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25 Spheres of Digital Peacebuilding and PeaceTech

Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute;Alliance for Peacebuilding (2020), 28 pp.
"This report outlines twenty-fives spheres where technology can contribute to peacebuilding goals and describes five generations of thinking related to the evolution of technology’s impact on peacebuilding. Digital peacebuilding contributes to democratic deliberation, violence prevention, social c ... more

Smart prevention: Digitale Ansätze aus dem Sektor Frieden und Sicherheit für die Entwicklungszusammenarbeit

Bonn, Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2020), 81 pp.
"Wie können digitale Ansätze zu Frieden und Sicherheit beitragen? Die technische Revolution macht es erforderlich, dass die wichtigsten Akteure vor Ort und weltweit zusammenarbeiten, um dafür Lösungen zu entwickeln, auszuprobieren und zu verbreiten. Gleichzeitig geht es auch darum, damit verbund ... more

E-Analytics Guide: Using Data and New Technology for Peacemaking, Preventive Diplomacy and Peacebuilding

New York: United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society, Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (2019), 26 pp.
"This guide offers an overview of e-analytics in the context of peacemaking and preventive diplomacy. It is rooted in the e-analytics course that the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs has been conducting jointly with Global Pulse and a range of other partners since 2017. The guide pr ... more

Estudios interdiciplinarios: Paz y comunicación

Universidade Estadual Paulista “Julio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP);Instituto Interuniversitario de Desarrollo Social y Paz (IUDESP);Red de Investigación en Comunicación Comunitaria, Alternativa y Participativa (RICCAP);Cátedra UNESCO de Filosofía para la Paz;Observatorio de Medios para el cambio social (COMCAMBIO) (2019), 557 pp.
This is the second of two policy briefs on polarisation. The first policy brief, “Polarisation and Peacebuilding Strategy on Digital Media Platforms: The Current Research,” reviewed the research, and concluded by recommending directions for future research. This brief describes interventions: (a ... more
"Kenya has experienced a cycle of political violence following a series of controversial elections that have centred on ethnic competition, leading to human rights abuses, deaths, destruction of property and a downward economic spiral. At the core of election violence, witnessed in 2007/8 and in 201 ... more
"La paz parece haber sido esquiva en la historia de Colombia. Los vaivenes en los procesos de negociación, las promesas incumplidas y la polarización política han hecho de Colombia una nación en un estado de continua crisis y que, a pesar de sí misma —retomando la vieja frase de Bushnell— h ... more

#defyhatenow: Social Media Hate Speech Mitigation. Field Guide

Berlin: r0g_agency for open culture and critical transformation (2018), 111 pp.
"The #defyhatenow Social Media Hate Speech Mitigation Field Guide offers tools and strategies to be used in grassroots communities & online campaigns for peacebuilding in South Sudan and around the world. This “Field Guide” contains an overview of relevant grassroots projects, initiatives and st ... more
"The spread of social media has an increasing impact on peace mediation. It complicates mediators’ efforts to provide a confidential negotiation space. It also provides opportunities for public communication and consultations, allowing peace mediators to engage with audiences that were previously ... more

Digital Blooms: Social Media and Violence in Sri Lanka

Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute;Alliance for Peacebuilding (2018), 12 pp.
"The policy brief outlines key snapshots of Sri Lanka’s social media landscape as it stood at the time of writing, in early August 2018, and offers some recommendations aimed at civil society’s use of social media for conflict transformation." (Abstract)

Digital Media Literacy in Conflicts: The Increasing Role of Social Media in South Sudan

In: International Handbook of Media Literacy Education
Belinha S. De Abreu; Paul Mihailidis; Alice Y. L. Lee; Jad Melki; Julian McDougall (eds.)
New York; London: Routledge (2017), pp. 368-379
"In this chapter we have discussed a number of concrete strategies and practical examples on how to implement digital media literacy projects even in a difficult political and socio-cultural context like South Sudan. These are based in developing a holistic approach that considers citizen interactio ... more
"Social media and digital technology offer immense potential for citizens, policymakers and practitioners to raise awareness of, monitor, and respond to violence. With Kenya’s elections approaching, technology can help to raise awareness of insecurity, support early warning, combat incitement of v ... more
"This collection of articles contributes to the growing body of research on how technology is affecting peacebuilding, peace and conflict studies, and research methodologies in the field. Assumptions about the use of technology for peace are interrogated, such as the purported deepening of inclusivi ... more
"This paper assesses the role of social media and digital technologies (SMDTs) in the reporting of violent events, and evaluates their relative strengths and weaknesses as compared to other means available. It seeks to understand how SMDT data are collated, how reliable the data are, and what practi ... more
"Poor-quality data about conflict events can hinder humanitarian responses and bias academic research. There is increasing recognition of the role that new information technologies can play in producing more reliable data faster. We piloted a novel data-gathering system in the Democratic Republic of ... more
"This rapid review identifies recent literature on the role of social media plays in conflict management in post-Conflict and fragile contexts. Conflict management refers to policies relating to national reconciliation; peace-building; stronger state-Citizen relations; and social cohesion and inclus ... more
"This article explores whether, and to what extent, local knowledge features in research on the role of ICTs in statebuilding and peacebuilding in Africa, with a particular focus on neighboring Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia. We question whether the claims of the transformative power of ICTs are backe ... more