Research and training for a more peaceful society
Peace and conflict research is a rapidly developing field. An EU-funded project, 'Sustainable peace building' (SPBUILD), comprised of a network of 10 institutions, aimed to offer high-quality training and research on sustainable peace building. In so doing, it fostered mobility for early-stage researchers within and outside of Europe and contributed to their career development. Forty-three young researchers of 26 nationalities made up the network. Equal opportunities including gender balance and open competition were pillars of the call to attract candidates and keep a balance in terms of origin and home institution. Participants improved their research and analytical skills as well as their language skills, and many published several articles. Workshops, conferences and training opportunities organised by the network were helpful for the researchers' careers. Project outcomes will be useful in international networks and fieldwork experience of the European arena and worldwide, and can be of key importance to building a more peaceful international environment. Researchers will be specialised in sustainable peace building, particularly concerning comprehensive security and the development of a knowledge-based society.
Keywords
Peace building, governance, inclusive development, comprehensive security, peace and conflict
