Conflict and Sustainable Peace

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The World Bank estimates that by 2030, 2/3 of the world's poorest people will live in areas affected by fragility, conflict, and violence. Conflicts drive up to 80% of humanitarian crises and predominantly impact people in Low and Middle Income Countries around the world. 

Tackling the many challenges linked to conflict requires careful interdisciplinary work conducted by teams who are able to engage sensitively and constructively with communities and individuals impacted by conflict. Trust, understanding, and a willingness to try new things are often required to build sustainable peace.

In this section you can learn about some of our projects that explore the impacts of conflict and work to embed sustainable peace in conflict settings.

Where this research is happening at UofG

School of Education

School of Law

School of Social & Political Sciences

 

An example of the annotation activity carried out during one of the Cairo workshops with mediators who will then adapt this activity in their work with displaced children.
An example of the annotation activity carried out during one of the Cairo workshops with mediators who will then adapt this activity in their work with displaced children.

Children’s literature in critical contexts of displacement

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Researchers are working to meet the needs of displaced and/or marginalised children who have experienced trauma and violence, through story and arts-based approaches.

Group photo of UofG, SCIAF and Quibdo Diocese staff members
Group photo of UofG, SCIAF and Quibdo Diocese staff members

Colombia River Stories

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 14:03:00 GMT

This research responds to the landmark Colombian Constitutional Court Ruling T- 622, which recognises the River Atrato in Chocó as a bearer of rights and calls on both communities and the state to be its 'Guardians'.

Logo for the Culture for Sustainable Peace Network
Logo for the Culture for Sustainable Peace Network

Culture for Sustainable and Inclusive Peace Network Plus

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 16:35:00 GMT

The Network aims to strengthen artistic and cultural institutions in Low-and Middle-Income Countries so that they can become a reference point for the identification and transformation of social conflict whilst ensuring equal participation of women and girls in this process.

Logo for the Educational Peacebuilding Project - abstract shapes forming a running person
Logo for the Educational Peacebuilding Project - abstract shapes forming a running person

Educational Peacebuilding in Medellin and Acapulco

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 15:46:00 GMT

A project looking to contribute to reducing the negative impacts of drug-related violence and crime in Mexico.

City viewed through a chain link fence
City viewed through a chain link fence

The Law of Protracted Conflict

Wed, 12 May 2021 17:11:00 BST

The project will examine how an integrated and sustainable humanitarian and development response to conflict can be anchored in and promoted by international law.

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Logo of the Arts of Inclusion Network

The Arts of Inclusion

Mon, 17 May 2021 14:19:00 BST

A network of academics and practitioners aimed at building expertise to critically assess the role of performing arts practices for peace education and inclusion in conflict settings.

Temple doors locked shut
Temple doors locked shut

Community crime prevention to counter illicit antiques trafficking

Mon, 24 May 2021 15:58:00 BST

Dr Emiline Smith from the University of Glasgow has investigated local community-based security models in Nepal and Myanmar to assess why looting of cultural heritage takes place and the effect this has on social cohesion.