Colleague Activities
We are always looking for people doing interesting, intractable conflict-related projects to feature on our Colleague Activities Blog. See the Blog Homepage for information on how to submit your work.
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Peace Direct
Working with local communities to stop violence and build sustainable peace. #mbi_colleague
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The Future of Civil Society Organisations
From The International Civil Society Centre, an important report on the future of CSOs during and after the pandemic. #mbi_colleague
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Mapping Responses to Social Media Threats -- Lisa Schirch
A discussion of social media threats to social cohesion, human rights, and democracy, plus creative options for addressing those threats.
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United Nations Security Council Brief on Reconciliation
Alpaslan Özerdem, now the Dean of the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, talks about what reconciliation is and how it is pursued.
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Digital Inclusion for Peace
A platform to help peacebuilders develop the digital tools and knowledge to continue to operate during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Power, Rights, and Interests
Interest-based decision making enables democracy to work to the benefit of all. Power-and rights-based approaches work only for a few—if any.
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International Idea: Supporting Democracy Worldwide
IDEA, the Institute for Democracy and Election Assistance supports efforts to make democracy work worldwide.
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MIT Science Impact Collaborative
MITs website has articles and reports showing how science informs politics and policy, and how the interplay of those three could be done better.
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Meditative, Interest-Based Approaches to Political Conflicts
Our willingness to achieve results at the expense of fairness and interpersonal trust fuels most of our political conflicts and makes them intractable.
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Police Face Backlash Over Virus Rules. Enter ‘Violence Interrupters.’
Amid police/community tensions, an example of how we might promote compliance with stronger measures to control the resurgent COVID threat.
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Digital peacebuilding and the pandemic (part 2: on digital connection and bridge-building)
Learn what is already being done, and what more is needed, to move peacebuilding into the age of pandemic and beyond. #mbi_colleague
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The Centre for Women Peace and Security
A space for scholars, practitioners, activists, policy-makers, and students to develop policies to help women in conflict.
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Connectional Intelligence: Which Type of Connector Are You -- Marshall Goldsmith
Connecting the dots, rather than being one big dot, is the key to getting big things done.
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Online content moderation lessons from outside the US
A review of actions nations other than the U.S. have taken to regulate social media platforms' behavior and liabilities. #mbi_colleague
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Next time someone sends you fake news, share these essential tips
Things we can all do to defend ourselves and our communities from the epidemic of fake news that is making solving our many problems impossible. #mbi_colleague
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The Center for Dispute Resolution Mediation Training Manual by Kenneth Cloke
Want to learn how to mediate? This training manual was written by one of the best mediators in the field! #mbi_colleague
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Building The Commons
Description of a pilot program addressing polarization on social media which suggests that positive, depolarizing change is possible. #mbi_colleague
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Adding Up To Peace: The Cumulative Impacts of Peace Programming
Effective peacebuilding needs to adapt to a constantly updated and systemic analysis of the key drivers of conflict. #mbi_colleague
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Can the Coronavirus Heal Polarization?
An exploration of how the pandemic could help us heal our polarization (if we can find a way past Trump's politicalization of the virus). #mbi_colleague
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Racism 4.0, Civity, and Re-Constitution -- Palma Strand
Current-day racism must be dismantled by developing positive relationships across racial groups. #mbi_colleague
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The Franco-German Relationship: From Animosity to Affinity
If it is happened it must be possible: a story of how two enemies transformed their relationship through both symbolic and pragmatic steps. #mbi_colleague
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COVID-19 and Peace
Reporting on impact on violence, economic impacts, impacts on positive peace and approaches to rebuilding economies. #mbi_colleague
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Social Media Impacts on Social and Political Goods: A Peacebuilding Perspective -- Lisa Schirch
We need to be better at getting the benefits while controlling the costs and the dangers of social media. #mbi_colleague
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Comparison of Dialogue Practices
Photovoice has survivors take pictures and then describe them, a novel way to encourage dialogue among those who otherwise might be reluctant. #mbi_colleague
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COVID-19 and Peace
Reporting on impact on violence, economic impacts, impacts on positive peace and approaches to rebuilding economies. #mbi_colleague
