Seeing peace in everyday life through Mostarians’ eyes
Three decades a er experiencing war, what do ordinary Mostarians think about peace in their city and neighborhoods? How do […]
Opinion: To build peace in war-torn Colombia, we need to think smaller
This article argues that durable peace in Colombia—and in other conflict-affected countries—requires more attention to small-scale, everyday practices at the
Not Just at Home or In The Grave: (Mis)understanding women rights in Afghanistan
This article presents an original dataset collected in predominantly rural, Eastern Afghanistan, which finds that girls’ access to education and
Everyday Peace Indicators: An effective tool for measuring hard to measure social concepts
Mainstream aid metrics often fail to capture how communities themselves define peace, justice, and wellbeing, as these are usually designed
Today is International Day of Peace. Can you measure what peace is?
Sept. 21 is the U.N. International Day of Peace, but how does the world measure peace, exactly? In the dictionary,
Everyday Peace Indicators: A way to measure and build peace
For decades, calls for greater attention to local, everyday experiences in peacebuilding have been growing. Yvette Selim and Roger Mac
Meaningful engagement from the bottom-up? Taking stock of participation in transitional justice processes
This article surveys the literature on participation in transitional justice (TJ) focusing primarily on victims and bottom-up actors. We argue
Collective Justice: Ex-Combatants and Community Reparations in Colombia
In conflicts involving non-state armed groups, individualized approaches to transitional justice and disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration face significant shortcomings for