The Routledge International Handbook of Trauma-Responsive Peacebuilding
Deep Insights
London; New York: Routledge (2026), 550 pp.
Contains illustrations, glossary, index
ISBN 9781032882666 (hbk)
"This comprehensive handbook offers a multidisciplinary exploration of research and practice at the intersection of trauma and peacebuilding. Highlighting case studies from diverse conflict contexts around the globe, the book offers conceptual reflections and practical illustrations of trauma-sensitive and trauma-responsive approaches to interventions across the humanitarian- peacebuilding-development spectrum. Chapters critically evaluate the current state of research and policy discourse, including the global Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) agenda, bringing greater attention to the issue of collective trauma and offering original insights and good practices for engaging with trauma-affected populations. The book highlights the work of international researcher-practitioners who reflect on the implications of personal, collective, transgenerational, and historical trauma for peacebuilding, providing practical recommendations for improved theory and practice. It also emphasises the importance of decolonizing trauma and peacebuilding practices, foregrounding perspectives from the Global South as alternatives to conventional Western frameworks." (Publisher description)
1 Trauma-Awareness in Peacebuilding: An Introduction / Cordula Reimann and Sara Clarke-Habibi
PART 1: UNDERSTANDING INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE TRAUMA IN CONTEXTS OF VIOLENT CONFLICT AND PEACEBUILDING
2 Psychological Causes and Effects of Individual and Collective Violence / Sara Clarke-Habibi
3 Collective Trauma as Violent Conflict Dynamics / Cordula Reimann
4 Opening Up Spaces for Collective Trauma in Peacebuilding Practice / Cordula Reimann
5 A Framework for Understanding and Transforming Posttraumatic Narratives / Sousan Abadian
6 Impacts of War on the Transfer and Transformation of Intergenerational Trauma in Israel / Larissa Kunze and David Senesh
7 Identity Needs and Reconciliation following Collective Trauma / Nurit Shnabel
8 Influence of Trauma on Identity, Justice, Resilience and Peacebuilding / John Woodall
PART 2: UNDERSTANDING RESILIENCE AND HEALING IN CONTEXTS OF VIOLENT CONFLICT AND PEACEBUILDING
9 Reflections on the Foundations of Resilience and Healing / Sara Clarke-Habibi
10 Embodied Resilience and Healing in the Context of Transgenerational Trauma in Palestine and Israel / Eva Dalak
11 Art and Embodiment in Peacebuilding / Ada Hakobyan
12 Using Expressive Arts to Address Collective Trauma and Structural Violence in Korea and the USA / Eunkyung Ahn, Hyo Jin Chang, and Kathryn Mansfield
13 Reflecting on Collective Resilience during and after the Beslan Tragedy [North-Ossetia, RussianFederation] / Larissa Sotieva
14 Exploring Unity Process Theory and Practise for Overcoming Crisis: Experiences from Bosnia-Herzegovina / John Woodall
15 Interrupting Violence with Trauma and Resilience Education / Kathryn Mansfield and Kajungu Mturi
PART 3: PROMOTING RESILIENCE IN CRISIS THROUGH MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT
16 Trauma-Informed MHPSS in War-Affected Ukraine / Imke Hansen
17 Playback Theatre as a Tool for Embodied Socio-Psychological Support in Ukraine / Nataliia Vainilovych
18 Trauma-Sensitive Peace Education in Northern Syria / Jihad Alabdullah, Mohammad Abo Hilal, Mohamad Yassen, and Mohammad Affara
19 Psychosocial Peacebuilding in Afghanistan / Inge Missmahl and Birte Brugmann
20 Integrating Gender into MHPSS and Trauma-Responsive Peacebuilding in Central African Republic / Amy Dwyer Neigenfeld
21 Hypno-Neuro-Imagination Techniques for Promoting Mental Health in Humanitarian-Peacebuilding Contexts / Annick Python, Claude Ribaux, and Marta Hegyaljai Python
22 Trauma-Informed Facilitation in Peacebuilding Contexts: Ethics, Questions and Methods / Sara Clarke-Habibi
23 Practising what we preach: Duty of care as an essential component of sustainable, trauma-responsive peacebuilding / Friederike Bubenzer
PART 4: ADDRESSING COLLECTIVE TRAUMA IN PEACEBUILDING AND CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION
24 Addressing Collective Trauma in Dealing with the Past Processes in Lebanon / Soha Fleyfil and Jenny Munro
25 Trauma-Sensitive Mediation: A Missing Element in the Syrian Peace Process / Caroline Brooks
26 Memory as a Basis for (Re-)Conciliation in the Caucasus / Julia Böcker
27 Trauma-Responsive Approaches to Truth Recovery in the Aftermath of Gross Violations of Human Rights in Nepal and Iraq / Tyrone Savage
28 Towards Trauma Responsiveness in Transitional Justice Education in Colombia / Angela Sanchez-Rojas
29 Establishing Multi-stakeholder Alliances to promote Societal Healing and Resilience in post-genocide Rwanda / Alexandros Lordos, Révérien Interayamahanga, Frank Kayitare, Ernest Dukuzumuremyi, Margret Mahoro, Joanita Mwiza, and Jessica Mbanda
30 Healing Collective Traumas to Foster Social Transformation in Kenya / Steven Lichty, Angi Yoder-Maina, Wanjika Waibochi, and Yvonne Gache
