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Norway
Peace Research Institute Oslo
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) conducts research on the conditions for peaceful relations between states, groups and people. Researchers at PRIO seek to understand the processes that bring societies together or split them apart. We explore how conflicts erupt and how they can be resolved; we investigate how different kinds of violence affect people; and we examine how societies tackle crises – and the threat of crisis. We document general trends, seek to understand processes, and inform concrete responses.
Slovenia
Mirovni inštitut
Mirovni inštitut (Peace Institute) – Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies – is a independent and non-profit research institution founded in 1991 by individuals who believed in peaceful conflict resolution, equality and respect for human rights standards. The Institute uses scientific research and advocacy activities aimed at creating and an preserving open society capable of critical thought and based on the principles of equality, responsibility, solidarity, human rights and the rule of law.
Somalia
Horn of Africa Institute for Peace and Security
The Horn of Africa Institute for Peace and Security (HOAIPS) is a non-partisan, non-profit organization that promotes peace, security, research, and resilience in the Horn of Africa region. The institute was established in 2020 to address the region’s complex security challenges, including armed conflicts, terrorism, extremism, and poverty.
South Africa
Institute for Security Studies
The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) works with partners to build knowledge and skills that enable sustainable peace, development and prosperity in Africa. Established in 1991, the ISS is Africa’s leading multidisciplinary human security organisation, with a unique operational model that combines research, policy analysis, technical assistance and training. The ISS has also developed a powerful forecasting capability to identify future risks and opportunities in fields as diverse as development, industrialisation, demographics, technology and climate change.
Spain
Barcelona International Peace Center (BIPC)
The Barcelona International Peace Center (BIPC) is an initiative aimed to promote the culture of peace through dialogue, awareness-raising, and training in crisis management and conflict resolution. Created in 2009 by the Barcelona City Council in the context of the historical recovery process of the Montjuïc Castle. In 2017, the Center becomes a fully independent non-profit initiative hosted nowadays by the Valors Humans Foundation. With a unique model in Catalonia and in Spain, the Center for Peace is inspired by the philosophy of centers around the world specializing in crisis management and peace operations.
International Catalan Institute for Peace
The International Catalan Institute for Peace is a research, dissemination and action organization created by the Parliament of Catalonia in 2007 to promote peace in Catalan society and internationally and make Catalonia play an active role as an agent of peace in the world. ICIP is a public institution, but at the same time, it is independent with its legal personality. It aims to support public administrations, the academic world and civil society and reports to Parliament, the Government and the citizenry.
Sweden
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
SIPRI is an independent international institute dedicated to research into conflict, armaments, arms control and disarmament. Established in 1966, SIPRI provides data, analysis and recommendations, based on open sources.
Switzerland
SwissPeace
We are a practice and research institute dedicated to advancing effective peacebuilding. Partnerships with local and international actors are at the core of our work. Together, we combine expertise and creativity to reduce violence and promote peace in contexts affected by conflicts.
United Kingdom
The Edinburgh Peace Institute
The Edinburgh Peace Institute advances a human needs approach to peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding. We achieve this through educational training, research, and mediation, as we advocate for peaceful relations, and human needs, with and between, political, social, humanitarian, and religious actors in conflict. In a complex conflict world, we have to ethically balance, the sacred and scientific worlds. We engage enlightenment principles of verification in our research approach, to open up a discussion for peace.
Academi Heddwch Cymru
Academi Heddwch is Wales’ first ‘peace institute’ – and one among a global family of research institutes bringing together the best academic minds and expertise to build a better world through peace-rooted approaches to global challenges. Academi Heddwch aims to extend Wales’ long-standing tradition of peace-making and peace-promotion, by developing and coordinating an independent community of researchers in related fields. Funded through Welsh Government, Academi Heddwch works to place peace firmly on Wales’ national agenda, as well as on the international stage through working with an existing global network of peace institutes.
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