Exploring the impact of social media user experiences on social cohesion & reconciliation in Puntland and South West State. This short, preliminary report is based on data collected through HeshiisBeeg, a participatory barometer survey conducted in 2025 across 3 districts in each of Somalia’s Puntland and South West State. The survey reached 1800 individuals, proportionally … Read more
The polarization footprint is to the attention economy what the carbon footprint is to the industrial economy. Join us for a webinar to explore this idea, including results of the Kenya polarization footprint. Register here. 🤓 If you want to read ahead, we’ve just published our work to measure polarization footprints, both a replicable, public … Read more
Authored by Helena Puig Larrauri as part of the Accord by Conciliation Resources. A volume on innovations in mediation would be amiss without a section addressing the potential and risks of digital technologies. Technology and innovation are entwined, both because technological advances are the result of innovative industry, and because technological advances very often catalyse … Read more
Authored by Julie Hawke as part of the Accord by Conciliation Resources. Technology holds particular promise as a means to reach the goal of inclusion in mediation and peace processes. Digital tools are able to address concrete barriers that otherwise hinder participation, such as geographic distance, language needs, limited access to information, low literacy, and … Read more
In 2021, Build Up appointed Ta Corrales from Smith Assembly to conduct an external evaluation for its Peace Innovators Program. This report summarises the process and outcomes of this evaluation, carried out between August 2021 and February 2022. About the Peace Innovators Program Build Up works with people across the globe to design and implement … Read more
The results below provide an overview of technology use by peacebuilders in their interventions. While not exhaustive, the set of quantitative results presented begin to frame the context of the intersection between peacebuilding and technology. Peacebuilders are using digital technologies in their programs. Majority (77%) of the survey participants are using digital tools to deliver … 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