swisspeace
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swisspeace is a practice-oriented #peace and research institute: our mission is to contribute to the improvement of #conflict prevention and transformation 🕊️
🎨Dive into the intersection of Art & Peace in our new #CAS and learn how art can transform conflicts and contribute to peace. A collaboration between the Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW, swisspeace, and Atelier Mondial.
Apply by December 1, 2025:
buff.ly/nMEHEnT
Apply by December 1, 2025:
buff.ly/nMEHEnT
November 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🎨Dive into the intersection of Art & Peace in our new #CAS and learn how art can transform conflicts and contribute to peace. A collaboration between the Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW, swisspeace, and Atelier Mondial.
Apply by December 1, 2025:
buff.ly/nMEHEnT
Apply by December 1, 2025:
buff.ly/nMEHEnT
What exciting three-course days 🙌 ! The Creative & Innovative Methodologies for Inclusive Peacebuilding course really lived up to its name. The refreshing approaches fitted the November weather. Thanks to the participants for the warm atmosphere!
👉 Join us: buff.ly/z2g6gHn
👉 Join us: buff.ly/z2g6gHn
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
What exciting three-course days 🙌 ! The Creative & Innovative Methodologies for Inclusive Peacebuilding course really lived up to its name. The refreshing approaches fitted the November weather. Thanks to the participants for the warm atmosphere!
👉 Join us: buff.ly/z2g6gHn
👉 Join us: buff.ly/z2g6gHn
👏 Warm #congratulations to our colleague Samantha Gamez on successfully defending her #PhD thesis, “Reverberations of Reform: How Kenya’s New Constitution affects Local Peacebuilding”! We wish you every success in your next career steps, Dr. Samantha Gamez💐
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
👏 Warm #congratulations to our colleague Samantha Gamez on successfully defending her #PhD thesis, “Reverberations of Reform: How Kenya’s New Constitution affects Local Peacebuilding”! We wish you every success in your next career steps, Dr. Samantha Gamez💐
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✨The revised Guide for Global Research Partnerships is now available✨
The 6 principles for Global Research Partnerships point at the main pillars of global collaboration. Background information you in strengthening Global Research in practice.
👉 www.grp-guide.ch
The 6 principles for Global Research Partnerships point at the main pillars of global collaboration. Background information you in strengthening Global Research in practice.
👉 www.grp-guide.ch
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 AM
✨The revised Guide for Global Research Partnerships is now available✨
The 6 principles for Global Research Partnerships point at the main pillars of global collaboration. Background information you in strengthening Global Research in practice.
👉 www.grp-guide.ch
The 6 principles for Global Research Partnerships point at the main pillars of global collaboration. Background information you in strengthening Global Research in practice.
👉 www.grp-guide.ch
Last Friday, we listened to the concluding presentation from 27 of our dedicated #CAS students. Each student designed and presented a poster highlighting what they learned in the different modules during their studies.
#Congratulations on your hard work and the diploma! ✨
#Congratulations on your hard work and the diploma! ✨
November 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Last Friday, we listened to the concluding presentation from 27 of our dedicated #CAS students. Each student designed and presented a poster highlighting what they learned in the different modules during their studies.
#Congratulations on your hard work and the diploma! ✨
#Congratulations on your hard work and the diploma! ✨
Apply by Dec 15, 2025 and join us in Basel on 04 – 06 February 2026 for our expert-led course. Leave with the tools necessary to ask the right questions that help you plan effective state-building interventions.
👉 Apply now: swisspeace.ch/courses
👉 Apply now: swisspeace.ch/courses
November 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Apply by Dec 15, 2025 and join us in Basel on 04 – 06 February 2026 for our expert-led course. Leave with the tools necessary to ask the right questions that help you plan effective state-building interventions.
👉 Apply now: swisspeace.ch/courses
👉 Apply now: swisspeace.ch/courses
Dialogue has the potential to prevent or de-escalate violence by building understanding & trust between different groups. This virtual course provides tools to benefit from the potential of dialogue in today’s complex conflicts.
👉 Apply by Dec 15: swisspeace.ch/courses
👉 Apply by Dec 15: swisspeace.ch/courses
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Dialogue has the potential to prevent or de-escalate violence by building understanding & trust between different groups. This virtual course provides tools to benefit from the potential of dialogue in today’s complex conflicts.
