swisspeace

The Swiss Peace Foundation is a practice-oriented peace research institute. We analyze the causes of violent conflicts and develop strategies for their peaceful transformation.

Events

Bern, 16 May 2012
KOFF organizes international workshop on
Improving Results-orientation and Results in Fragile and Conflict-affected Environments
in cooperation with FriEnt. Program

News

9 May 2012
The Dealing with the Past Program has received funding for a project on
Resisting Transitional Justice? Alternative Visions of Peace and Justice
and is looking for a PhD fellow. Details on project and fellowship

7 May 2012
Myra Posluschny doing research on
Modernization of the Agricultural Sector to End Poverty in Ethiopia
successfully organized all relevant permissions to conduct research in Ethiopia and is now officially affiliated with the Addis Abeba University, Ethiopia.

26 April 2012
Broad media coverage of the
Archives and Dealing with the Past Conference
in Radio Rabe and NZZ. Details

25 April 2012
Laurent Goetschel and Marco Pfister gave
swisspeace Expert Interviews
on the Israeli foreign minister's visit to Switzerland and the resent developments in Sudan. Details

New Publications

Lanz, David and Simon Mason, 2012.
Switzerland's Experiences in Peace Mediation
In: Piiparinen, Touko and Ville Brummer (eds.): Global Networks of Mediation. Helsinki: The Finnish Institute of International Affairs, pp. 73-78. Download

Cherry Leonardi, Deborah Isser, Leben Moro and Martina Santschi 2011.
The Politics of Customary Law Ascertainment in South Sudan.
In: JOURNAL OF LEGAL PLURALISM and Unofficial Law, Nr. 63, Melanie G. Wiber, Helene Maria Kyed (eds.), LIT (2011).

Sguaitamatti, Damiano and Hellmüller, Sara, 2012.
Macht und Gerechtigkeit in Friedensverhandlungen
In: Mediation erforschen? Fragen - Forschungsmethoden - Ziele, Dominic Busch, Claude Hélène Mayer (eds.), Institut für Interkulturelle Praxis & Konfliktmanagement (2012). Link