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A Yale senior joined two Yale Jackson faculty members to present new findings on how cooperation across political divisions holds, and where it breaks down.

Drawing on two decades of peace work in Northern Ireland, Ó Tuama argued that art — not strategy — may be peacebuilding's most underused resource.

The center will support work on a wide range of issues, such as peacebuilding, human rights, global health, conflict resolution, social entrepreneurship, and inclusive economic prosperity.

Four Yale students spent their summers as Peacebuilding Initiative student fellows, documenting how communities in Bosnia, Ecuador, Georgia, and Northern Ireland recover from conflict and pursue lasting peace.

This year's cohort of World Fellows includes a Ukrainian journalist, a Chinese environmentalist, and a Kenyan orchestral conductor.

The 2026 Yale Peacebuilding Colloquium, “Peace, Power, and the Global Good,” convened scholars and practitioners to share evidence, test ideas, and prepare work for the United Nations General Assembly.

The February 9, 2026 event, “The World from the Periphery,” explored Bosnia and Herzegovina’s position in geopolitics — as a small country, a generation removed from war and genocide, still searching for stability.

A new study led by Catherine Panter-Brick uses visual mapping to reveal how understandings of everyday peace differ across stakeholder groups in conflict-affected societies. Originally published by Yale News.

Yale Jackson faculty presented new research on "Everyday Peace" in Sarajevo, examining how institutional trust, information integrity, and civic tone shape peace in daily life 30 years after the Dayton Accords.

The 2026 cohort, chosen from about 4,700 applicants, spanned a Cypriot former justice minister, an Indian UN official focused on Ukraine, and a Sierra Leonean writer leading national war remembrance work.