👉 Apply by Dec 15: swisspeace.ch/courses
👉 Apply by Dec 15: swisspeace.ch/courses
A huge thank you to all the participants from our course "Conflict-sensitive Communication in International Cooperation" for their lively participation! 🤗
Our discussions on responsible storytelling, positionalities, and the critical use of language and imagery were truly inspiring. 🌱
Our discussions on responsible storytelling, positionalities, and the critical use of language and imagery were truly inspiring. 🌱
November 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
A huge thank you to all the participants from our course "Conflict-sensitive Communication in International Cooperation" for their lively participation! 🤗
Our discussions on responsible storytelling, positionalities, and the critical use of language and imagery were truly inspiring. 🌱
Our discussions on responsible storytelling, positionalities, and the critical use of language and imagery were truly inspiring. 🌱
#Archive sind zentral für die #Aufarbeitung konfliktbelasteter Vergangenheiten. Wie tragen sie zu einem nachhaltigen #Frieden bei?
Darüber spricht der swisspeace-Experte Corsin Blumenthal am 27. November, hier im KHaus.
Sei dabei!
➡️Anmeldung: buff.ly/g60A0Uf
Darüber spricht der swisspeace-Experte Corsin Blumenthal am 27. November, hier im KHaus.
Sei dabei!
➡️Anmeldung: buff.ly/g60A0Uf
November 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
#Archive sind zentral für die #Aufarbeitung konfliktbelasteter Vergangenheiten. Wie tragen sie zu einem nachhaltigen #Frieden bei?
Darüber spricht der swisspeace-Experte Corsin Blumenthal am 27. November, hier im KHaus.
Sei dabei!
➡️Anmeldung: buff.ly/g60A0Uf
Darüber spricht der swisspeace-Experte Corsin Blumenthal am 27. November, hier im KHaus.
Sei dabei!
➡️Anmeldung: buff.ly/g60A0Uf
Apply by November 9 for an exciting #internship with our Dealing with the Past Program!
✔️ Prepare and implement the Dealing with the Past Dialogues
✔️ Assist in the organization of courses, conferences and workshops
✔️ Support design & implementation of projects and mandates
➡️https://buff.ly/GR6MsIo
✔️ Prepare and implement the Dealing with the Past Dialogues
✔️ Assist in the organization of courses, conferences and workshops
✔️ Support design & implementation of projects and mandates
➡️https://buff.ly/GR6MsIo
November 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Apply by November 9 for an exciting #internship with our Dealing with the Past Program!
✔️ Prepare and implement the Dealing with the Past Dialogues
✔️ Assist in the organization of courses, conferences and workshops
✔️ Support design & implementation of projects and mandates
➡️https://buff.ly/GR6MsIo
✔️ Prepare and implement the Dealing with the Past Dialogues
✔️ Assist in the organization of courses, conferences and workshops
✔️ Support design & implementation of projects and mandates
➡️https://buff.ly/GR6MsIo
The annual Mediation Support Network meeting co-hosted with the Center for Security Studies (CSS), the Folke Bernadotte Academy & the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue took place last month: lnkd.in/dQ2YpntC.
Grateful for this opportunity to address mediation in complex contexts 🙏
Grateful for this opportunity to address mediation in complex contexts 🙏
November 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The annual Mediation Support Network meeting co-hosted with the Center for Security Studies (CSS), the Folke Bernadotte Academy & the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue took place last month: lnkd.in/dQ2YpntC.
Grateful for this opportunity to address mediation in complex contexts 🙏
Grateful for this opportunity to address mediation in complex contexts 🙏
🎨Are you ready to explore the potential of #art in peacebuilding? Art creates a unique space for dialogue and can contribute to sustainable conflict transformation and #peace.
Curious?
Join our online information event (MS Teams) on Thursday November 4, 2025, 12:30–13:30.
➡️https://buff.ly/rIPKF9f
Curious?
Join our online information event (MS Teams) on Thursday November 4, 2025, 12:30–13:30.
➡️https://buff.ly/rIPKF9f
October 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
💬What makes power-sharing agreements work?
📖 swisspeace’s Sahar Ammar and colleagues found that it’s not just about signing an agreement. The real test comes later: how flexible the agreement is, how strong the institutions are, and whether leaders keep their commitments 👉https://buff.ly/6Zsg6w5
📖 swisspeace’s Sahar Ammar and colleagues found that it’s not just about signing an agreement. The real test comes later: how flexible the agreement is, how strong the institutions are, and whether leaders keep their commitments 👉https://buff.ly/6Zsg6w5
Power-sharing between adoptability and durability insights from Lebanon and Iraq
Under what conditions do power-sharing agreements come into being? Once agreed, how might an agreement’s perceived acceptability affect its ability to deliver functional governance and durable peac...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
💬What makes power-sharing agreements work?
