Pluralism, temporality and affect – methodological challenges of making peace researchable

Scholarly debates about how we conceptualise, theorise and measure peace have recently intensified, yet exactly scholars translate these theoretical innovations into concrete methodological tools practices is less clear. We argue that pluralism, temporality the role of affect are three recent focal points in current scholarly aim to further our conceptual understanding peace. Taking developments seriously requires us consider approach each one, but concepts also point issues on their own. This special issue aims investigate assumptions peace, turn shape way study terms both research design data collection as well process writing up disseminating findings, all departing from specific challenges. As such, this contributes efforts making beyond absence war more researchable.