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Peace Research II: Illuminating 50 Peace Research Centres, Institutes, and Think Tanks

Are you interested in peace research? Are you considering a career in the peacebuilding sector? Are you contemplating pursuing a degree in peace and conflict? Or are you simply interested in partnering with institutions working on peace, security, and development issues? In this article, I will be sharing a list of governmental and non-governmental research institutes, think tanks, centres, that focus on peace research, advocacy, and dissemination, both at the national, regional, and international levels. The list is not extensive but I hope you find them useful.

  1. African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), Durban, South Africa
  2. Aland Islands Peace Institute, Finland
  3. Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), Austria
  4. Berghof Research Centre for Constructive Conflict Management, Berlin
  5. Cato Institute, Washington D.C, United States
  6. Centre for Conflict Management and Peace Studies, University of Jos, Nigeria
  7. Centre for Global Peace and Conflict Studies (CGPACS), University of California, Irvine
  8. Centre for International Peace and Security Studies (CIPSS), Montreal, Canada
  9. Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPACS), University of Sydney, Australia
  10. Centre for Peace and Development Studies (CPDS), University of Limerick, Ireland
  11. Centre for Peace and Security Studies (CPASS), Georgetown University, Washington DC
  12. Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
  13. Centre for Peace Studies, Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, Nigeria
  14. Centre for Peace, Conflict and Mediation (CPCM), Australia
  15. Centre for Security Studies, Angelo State University, Texas, United States
  16. Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Washington D.C, United States
  17. Chatham House, United Kingdom
  18. Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Denmark
  19. Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden
  20. Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
  21. Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI), Pennsylvania, United States
  22. Global Peace Institute, London, United Kingdom
  23. Institute for Development and Peace, Germany
  24. Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR), Abuja, Nigeria
  25. Institute of Peace and Security Studies, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
  26. Institute of Peace and Strategic Studies (IPSS), University of Ibadan, Nigeria
  27. International Alert, United Kingdom
  28. International Institute of Peace and Development Studies (IIPDS), Thailand
  29. International Peace Institute (IPI), New York, United States
  30. International Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway
  31. Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, United States
  32. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, United States
  33. Martin Institute for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, Idaho, United States
  34. Peace Research and European Security Studies (PRESS), Germany
  35. Peace Research and European Security Studies, Germany
  36. Relief Web, New York City, United Stes
  37. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Stockholm, Sweden
  38. Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI), Finland
  39. The Brookings Institutions, Washington D.C, United States
  40. The Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), Cape Town, South Africa
  41. The Centre for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM), University of Maryland, United States
  42. The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR), Cape Town, South Africa
  43. The Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy, University of Hamburg, Germany
  44. The Institute for Security Studies (ISS), Pretoria, South Africa
  45. The Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), Germany
  46. The Pew Research Centre, Washington D.C, United States
  47. The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), Johannesburg, South Africa
  48. United States Institute for Peace, United States
  49. University of Peace (UPEACE), Costa Rica
  50. Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars, Washington D.C, United States

Others include:

The Institute of Economics and Peace, Sydney, Australia.

Feel free to add others you know of in the comment section.

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