📖 swisspeace’s Sahar Ammar and colleagues found that it’s not just about signing an agreement. The real test comes later: how flexible the agreement is, how strong the institutions are, and whether leaders keep their commitments 👉https://buff.ly/6Zsg6w5
📖 swisspeace’s Sahar Ammar and colleagues found that it’s not just about signing an agreement. The real test comes later: how flexible the agreement is, how strong the institutions are, and whether leaders keep their commitments 👉https://buff.ly/6Zsg6w5
Despite renewed optimism following the recent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, swisspeace’s Co-Head of the Analysis & Impact Program, Roland Dittli, reflects on the deeper challenges that must be addressed to achieve lasting peace and justice in the region: buff.ly/MXKrkui 🔎
October 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Despite renewed optimism following the recent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, swisspeace’s Co-Head of the Analysis & Impact Program, Roland Dittli, reflects on the deeper challenges that must be addressed to achieve lasting peace and justice in the region: buff.ly/MXKrkui 🔎
🚨 We want to hear your experiences!
Our new #study examines the (over)use of the #terms “Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) nexus”, “conflict sensitivity” and “peace(building)”.
Share your experience: buff.ly/8ig3oEn
Note: All answers will be treated confidentially and anonymously.
Our new #study examines the (over)use of the #terms “Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) nexus”, “conflict sensitivity” and “peace(building)”.
Share your experience: buff.ly/8ig3oEn
Note: All answers will be treated confidentially and anonymously.
October 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🚨 We want to hear your experiences!
Our new #study examines the (over)use of the #terms “Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) nexus”, “conflict sensitivity” and “peace(building)”.
Share your experience: buff.ly/8ig3oEn
Note: All answers will be treated confidentially and anonymously.
Our new #study examines the (over)use of the #terms “Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) nexus”, “conflict sensitivity” and “peace(building)”.
Share your experience: buff.ly/8ig3oEn
Note: All answers will be treated confidentially and anonymously.
Happening tomorrow!
Women play a crucial role in peace negotiations. Come and listen to experts addressing this key topic, exploring hands-on experiences, cutting-edge research, and ideas for shaping future multi-level approaches to peacebuilding. Register here: buff.ly/mWwuxwu
Women play a crucial role in peace negotiations. Come and listen to experts addressing this key topic, exploring hands-on experiences, cutting-edge research, and ideas for shaping future multi-level approaches to peacebuilding. Register here: buff.ly/mWwuxwu
October 27, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Happening tomorrow!
Women play a crucial role in peace negotiations. Come and listen to experts addressing this key topic, exploring hands-on experiences, cutting-edge research, and ideas for shaping future multi-level approaches to peacebuilding. Register here: buff.ly/mWwuxwu
Women play a crucial role in peace negotiations. Come and listen to experts addressing this key topic, exploring hands-on experiences, cutting-edge research, and ideas for shaping future multi-level approaches to peacebuilding. Register here: buff.ly/mWwuxwu
🙏 Thank you to everyone who participated in our Disappeared & Missing Persons in Peacebuilding course!
🎓 A special thanks also to our faculty, who shared so many powerful and moving examples from their own experiences. Check out our other peacebuilding courses: buff.ly/ZG0TR0v
🎓 A special thanks also to our faculty, who shared so many powerful and moving examples from their own experiences. Check out our other peacebuilding courses: buff.ly/ZG0TR0v
October 24, 2025 at 6:31 AM
🙏 Thank you to everyone who participated in our Disappeared & Missing Persons in Peacebuilding course!
🎓 A special thanks also to our faculty, who shared so many powerful and moving examples from their own experiences. Check out our other peacebuilding courses: buff.ly/ZG0TR0v
🎓 A special thanks also to our faculty, who shared so many powerful and moving examples from their own experiences. Check out our other peacebuilding courses: buff.ly/ZG0TR0v
Join us for an inspiring conversation with Seba Abudaqa and Tom Kellner, co-founders of Clean Shelter, as well as Roland Dittli from swisspeace, to discuss the current situation and practical ways to support people and institutions in Gaza.
👉free entry, please register: buff.ly/hu833XZ
👉free entry, please register: buff.ly/hu833XZ
October 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Join us for an inspiring conversation with Seba Abudaqa and Tom Kellner, co-founders of Clean Shelter, as well as Roland Dittli from swisspeace, to discuss the current situation and practical ways to support people and institutions in Gaza.
