation in Afghanistan. Despite this discourse centered on the importance of local…
This discussion paper was published by the Barcelona-based Institute for Integrated Transitions, a non-governmental organization that seeks to establish “brain trusts” of local community, business, and civil society…
This text traces the development of Peace Research from its origins with Johan Galtung and the Journal of Peace Research to its split from post-WWII International Relations. A key idea emphasized throughout the article…
This source is a pivotal text in the early field of Peace Research written by Johan Galtung, the founder of the Peace Research Institute Oslo and the Journal for Peace Research. It outlines Galtung’s visualization of…
This article offers an insight into one of the main doctrinal shifts adopted by international organizations and states in light of the continued failures of externally-imposed peacebuilding efforts – the “local turn”.…
This article echoes a larger scholarly debate about The Copenhagen School – also known as the securitization theory. See this bibliographic resource: Wæver (1995). To some extent, it defends and improves the theory to…
This text explores the concept of an everyday peace, the routinized practices and interactions that bridge gaps in divided communities. It analyzes a series of everyday peace case studies and explores the use of these…