scholarly journals A Brief Introduction into Transrational Peace Research and Elicitive Conflict Transformation

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Dietrich
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Transformation ◽  
Peace Research

Sociometry, Peace Research and Creative Conflict Transformation: An invitation to an encounter between J. L. Moreno and Johan Galtung

FORUM ◽  
2009 ◽  
pp. 45-60
Author(s):  
Wilfried Graf
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Transformation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Seminal Work ◽  
The Third ◽  
Peace Research ◽  
Conflict Counseling ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
The One

- In his seminal work ‘Who Shall Survive' (1934), Moreno expresses his hope that sociometry will ultimately prepare the ground for a ‘Science of Peace'. On this basis, the author invites the reader to a meeting between sociometry, sociatry, and sociodrama, (especially the contributions of J. L. Moreno) on the one hand, and peace research and conflict transformation (especially the contributions of Johan Galtung) on the other. In the first part of this article, J. L. Moreno is re-examined as an early pioneer of peace research. The second part is a discussion of the similarities and differences between J. L. Moreno, as the founder of sociometry and psychodrama, and Johan Galtung, as the founder of peace research. The third part outlines the possibility of bringing together both approaches for a method of creative conflict transformation, conflict counseling, and mediation.

scholarly journals Critiquing and Joining Intersections of Disaster, Conflict, and Peace Research

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 555-567
Author(s):  
Laura E. R. Peters ◽  
Ilan Kelman
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Conflict Transformation ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Constructive Conflict ◽  
Cultural Violence ◽  
Peace Research ◽  
Peace And Conflict ◽  
Foundational Research ◽  
Conflict Research

Abstract Disaster research, conflict research, and peace research have rich and deep histories, yet they do not always fully intersect or learn from each other, even when they investigate if and how disasters lead to conflict or peace. Scholarship has tended to focus on investigating causal linkages between disaster (including those associated with climate change) and conflict, and disaster diplomacy emerged as a thread of explanatory research that investigates how and why disaster-related activities do and do not influence peace and conflict. However, definitive conclusions on the disaster-conflict-peace nexus have evaded scientific consensus, in part due to conceptual, methodological, and interpretive differences among studies. This article highlights that this nexus would benefit from a more robust engagement with each field’s foundational research that explores beyond binary and crude distinctions. Examples are concepts of destructive and constructive conflict; direct, structural, and cultural violence, and their relationships to vulnerability; negative and positive peace; and the ideals and realities of peacebuilding and conflict transformation. This article demonstrates how integrated scholarship could open up and advance new lines of questioning, with implications for developing coherent research, policy, and practice. The article concludes by offering recommendations for how to better connect disaster, conflict, and peace research.

Non-State Actors and Conflict Management in Proxy Wars

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Irrera
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Conflict Transformation ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Peace Research ◽  
State Actors ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Shared Agency ◽  
Practical Implications

The influence and impact of non-state actors, particularly humanitarian nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in conflict management and in contemporary proxy wars, has been at the core of several scholarly debates. Peace research scientists developed knowledge about actors and conditions influencing conflict management and peacebuilding at the global and regional level. They have demonstrated that proxy wars survived the Cold War and developed new features. In particular, non-state actors like NGOs, private foundations, and non-profit associations, slowly but firmly entered the conflict management system, providing expertise and new input. International relations scholars investigate the main drivers of global humanitarian phenomena and give empirical reflections suitable for adaptive policymaking. It is commonly agreed that conflicts should be solved, human rights violations stopped, and the most inhumane implications reduced, but questions remain about the effectiveness of intervention and the legitimacy of some actors and tools. The relevance of non-state actors and their roles in conflict management have found in the international relations and peace research an ideal place to develop theoretical and practical implications. Scholars emphasized the various types of actors involved (NGOs, local community representatives, diplomats), and the diverse techniques and approaches developed within and beyond the “traditional” track diplomacy, to conflict transformation. Starting from the assessment of the state of the literature in the current international relations and peace research theoretical debate on civil and proxy wars, those actors who manage conflicts and the methods and techniques they use are explained further. In particular, it is first sustained that nongovernmental actors are engaged in the management of proxy wars in shared agency with governmental ones. Second, conflict transformation is introduced as an interactive technique to manage proxies.

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