About
The Initiative for Peacebuilding aspires to become Australia’s leading university-based centre for research and analysis on peace and conflict.
We are committed to advancing sustainable peace through rigorous, high-quality, and high-impact academic and applied research, innovative and robust tertiary and professional education offerings, and partnerships and engagement with policy-makers, practitioners and conflict affected communities.We aim to deepen understanding of conflict and peacebuilding practices, influence policy, and empower future peacebuilders through inclusive and collaborative efforts. Our work is based on deep engagement with peacebuilding partners and communities affected by conflict, institutions, and policymakers and grounded in principles of collaboration, partnership and intersectionality.
Impact
The Initiative for peacebuilding is committed to delivering regionally engaged and contextually grounded research, education and engagement programs, and to be recognised for our academic excellence, contextual depth, and practical relevance. We aim to be an informed, reliable partner in developing and advancing innovative approaches to conflict and peacebuilding, and by working collaboratively with communities, practitioners, and institutions to address the complex challenges presented by contemporary conflicts and build pathways toward sustainable peace. In this new strategic plan, we build on the past five years of concerted work across research, education and engagement as we move to consolidate and extend on past work and impacts.
Objectives
Our work is organized around two overarching themes:
Understanding Conflict: Exploring the drivers, dynamics, and transformations of conflict across diverse contexts and how these can best be addressed through political processes and multi-disciplinary analysis.
Understanding Peacebuilding Practices and Approaches: Exploring innovative, inclusive, and multi-level strategies for effective peace process support and peacebuilding. Across our programmatic areas, this work is grounded in pursuing a deep understanding of both specific contexts and broad patterns of conflict, within our region and beyond.