Agenda

Monday, April 20, 2026

All events will be held in the GM Room (103), Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse Avenue

 

Introductions

8:30-9:00 a.m. Coffee & Breakfast

9:00-9:15 a.m. Welcome and Introductions, Peacebuilding Initiative co-directors
Cara Fallon, Catherine Panter-Brick, David Simon, Bonnie Weir

 

Keynote: Talking and Fighting

9:15-9:20 a.m. Opening
Bonnie Weir, Senior Lecturer, Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs

9:20-9:50 a.m. Keynote: Sergio Jaramillo, Former High Commissioner for Peace for the Republic of Colombia

9:50-10:15 a.m. Q&A

 

Panel 1: New Brokers for Peace

Moderator: Catherine Panter-Brick, Professor, Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs

10:15-10:45 a.m. Evolving Peace Partnerships At the Intersection of Law, Science, and Technology
Federica Du Pasquier, Humanitarian Diplomat, Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator

10:45 a.m.-11:15 a.m. Regenerative Environmental Peacebuilding: An Emergent Response To Polycrisis
Drew Marcantonio, Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame

11:15-11:50 a.m. Q&A

12:00-1:00 p.m. Lunch

 

Seminar: Intergenerational Pathways to Peace

Moderator: Qusai Khraisha, Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs

1:00-1:30 p.m. Disseminating Evidence on Child, Family, and Peace
Suna Hanoz, Director of Strategy, International Programs and Partnerships, AÇEV, ECPC co-executive director Katie Murphy, Interim Director, Moving Minds Alliance

1:30-2:00 p.m. Q&A

 

Panel 2: Peace, Power and Participation

Moderator. David J. Simon, Senior Lecturer, Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs

2:20–2:50 p.m. Peace and Democracy by Consent: Reconstructing Citizen Agency in Post-conflict Societies
Josip Glaurdić and Ensar Muharemović, Université du Luxembourg

2:50–3:20 p.m. Shaping Post-conflict Reconciliation Policy Through a National Citizens’ Assembly
Damir Kapidžić, Professor, University of Sarajevo

3:20–3:50 p.m. Politics Without Politicians: Rethinking Democracy to Open Political Power to Ordinary Citizens
Hélène Landemore, Professor, Yale University

3:50-4:25 p.m. Q&A

 

Panel 3: AI and the Future of Peace

Moderator. Cara Fallon, Senior Lecturer, Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs

4:30-5:00 p.m.How Technology can Supercharge Democracy and Peace
Lisa Schirch, Professor, University of Notre Dame

5:00–5:30 p.m. Navigating the Frontier: AI for Peace
Branka Panić, Founder, AI for Peace

5:30–6:00 p.m. Improving Resolution Capacities with AI
Mark Freeman, Executive Director, Institute for Integrated Transitions

6:00-6:30 p.m. Q&A and Closing Remarks