About Peace Studies

Aims

Peace Studies (ISSN 3042-6529) is an international, cross-disciplinary, scholarly, open access journal that covers—both in theory and practice—conflict resolution, peacebuilding, peacemaking, mediation, reconciliation, and transitional justice with related topics (e.g., human rights, sustainable development), framed in direct connection to peace.

In awareness of the importance of peace and achieving sustainable development for humanity, Peace Studies strives to support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the United Nations, and it explicitly links peace studies to relevant SDGs such as Goal 16 (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions). As a transdisciplinary journal, Peace Studies supports open access and open science by encouraging researchers to provide full experimental and methodological details so that their results can be reproduced and/or assessed.

Scope

Peace Studies is dedicated to publishing research that advances the field, catalyzing new ways of thinking, knowing, and doing. The journal embraces multidisciplinary, meta-theoretical, and theoretical approaches to the study and pursuit of lasting peace worldwide. The journal welcomes manuscripts that contribute new knowledge, as well as those that offer critiques of the field. We also invite manuscripts that reflect data-driven, evidence-based practice.

Of particular interest are works on political violence prevention, peace and health, peacebuilding and artificial intelligence, and approaches to assessing the effectiveness of efforts towards peace. We also encourage submissions that explore peace from social, political, economic, cultural, and technological perspectives.

Topics within the scope of the journal include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Locally led/locally driven peacebuilding.
• Peace journalism, education, and linguistics.
• Peace in relation to climate, food, water, resilience, and health.
• Private sector roles and multi-sector partnerships for peace.
• Peace and digital spaces: social media, online communities, hate speech, and civil discourse.
• Arts, performance, and cultural expressions of peace.
• Economic and policy analyses, including the economics of peace and sustainable development.
• Computational and participatory approaches to peace research.
• Promotion of peace, human rights, and wellbeing.
• Social, economic, and governmental policies related to peace.
• Social work, care, and community-level initiatives in local and international contexts.
• Studies on equity, equality, and equal rights.
• Public provision and institutional roles in the respect and promotion of human rights.
• Governance, administration, and state/international institutional efficiency in peacebuilding.
• Governmental policy analysis, decision-making, and strategy development for peace.
• Comparative policy studies and evaluations of peace-related interventions.
• Continued development, financial efficiency, and resource allocation for sustaining peace.

We welcome submissions that examine peace at multiple levels (community, national, regional, or global) and in diverse contexts.

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Copyright / Open Access

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