Envisioning Peace ǀ Transforming Conflict: A Global Approach to Peace

Eurasian Peace Science Conference, Jerusalem Organisers: Israeli Association for International Studies, The Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for The Advancement of Peace, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach (Speaker)

Cátedra Europa, Barranquilla Organisers: North University Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach (Speaker)

Conflict Research Society Annual Conference, Brighton Organisers: Conflict Research Society, Sussex Centre for Conflict and Security Research, University of Sussex Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach (Speaker)

IBEI-GIGA Workshop Security, Conflict and Peace, IBEI, Barcelona Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach (Speaker)

Over the last decade liberal peacebuilding was heavily criticised for its Eurocentric bias privileging civil and political rights. Nevertheless, peacebuilding needs a normative frame based not only on individual rights but also on collective human rights as the basis for violence reduction, participation and conflict transformation.

Peace and conflict are not the same across territories and scales. Conceptualizing peace as a process based on three core functions of society and related norms allows us to identify variations in peacebuilding needs and perceptions. The entanglement of different scales shapes the diversity of peace and highlights the opportunities and challenges of peacebuilding and related norms, along with their diffusion and contestation.

Venezuela is an unusual context for a study on peace and peacebuilding. The book provides an analysis with a “conflict and peace” lens besides the fact that its high levels of violence are not an open war or armed conflict.

Local actors should be involved in peacebuilding processes and security sector reforms (SSR). The book presents a feminist and intersectoral conceptualisation of SSR as well as quantitative and qualitative findings from 42 post-conflict societies as well as from Afghanistan and Colombia. Open Access until 11 December 2023!

Non-state armed actors come in a variety of shapes including warlord-led groups. In war or lower-level armed conflict, and violence-prone contexts, these groups pose severe problems to peacebuilding, democratic governance, and sustainable development. This trend analysis maps cross-regional developments.

Im Mai rief der ecuadorianische Präsident Guillermo Lasso zu vorgezogenen Neuwahlen für Präsident und Parlament auf. Am 10. August wurde der Präsidentschaftskandidat Fernando Villavicencio ermordet. Was bedeutet dies für die Wahlen am 20. August? 

President Nayib Bukele has imposed a state of emergency for 30 days as El Salvador grapples with a sudden increase in slayings. Could an alleged soured pact between the government and notorious gangs be the reason? 

Violence in El Salvador is a persistent problem as are repressive approaches by the governments.

Die Bedeutung der regionalen Nachbarschaft wird in wissenschaftlichen und politischen Debatten um Konflikte und Frieden vielfach vernachlässigt. In diesem GIGA Focus Global wird das Konzept regionaler Friedensformationen thematisiert, ein wichtiges Instrument der Analyse regionaler Variation von Akteuren und Konfliktdynamiken.

The publication of this study, which seeks to analyse and understand the variety of conceptions of peace in Colombia, comes at a key but complex moment. The context of the pandemic has not only had an impact on the health of the Colombian population, but also on the quality of life of households.

Peacebuilding, Human Rights, and Democracy, São Paulo Organisers: Latin America and Caribbean Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, Núcleo de Estudos da Violência, Universidade de São Paolo Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach (Panelist)

Organiser: Cusanuswerk Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach (Speaker)

Im Schatten des Krieges - Wie gewaltsame Konflikte Gesellschaften verändern

Eurasian Peace Science Conference, Jerusalem Organisers: Israeli Association for International Studies, The Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for The Advancement of Peace, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach (Speaker)

Cátedra Europa, Barranquilla Organisers: North University Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach (Speaker)

Conflict Research Society Annual Conference, Brighton Organisers: Conflict Research Society, Sussex Centre for Conflict and Security Research, University of Sussex Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach (Speaker)