Peace in Times of War: Ideas for Supportive Peace Policy

The world is becoming less peaceful and concerns about the future of peace as a focus or area of policy and practice seem warranted. Based on 156 interviews conducted over 7 years, Professor Millar’s presentation describes the various challenges (structural, financial, and practical) that practitioners in particular identify as limiting their ability to contribute to sustainable peace. His remarks also outline new approaches and mechanisms that would allow policy to better support peace work in this time of increasing uncertainty. About the Speaker: Gearoid Millar is a Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Aberdeen, where he Coordinates MSc programmes in both Peace and Conflict Studies, and Policy Evaluation. He has published widely over the past 15 years, with four books and more than two dozen contributions to key journals in Peace and Conflict Studies, such as the Journal of Peace Research, Cooperation and Conflict, International Peacekeeping, the Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, Third World Quarterly, Peacebuilding, and many others.