Allan Cheboi 
What is The Commons? The Commons project was a response to the challenging political and social climate in the United States. Many people are observing and experiencing a decrease in constructive conversations, respect, and open-mindedness in their everyday interactions, in the media, and in politics. Among the different factors contributing to this are the ways that … Read more
This guide provides advice, exercises and notes for local peacebuilders who wish to facilitate a participatory video (PV) process in order to enhance the resilience and peacebuilding capacities of their communities. We believe PV processes can be an important tool to build peace in a community by giving voice to grassroots, alternative narratives of peace that might otherwise not be heard. The guide outlines ways in which a PV … Read more
Introduction The research presented in this report identifies changes and continuities in the peacetech landscape in Syria, and presents pressing considerations for innovative peacebuilding there. In January 2016, the British Council commissioned Build Up to map peacetech initiatives responding to the Syrian crisis and consider options for future work using technology for peacebuilding and development. … Read more
This report was writted by Jennifer Gaskell, London School of Economics and Political Science and Build Up. It was produced as part of the project “Whole of Society Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding”. It reflects on the challenges that the EU faces in operationalising the uses of ICTs for conflict prevention and peacebuilding. It provides some … Read more
Frustrations have been boiling over into violence on the Greek border with Macedonia. Along the razor wire fence, refugees in the Greek town of Idomeni have been stranded with no information about when — or if — the border would ever open. In April, some made a desperate dash for the other side. They were … Read more
Desperately seeking new lives, migrants traveling to Europe often hear lies and rumors such as promises of an escort across a forbidden border or offers of steady work that can steer them in the wrong direction and even endanger their lives. Quashing such falsities is the goal of a nonprofit website that has given itself … Read more
This paper was written by Helena Puig Larrauri, Rodrigo Davies, Michaela Ledesma & Jennifer Welch and published by the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform. The past decade has seen a rapid expansion of information, communication and networking technologies. This paper explores the processes that are being set in motion in the peacebuilding space by this technological growth. … Read more
The conflict context in Nigeria is complex, with extremist violence affecting the northeastern party of the country and increasingly the Middle Belt as well. Across Nigeria, Inter-communal conflicts are fueled by access to resources and complicated by issues of ethnic or religious identity. In the Niger Delta, conflict dynamics are complicated by economic interests and … Read more
This paper was written by Helena Puig Larrauri and Anne Kahl and published in the Stability Journal. Abstract: New technologies are changing how and when we learn about events and choose to respond to them. Mobile phones and the internet have altered how we engage with the world. With technology usage expanding rapidly in the … Read more