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# Episode Title Description People Date
1 OxPeace 2018: The economics of conflict versus the economics of peacebuilding and sustainable peace Marcel Smits, Institute of Economics and Peace, discusses ‘The economics of conflict versus the economics of peacebuilding and sustainable peace’ at the 2018 Oxpeace Conference. Marcel Smits 16 Nov 2018
2 OxPeace 2017: Concepts and Practice of Positive Peace: Overview of the Conference Overview of the 2017 OxPeace Conference John Alderdice 13 Jun 2017
3 OxPeace 2017: The role of school curriculum in sustainable peace-building: A case study from Sri Lanka How schools are contributing to truth-seeking, social cohesion and active citizenship in Sri Lanka. Jeremy Cunningham, Suren Ladd 13 Jun 2017
4 OxPeace 2017: The Role of Preservation of Cultural Heritage in Building Peace Cultural heritage in peacebuilding John Curtis 12 Jun 2017
5 OxPeace 2017: Business: A Powerful Force for Supporting Interfaith Understanding and Peace Business, Peace and Interfaith Understanding; Concepts and Practice of Positive Peace: Overview of the Conference, Brian Grim 12 Jun 2017
6 OxPeace 2017: Devolving Power to Citizens: A Path to Positive Peace in Colombia? Discussion on whether offline and online participatory budgeting processes could foster positive peace in Colombia and, if so, under what circumstances. Diana Dajer 12 Jun 2017
7 OxPeace 2017: ‘Peace doesn’t exist’: Marginalised youths’ disengagement from Colombia’s peace process threatens the achievement of a lasting peace Young participants from a conflict-affected town express their ideas about peace, which contrast starkly with the country’s dominant optimism. Elena Butti 12 Jun 2017
8 OxPeace 2017: Chocolate, Politics and Peace-Building: An Ethnography of the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartado On peace-building in The Peace Community of San Joseì de Apartadó Gwen Burnyeat 12 Jun 2017
9 OxPeace 2017: Sovereign Terrain? Explosive Remnants of War Outline some of the conceptual and practical difficulties regarding the clearance of Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) and reflect on the implications for states and populations in transformation. Rupert Burridge 12 Jun 2017
10 OxPeace 2017: What prospects for restoring cultural heritage in Iraq? John Curtis will describe the destruction of tangible and intangible cultural heritage in Iraq, beginning with the first Gulf War in 1991 and continuing to the ravages of ISIS in 2014-2017. John Curtis 12 Jun 2017
11 OxPeace 2017: Extremists' - and Others' - Conceptions of Peace This talk uses first person interviews to present the on-the-ground attitudes to peace in post-ISIS Iraq. Lydia Wilson 12 Jun 2017
12 OxPeace 2017: The role of formal and non-formal education for youth agency for peace: A synthesis report on findings from Myanmar, Pakistan, South Africa and Uganda Empirical insights from four country studies (Myanmar, Pakistan, South Africa and Uganda) on the topic of youth agency for peacebuilding. Mieke Lopes Cardozo 12 Jun 2017
13 OxPeace 2017: Peace Education in Central Africa: A public health intervention Increasing resilience against violence is the aim of Aegis Trust’s peace education programme in Rwanda. James Smith 12 Jun 2017
14 OxPeace 2017: Measuring Positive Peace On the Global Peace Index, developed by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) - the world's leading measurement of country peacefulness. Murray Ackman 12 Jun 2017
15 OxPeace 2017: Sustainable Development Goals and Positive Peace The evolution of thinking on peacebuilding in DFID, and the context of the Sustainable Development Goals. Marcus Lenzen 12 Jun 2017
16 OxPeace 2017: Concepts of Positive Peace in Peacebuilding Programmes Negative Peace is when violence has stopped, but the underlying issues remain unresolved. It is thus often seen as an unsustainable peace, since violence may erupt again. Phil Vernon 12 Jun 2017