31 Equipping Youth Peacebuilders with Trauma-Sensitivity: Summer Academy for Intercultural Dialogue / Atran Youkhana and Martina Bock
PART 5: DECONSTRUCTING AND DECOLONIZING TRAUMA AND PEACEBUILDING PRACTICE AND RESEARCH
32 'Give me justice not pills': Reclaiming the Historical Nexus of Mental Health and Peacebuilding / Michael Niconchuk
33 Trauma and Resilience in the Global South: Decolonized Peace Psychology Practices in Kashmir / Ufra Mir
34 Re-storying the Experience of Indigenous Trauma and Reconciliation in Canada / Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux and Magdalena Smolewski
35 Deconstructing Collective Trauma in Peacebuilding: Challenges & Potential / Ada Hakobyan and Cordula Reimann
36 Trauma-Responsive Peacebuilding: Future Directions / Cordula Reimann and Sara Clarke-Habibi
PART 1: UNDERSTANDING INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE TRAUMA IN CONTEXTS OF VIOLENT CONFLICT AND PEACEBUILDING
2 Psychological Causes and Effects of Individual and Collective Violence / Sara Clarke-Habibi
3 Collective Trauma as Violent Conflict Dynamics / Cordula Reimann
4 Opening Up Spaces for Collective Trauma in Peacebuilding Practice / Cordula Reimann
5 A Framework for Understanding and Transforming Posttraumatic Narratives / Sousan Abadian
6 Impacts of War on the Transfer and Transformation of Intergenerational Trauma in Israel / Larissa Kunze and David Senesh
7 Identity Needs and Reconciliation following Collective Trauma / Nurit Shnabel
8 Influence of Trauma on Identity, Justice, Resilience and Peacebuilding / John Woodall
PART 2: UNDERSTANDING RESILIENCE AND HEALING IN CONTEXTS OF VIOLENT CONFLICT AND PEACEBUILDING
9 Reflections on the Foundations of Resilience and Healing / Sara Clarke-Habibi
10 Embodied Resilience and Healing in the Context of Transgenerational Trauma in Palestine and Israel / Eva Dalak
11 Art and Embodiment in Peacebuilding / Ada Hakobyan
12 Using Expressive Arts to Address Collective Trauma and Structural Violence in Korea and the USA / Eunkyung Ahn, Hyo Jin Chang, and Kathryn Mansfield
13 Reflecting on Collective Resilience during and after the Beslan Tragedy [North-Ossetia, RussianFederation] / Larissa Sotieva
14 Exploring Unity Process Theory and Practise for Overcoming Crisis: Experiences from Bosnia-Herzegovina / John Woodall
15 Interrupting Violence with Trauma and Resilience Education / Kathryn Mansfield and Kajungu Mturi
PART 3: PROMOTING RESILIENCE IN CRISIS THROUGH MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT
16 Trauma-Informed MHPSS in War-Affected Ukraine / Imke Hansen
17 Playback Theatre as a Tool for Embodied Socio-Psychological Support in Ukraine / Nataliia Vainilovych
18 Trauma-Sensitive Peace Education in Northern Syria / Jihad Alabdullah, Mohammad Abo Hilal, Mohamad Yassen, and Mohammad Affara
19 Psychosocial Peacebuilding in Afghanistan / Inge Missmahl and Birte Brugmann
20 Integrating Gender into MHPSS and Trauma-Responsive Peacebuilding in Central African Republic / Amy Dwyer Neigenfeld
21 Hypno-Neuro-Imagination Techniques for Promoting Mental Health in Humanitarian-Peacebuilding Contexts / Annick Python, Claude Ribaux, and Marta Hegyaljai Python
22 Trauma-Informed Facilitation in Peacebuilding Contexts: Ethics, Questions and Methods / Sara Clarke-Habibi
23 Practising what we preach: Duty of care as an essential component of sustainable, trauma-responsive peacebuilding / Friederike Bubenzer
PART 4: ADDRESSING COLLECTIVE TRAUMA IN PEACEBUILDING AND CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION
24 Addressing Collective Trauma in Dealing with the Past Processes in Lebanon / Soha Fleyfil and Jenny Munro
25 Trauma-Sensitive Mediation: A Missing Element in the Syrian Peace Process / Caroline Brooks
26 Memory as a Basis for (Re-)Conciliation in the Caucasus / Julia Böcker
27 Trauma-Responsive Approaches to Truth Recovery in the Aftermath of Gross Violations of Human Rights in Nepal and Iraq / Tyrone Savage
28 Towards Trauma Responsiveness in Transitional Justice Education in Colombia / Angela Sanchez-Rojas
29 Establishing Multi-stakeholder Alliances to promote Societal Healing and Resilience in post-genocide Rwanda / Alexandros Lordos, Révérien Interayamahanga, Frank Kayitare, Ernest Dukuzumuremyi, Margret Mahoro, Joanita Mwiza, and Jessica Mbanda
30 Healing Collective Traumas to Foster Social Transformation in Kenya / Steven Lichty, Angi Yoder-Maina, Wanjika Waibochi, and Yvonne Gache
31 Equipping Youth Peacebuilders with Trauma-Sensitivity: Summer Academy for Intercultural Dialogue / Atran Youkhana and Martina Bock
PART 5: DECONSTRUCTING AND DECOLONIZING TRAUMA AND PEACEBUILDING PRACTICE AND RESEARCH
32 'Give me justice not pills': Reclaiming the Historical Nexus of Mental Health and Peacebuilding / Michael Niconchuk
33 Trauma and Resilience in the Global South: Decolonized Peace Psychology Practices in Kashmir / Ufra Mir
34 Re-storying the Experience of Indigenous Trauma and Reconciliation in Canada / Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux and Magdalena Smolewski
35 Deconstructing Collective Trauma in Peacebuilding: Challenges & Potential / Ada Hakobyan and Cordula Reimann
36 Trauma-Responsive Peacebuilding: Future Directions / Cordula Reimann and Sara Clarke-Habibi
