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From stabilisation to navigationWhat the Sahel reveals about engaging with conflict in a multipolar world
This blog explores how the Sahel’s evolving conflicts expose the limits of security-first interventions and argues for a shift in conflict engagement.
- blog post 26 Feb 2026
- Author(s) Antje Herrberg, Véronique Dudouet
A greener peace in the Hirshabelle State of Somalia
With IOM and UNEP, this project integrates conflict transformation with environmental peacebuilding to support the people of Jowhar navigate climate insecurity using local solutions.
- Current Project
From climate stress to social strainMigration, governance and local resilience in Iraq
This research report examines how climate change, migration and social cohesion intersect across four climate-affected governorates in Iraq: Nineveh, Diyala, Kirkuk and Al-Sulaymaniyah. Using a multi-layered methodology that combines desk reviews, secondary quantitative analysis and field-based insights from key informant interviews and focus group discussions, the underlying research captures the lived realities of local communities behind policy debates and provides evidence-based recommendations.
- Year 2026
From climate stress to social strainMigration, governance and local resilience in Iraq
Climate change in Iraq is no longer a distant environmental threat. Our new report explores how climate stress is reshaping local governance and social stability.
- feature 18 Feb 2026
Video: Women peacebuilders at the centreHow psychosocial awareness makes peacebuilding safer, more sustainable, and more effective
Watch the recording of our International Women’s Day event to hear how we can strengthen peacebuilding practice without negatively affecting women peacebuilders.
- event 3 Mar 2026
We are defunding peace – and calling it security
As leaders gather in Munich amid record defence budgets, Chris Coulter argues that lasting security depends on the patient work of conflict prevention and mediation.
- blog post 13 Feb 2026
- Author(s) Chris Coulter
“Peace education builds skills for the future.”Launch of non-fiction book on peace and war for young people
Our colleague Anne Kruck talks about the how young people in Germany engage with conflicts today and what helps them to understand and respond to them.
- feature 5 Feb 2026
„Friedensbildung fördert Zukunftskompetenz.“Neues Sachbuch über Frieden und Krieg für Jugendliche
Unsere Kollegin Anne Kruck spricht darüber, wie junge Menschen heute mit Konflikten umgehen und was ihnen hilft, diese zu verstehen und darauf zu reagieren.
- feature 5 Feb 2026