In part one I talked about some of the land issues that arose in each of the communities that were part of my research. In this second post I want to outline some of the Proactive Peace work that these communities were doing to respond to those issues. To be clear, my research was just … Continue reading Land and Peace: Part two
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Land and Peace: Part one
The importance of Land rights for peace was a major theme that came out of my doctoral research. Of course, there is already a general awareness that wars are fought over land (not having enough land, wanting more land, etc). But what my research emphasised was that resolving land issues before there is conflict is … Continue reading Land and Peace: Part one
Untold Stories
I think that there aren't enough stories of peace shared in the media, and the 2021 election in Samoa is a good example of this. This post is one that I had actually meant to publish a few years ago, but for a range of reasons that didn't end up happening. After looking back over … Continue reading Untold Stories
Proactive Peace Profile: Farming for Social Change
Over the course of my PhD, I’ve had the privilege of being able to speak to a wide number of different people around the world about their peace work. One of the groups I’ve focused on is the Farming for Social Change network. They’re a network of smaller programmes in the American Friends Service Committee. … Continue reading Proactive Peace Profile: Farming for Social Change
Proactive Peace Profile: AfriNov, Turning The Tide
Part of what I am hoping to do with my PhD. research, is to be able to describe what Proactive Peace currently looks like in different parts of the world. Too often it seems that peace work isn’t given much attention until violence has already started. And as important as that kind of peace work … Continue reading Proactive Peace Profile: AfriNov, Turning The Tide
Other writing
Newsroom, August 2022 I wrote this article in August 2022 for NewRoom. Follow the link below and have a look: In an age of ‘megacrises’, prevention may be the only option we have left The World Health Organisation says we are in the midst of a humanitarian 'megacrisis'. We need to prioritise prevention and learn … Continue reading Other writing
This is Why Prevention is Important
Why does it so often seem to be the case, that we don’t take peace seriously until war has started? There is much that could be said about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Indeed, it seems difficult to pin-point a focus area for a short blog post such as this. But to my mind, this … Continue reading This is Why Prevention is Important
In Focus: Inequality of Economic Access
In this blog, I talk a lot about conflict risk-factors, so I thought it would be worth-while exploring each of them in a bit more depth. Last post, I looked at inequality of political access. This week, I thought I'd focus on Inequality of Economic Access. The name might sound a little clunky, but I … Continue reading In Focus: Inequality of Economic Access
In Focus: Inequality of Political Access
I talk about conflict risk-factors quite a lot, because addressing them is the basis of Proactive Peace Work. So I thought it was about time that I explored these risk-factor types in more depth. In my research, I refer to 5 key types of risk-factor. Over the next few weeks, I'll discuss all of them, … Continue reading In Focus: Inequality of Political Access
What About Climate Change?
When high profile ‘climate events’ occur– be it Cop26, a particularly strong cyclone, or an especially harsh drought– we start to hear questions about how the changing, and increasingly unpredictable climate will affect our future. And when this happens, it is not uncommon to start to hear questions like: ‘will climate change make war more … Continue reading What About Climate Change?