How to live in peace? Mapping the science of sustaining peace

What is it about?

While there is much research surrounding how to prevent, end, and transition from conflict, there is less research focused on how to sustain peace. This paper provides a work-in-progress overview of the Sustaining Peace Project, an initiative aimed at providing a holistic, evidence-based understanding of how peace can be sustained in societies.

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Why is it important?

This article summarizes lessons learned to date from the systematic study of sustainably peaceful societies and “peace systems,” or clusters of peaceful societies.