👉free entry, please register: buff.ly/hu833XZ
👉free entry, please register: buff.ly/hu833XZ
Last week, we kicked off our new 4-year research project "From Pixels to Peace", which explores the role of #visual_communication in #peacebuilding and #conflict_transformation. A collaboration between Karlstad University, University of Basel, and Università della Svizzera italiana, funded by SNSF.
October 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Last week, we kicked off our new 4-year research project "From Pixels to Peace", which explores the role of #visual_communication in #peacebuilding and #conflict_transformation. A collaboration between Karlstad University, University of Basel, and Università della Svizzera italiana, funded by SNSF.
🚀 Are you searching for an engaging #internship with political relevance? Gain valuable experience as part of our #DealingWithThePast team and get insights into work at the intersection of research and policy.
ℹ️ Intern | 100% | 6 months | Starting February 1
👉 Apply by November 9: swisspeace.ch/jobs
ℹ️ Intern | 100% | 6 months | Starting February 1
👉 Apply by November 9: swisspeace.ch/jobs
October 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🚀 Are you searching for an engaging #internship with political relevance? Gain valuable experience as part of our #DealingWithThePast team and get insights into work at the intersection of research and policy.
ℹ️ Intern | 100% | 6 months | Starting February 1
👉 Apply by November 9: swisspeace.ch/jobs
ℹ️ Intern | 100% | 6 months | Starting February 1
👉 Apply by November 9: swisspeace.ch/jobs
An dieser öffentlichen #Podiumsdiskussion vom 24. Oktober werden über Chancen, Grenzen, Erwartungen und Aussichten diskutiert, für wenn die #Schweiz 2026 zum dritten Mal den Vorsitz der #OSZE übernimmt. Das Event ist von der SHV und SGA organisiert.
Sei dabei!: buff.ly/D6k9ml6
Sei dabei!: buff.ly/D6k9ml6
October 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
An dieser öffentlichen #Podiumsdiskussion vom 24. Oktober werden über Chancen, Grenzen, Erwartungen und Aussichten diskutiert, für wenn die #Schweiz 2026 zum dritten Mal den Vorsitz der #OSZE übernimmt. Das Event ist von der SHV und SGA organisiert.
Sei dabei!: buff.ly/D6k9ml6
Sei dabei!: buff.ly/D6k9ml6
Recorded information is the foundation for reconciliation and conflict prevention. Yet, the importance of preserving archives and records of human rights violations is often overlooked. We are proud to continue advocating for the power and relevance of archives and records.
➡️https://buff.ly/OfmErBt
➡️https://buff.ly/OfmErBt
October 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Recorded information is the foundation for reconciliation and conflict prevention. Yet, the importance of preserving archives and records of human rights violations is often overlooked. We are proud to continue advocating for the power and relevance of archives and records.
➡️https://buff.ly/OfmErBt
➡️https://buff.ly/OfmErBt
After this fantastic city tour, by our expert Gal Harmat, the participants in our #Gender, Conflict & #Peacebuilding designed their own walking tour, applying #feminist pedagogy principles. Congratulations to everyone for finishing the course successfully!
October 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
After this fantastic city tour, by our expert Gal Harmat, the participants in our #Gender, Conflict & #Peacebuilding designed their own walking tour, applying #feminist pedagogy principles. Congratulations to everyone for finishing the course successfully!
Mental health is crucial to our wellbeing and to our ability to work effectively. Today's World Mental Health Day reminds us that it should be a priority for everyone. How do you protect and take care of your own mental health?
👉Sign up for our course to acquire more skills: swisspeace.ch/courses
👉Sign up for our course to acquire more skills: swisspeace.ch/courses
October 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Mental health is crucial to our wellbeing and to our ability to work effectively. Today's World Mental Health Day reminds us that it should be a priority for everyone. How do you protect and take care of your own mental health?
👉Sign up for our course to acquire more skills: swisspeace.ch/courses
👉Sign up for our course to acquire more skills: swisspeace.ch/courses
On the occasion of the 25th year of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security, we invite you to the discussion Women in Multi-Level Peacemaking: Global Experiences from the Philippines to Colombia and Beyond.
October 28, 18:30 at Volkshaus Basel
➡️https://buff.ly/W9fAM0J
October 28, 18:30 at Volkshaus Basel
➡️https://buff.ly/W9fAM0J
October 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
On the occasion of the 25th year of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security, we invite you to the discussion Women in Multi-Level Peacemaking: Global Experiences from the Philippines to Colombia and Beyond.
October 28, 18:30 at Volkshaus Basel
➡️https://buff.ly/W9fAM0J
October 28, 18:30 at Volkshaus Basel
➡️https://buff.ly/W9fAM0J