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Explore our publications, from research papers and series to educational materials, covering all aspects of conflict transformation and peace promotion.
Youth in War-To-Peace TransitionsApproaches of International Organizations (Report Nr. 10 )
This study deals with youth in war-to-peace transitions and the response of international organizations to them. While youth’s relevance for societal transformation is a long-acknowledged fact, their large numbers and potential roles in conflict have recently caused organizations to consider them a target group for peace and development programs. Reflecting on this process, this study thus assesses the difficulties in conceptualizing the role of youth in peace-building processes on the one hand and the concrete efforts of international organizations to integrate them into their policies and programs on the other. For this purpose, it explores four guiding questions: First, what approaches have international organizations developed regarding youth? Second, on which assumptions about youth and their role in violent conflicts are they based? Third, how do the different approaches affect program development, and, fourth, are they are compatible?
- Year2005
- Author(s)Yvonne Kemper
New Trends in PCIAHandbook Dialogue Series No. 4 - complete
Questions of effectiveness, impact and evaluation continue to be most relevant for the field of peacebuilding and conflict transformation: Adam Barbolet, Rachel Goldwyn, Hesta Groenewald & Andrew Sherriff report with intimate knowledge on the development of "conflict sensitivity" as an alternative to PCIA; Kenneth Bush sends thought-provoking "field notes", reflecting on his learning in the context of applying PCIA in the South; Thania Paffenholz presents a comprehensive overview of the "Aid for Peace Approach". Short reflection papers by all authors shed light on progress and controversy regarding the new trends in peace and conflict impact assessment.
- Year2005
Transforming War Economies: Dilemmas and StrategiesHandbook Dialogue Series No. 3 - complete
This Dialogue sets out to assess the usefulness of current analytic approaches and policy recommendations in dealing constructively with war economies. Starting off with an overview of the state of the debate by Karen Ballentine and Heiko Nitzschke, respondents from a broad variety of backgrounds add their reflections, strategies and critique.
- Year2005
The Role of Local Business in PeacebuildingHandbook Article
- Year2005
- Author(s)Nick Killick, VS Sriantha, Canan Gunduz
The Training Process: Achieving Social Impact by Training Individuals?Handbook Article
- Year2005
- Author(s)Dirk Sprenger
Supporting Justice, Co-Existence and Reconciliation after Armed Conflict: Strategies for Dealing with the PastHandbook Article
- Year2004
- Author(s)Gunnar Theissen
Culture, Power Asymmetries and Gender in Conflict TransformationHandbook Article
Highlights conflict transformation approaches as necessarily having to deal with the closely linked categories of power asymmetries, gender inequality and cultural difference. The author argues that an overarching, global culture of domination exists. The emancipation of marginalised groups stimulates, and results from, the fundamental culture shift which conflict transformation implies. (revised for 2004 print edition).
- Year2004
- Author(s)Diana Francis
Facilitation Skills for Interpersonal TransformationHandbook Article
Describes the most important skills and tools facilitators need in order to enhance capacities at the individual and interpersonal level. The author presents: skills used in moment-by-moment interaction with parties; techniques for facilitating sustained dialogue; and principles of process design for addressing the larger institutional and structural realities of conflicts. (revised for 2004 print edition)
- Year2004
- Author(s)Ron Kraybill
Berghof Handbook GlossaryHandbook Article
Writers in the field of conflict studies often use key terms in loose and contradictory ways, reflecting the reality that concepts have not been clearly defined. To encourage coherent usage of these terms the following definitions have been adopted for the purposes of the Berghof Handbook for Conflict Transformation. Nevertheless individual authors on occasion have used some terms in a specific way in relation to the particular argument in their chapter. In these circumstances the special use of the term is clearly explained and otherwise the following definitions are general usage in the Handbook.
- Year2004
Preface to the 2004 print edition of the Berghof HandbookHandbook Article
Preface to the 2004 print edition of the Berghof Handbook, "Transforming Ethnopolitical Conflict".
- Year2004
- Author(s)Martina Fischer, Norbert Ropers