The first PeaceTech Lab Netherlands podcast episode is here! Hear about how Dutch expertise on food and water security is adding to the new vibrant tech-focused approach to maintaining peace and preventing conflict.
Read MoreUsing the power of technology, media and data analysis to prevent tensions and conflicts in some of the world’s most violent areas from escalating: That’s the mission of PeaceTech Lab.
Read MoreWith the advent of new technology and dissemination methods that reach nearly every corner of the globe, the face of peacebuilding is changing rapidly. In 2014, the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) launched the PeaceTech Lab, an independent organization dedicated to harnessing the power of data, technology, and media for conflict prevention and peacebuilding.
Read MoreAnyone who follows events in Nigeria understands that the conflict environment is complex. Extremist violence affects the northeastern part of the country and increasingly the Middle Belt as well. In the Niger Delta, conflict dynamics are complicated by economic interests and community demands related to oil extraction. Across Nigeria, inter-communal conflicts are fueled by access to resources and complicated by issues of ethnic or religious identity.
Read MoreThere should be much greater investment in the development and implementation of “non-military options”, to include targeted resources and technology-enabled capacity-building support to local communities. The PeaceTech Lab, a new entity affiliated with the U.S. Institute of Peace, is involved in such efforts.
Read MoreEngineering is often thought of in terms of inanimate objects, like bridges, iPhones, and space shuttles. But the field actually has a very human side, offering solutions to human problems. So explained C.D. (Dan) Mote, president of the National Academy of Engineering, at the PeaceTech Summit in September.
Read MoreTechnology is connecting people all over the world, giving them new power and a stronger voice. But is it making government any better?
Read MoreRidiculed for being gimmicky and useless, the app that was released on April Fool’s Day is now being used to save lives in one of the planet’s most complex conflict zones. Israeli citizens have begun relying on Yo for warnings of impending rocket strikes by Palestinian militants.
Read MoreHave you ever wondered how using a cell phone could counter hateful words or actions? Consider the example of Sisi Ni Amani in Kenya, dedicated to both traditional and new ways of communicating about preventing violence in Kenya, and established by a forward thinking woman who was trying to affect change through easily accessible technology.
Read MoreYesterday, the United States Institute for Peace (USIP) released its latest report "Syria's Socially Mediated Civil War”. Sheldon Himelfarb, the director of USIP's PeaceTech Initiative, which sponsored the research, talked with Syria Deeply about his team's process and findings.
Read MoreHow young people meeting on the Internet might help build peace in some of the world's most volatile regions.
Read MoreCan ordinary citizens armed with technology change the way we make and manage peace?
Read MoreTechnology is changing the way we fight war. But it's also changing the way we make peace.
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