Publications & reports

This brief is the second of a series of discussion papers giving a flavour of the issues surrounding violent extremism across the Horn of Africa. This paper explores views on the question of Muslim marginalisation and vulnerability…

This is part of a series of short discussion papers on violent extremism (VE) across the Horn of Africa. They reflect findings from research undertaken in 2018-2020 by LPI’s Horn of Africa Regional programme (HARP) into the status of…

Outcome Report as Submission to the 2020 United Nations Peacebuilding Architecture Review
This report is the Life & Peace Institute (LPI) and its partners’ written submission to the 2020 United Nations (UN) Peacebuilding Architecture Review process. As the outcome of a series of consultations, it gathers perspectives from a…

A Learning Paper
A stocktake of LPI’s exploration around Bottom-Up Policy Engagement. The result does not pretend to hold many answers, let alone definitive truths. Rather it offers up a humble consideration of our struggles and doubts about the meaning of…

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…