Abstract In conflict studies, environmental peacebuilding (EPB) has become an established concept to explain how cooperation among opposing parties provides a platform for peacebuilding. EPB literature been shaped predominantly by political science perspectives, initially with focus on interstate conflicts, and ecological dynamics have received little attention date. Building the Social-Ecologi...

This article proposes a preliminary theoretical framework for understanding the role of prayer in faith-based peacebuilding. The draws on research life Redemptorist priest, Fr Gerry Reynolds (1935–2015), who was based Belfast’s Clonard Monastery (1983–2015) during Troubles; and recent interdisciplinary scholarship prayer, utilising Woodhead’s [(2015). Conclusion: Prayer as changing subject. In ...

This article explores how female agency and experience manifest in a local Sierra Leonean peacebuilding program known as Fambul Tok. While post-conflict literature, namely transitional justice peacebuilding, has become more critical recent years, there is still tendency to generalize both the ‘local’ ‘women’. There is, however, much greater scope delineate programs shape are shaped by women the...

The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expresse...