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.
The Politics of Everyday Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Northern Ireland
Marijan, Branka. 2017. Peacebuilding 5, no. 1: 67-81. This text offers an analysis of the status of peace in Northern Ireland and Bosnia and Herzegovina 20 years following…
The Marginalisation of Peace Research in International Relations
Neufeld, Beverly. 1993. Millenium: Journal of International Studies 22, no. 2: 165-184. This article examines the marginalization of peace research in the broader field of international relations and…
Reclaiming Peace in International Relations
Richmond, Oliver P. 2008. Millenium: Journal of International Studies 36, no. 3: 439-470. This text offers a strong, introductory overview of how the primary schools of International Relations…
Hybrid Peace Ownership in Afghanistan: International Perspectives of Who Owns What and When
Jarstad, Anna K and Louise Olsson. 2012. Global Governance 18, no. 1: 105-119. This article provides a case study of the international peacebuilding community’s emphasis on “local ownership”…
The Role of Narrative in Managing Conflict and Supporting Peace
2021. Barcelona: Institute for Integrated Transitions. This discussion paper was published by the Barcelona-based Institute for Integrated Transitions, a non-governmental organization that seeks to establish “brain trusts” of…
Peace Research – Just the Study of War?
Gleditsch, Nils P, Jonas Nordkvelle, and Håvard Strand. 2014. Journal of Peace Research 51, no. 2: 145-158 This text traces the development of Peace Research from its origins…
Violence, Peace, and Peace Research
Galtung, Johan. 1969. Journal of Peace Research 6, no. 3: 167-191. This source is a pivotal text in the early field of Peace Research written by Johan Galtung,…
Revisiting the Local Turn in Peacebuilding
Ejdus, Filip. 2020. In A Requiem For Peacebuilding, edited by Jorg Kustermans, Tom Sauer, and Barbara Segaert, 41-58. Berlin: Springer Link. This article offers an insight into one…
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