From July 15 to September 15, 2022, Search and Build Up partnered to conduct social media listening of key Facebook and TikTok accounts and keywords, focusing on Mombasa, Kwale, Lamu, Tana River, Kilifi and Garissa Counties in Kenya. The objective of the social media listening exercise focusing on election related hate speech in Kenya was … 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
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
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 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
