Publications & reports

Analysing Local to Global Engagement
This report provides a snapshot of the current state of local to global engagement within the global peacebuilding policy space from the perspective of both local and global actors, with focused attention on how inclusion and participation…

The Sustained Dialogue (SD) Project has peace incubation as a component of the project activities which started in the first year of the project period. Peace incubation as an activity has the objective of providing space for innovation of…

People building Peace
This report highlights some of the efforts made and supported by LPI in 2018. It provides examples of the work of partners and people engaging for peaceful change.

A policy brief to provide a short overview of youth inclusion in Sweden
This policy brief aims to provide a short overview of youth inclusion in Sweden as this relates to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It is part of a pilot project implemented by the Life & Peace Institute (LPI) in 2018. This…

Body Mapping as Journeys of Self-Reflection
Art is transformative. It can open up and expand the worldviews of individuals and communities, challenging and changing given assumptions about oneself and diverse others. Artistic practices can increase understanding of different…

Learning from Kismayo
'Increasing Women’s Participation and Inclusion in Jubbaland Peace Processes: Learning from Kismayo' examines the gendered dynamics of inter-clan conflict in Kismayo, Somalia, and in particular the role of women in processes of violence…

Women, Conflict and Peace
‘Life Stories’ is a set of deep, introspective narratives provided by six of the individual women that took part in a research process that examined the gendered dynamics of inter-clan conflict in Kismayo, Somalia, and in particular the…

Insights from 20,000 hours of youth-led dialogues in the Horn of Africa
Submission to the Progress Study on United Nations Security Council Resolution 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security “Being and Becoming a Peacebuilder” puts forward key insights and recommendations inspired from an analysis of a conflict…