✨Spotlight on our colleague Hanna Schmidt! In her role as course coordinator, Hanna collaborates with experts within and outside of swisspeace, and participants to deliver high-quality courses. Her knowledge and enthusiasm for course methodologies are highly appreciated. We are grateful to have you!

Explore conceptual, thematic, and practical approaches to conflict prevention with experts and practitioners. Learn from experts how to design conflict-prevention measures in response to concrete opportunities and challenges. Secure your spot now 👉️ buff.ly/a0igEOJ

The three-day Bridging Civilian and Military Efforts in Peacebuilding course was filled with learning, exchange, hands-on practice, and a visit from the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix. Thank you to all participants for their energy and engagement.

We’re thrilled to reach another milestone with our project “Dialogue After Peace? (...)" project. ✨Take a look at some of our research outputs: 📄 Policy briefs: → buff.ly/pKAqZf4 → buff.ly/BNqcGXq 📊 Report: → buff.ly/PVqwSDC This project was funded by the Swiss Network for International Studies.

A huge thank you to Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operation, for taking the time and sharing his expertise on the synergies between civilian and military actors in peacebuilding within the course Bridging Civilian & Military Efforts in Peacebuilding!

Peacebuilding and human rights-related work includes highly wearing tasks. Sign up for this course to learn about strategies for protecting your mental well-being and psychosocial support tools. Take care of yourself so you can take care of others. 👉️ buff.ly/U0mH5Mu

How did religion become recognized as a distinct, legible category in world politics? Join our senior researcher, Maria Birnbaum, for a discussion of her book, Before Recognition: How the Politics of Religion Shaped the International Order. 📅 19 May, 4pm. Secure your spot 👉️ buff.ly/fXv955D

Our Creative & Innovative Methodologies for Inclusive Peacebuilding cours guides you in creating transformative educational experiences that address complex social dynamics. Apply now to translate theory into practice with innovative pedagogical and training approaches. 👉️ buff.ly/3Z4145j

📌 The new à propos is online! The latest issue of the peacebuilding magazine from KOFF delves into the topic of localization: What does meaningful localization look like in practice? DE/FR/EN ➡️ buff.ly/VXReoCH

Are you a professional interested or engaged in the peacebuilding, humanitarian, or development sector? Are you a practitioner or academic interested in complementing your own experiences with current conceptual insights and practical knowledge? Explore our upcoming courses: swisspeace.ch/courses

Korrektur: Die Podiumsdiskussion findet nach der Vorführung am Dienstag 21. April statt. Mach dir ein Bild über die komplexe Situation im Nahen Osten 👉 buff.ly/p7UsExK

📢 Do you want to learn more about Switzerland’s peacebuilding landscape? Join the public panel discussion by KOFF, the Swiss platform for peacebuilding, on 7 May in Bern! 🔗 Details & Registration here: buff.ly/hLf36EY

💡Learn from our experts how human rights and conflict transformation relate to and complement each other and acquire strategies and skills to navigate remaining challenges and dilemmas. Peace & Human Rights 🗓️ 09 – 11 September 2026 📍 Basel ⏰ Apply by 31 May 2026 👉️ buff.ly/yBrObia

📽️ Am 18. April laden Swiss Humanity Initiative und das Forum für Menschenrechte in Israel/Palästina zu einer Kinovorstellung des Dokumentarfilms "UNRWA, 75 Jahre provisorische Geschichte" mit anschliessender Podiumsdiskussion ein. Mach dir ein Bild über die Situation 👇https://buff.ly/p7UsExK

Was können wir aus dem kolumbianischen Friedensprozess lernen?🤔 Philipp Lustenberger, Sondergesandter des EDA für den Friedensprozess in Kolumbien, spricht an unserer nächsten Veranstaltung über die aktuelle Konfliktlage und zieht Bezüge zu anderen Kontexten. ➡️https://buff.ly/1Ylx8pA

Are you working in or on fragile and conflict-affected environments? Interested in improving your skills in conflict-sensitive project management? Then our Conflict Sensitivity course is a great match for you. 🗓️ 10 – 12 June 2026 & 17 – 19 June 2026 📍 Virtual ⏰ Apply by now 👉️ buff.ly/AZcAo4c

How do we know if our projects strengthen or undermine social cohesion, or if our projects really contribute to local peacebuilding?🤔 Join our experts to adapt programs and projects effectively and to assess their contributions to peace and positive social change. 👉 buff.ly/xKYpWd0

The Complex Political Negotiation course, held at the end of March, was a great success. A huge thank you to all participants and experts for their contributions and active participation.🤗 👏 Check out our continuing education course and program offer 👉️ buff.ly/10gOfhP

Climate change impacts conflicts. Are you familiar with the causal linkages between natural resources, inter-/national climate policies, and conflicts? Learn about key concepts and reflect how different stakeholders can contribute to mitigating climate-induced conflicts. 👉 buff.ly/ZK7MTpd

Conflicts often go hand in hand with a polarization in the society. National Dialogue is a conflict transformation tool, that offers a horizon for societies to transform relations after conflict. Apply now and learn from experts how to design and implement them effectively. 👉 swisspeace.ch/courses

Join us this Thursday (2 April) for a special screening of the award-winning film QUI VIT ENCORE at 18:00 at Stadtkino Basel. A conversation between swisspeace expert Roland Dittli and the film's director Nicolas Wadimoff will follow the screening. Information and tickets: buff.ly/dZrcBV7

Over the past 2 years, swisspeace has supported the SDC, UNDP, and UNFPA in promoting social cohesion in the Republic of Moldova. 🗣️ At the National Social Cohesion Forum on 26 March in Chisinau, Senior Researcher Dr. Gal Harmat highlighted the success of this project. 👉 buff.ly/mg3tJwV

This month, we successfully held the first online edition of the Gender, Conflict & Peacebuilding course. As for our in-person edition, we have received a lot of postitive feedback. We thank the experts and the 13 participants for their inputs and participation.

Our swisspeace expert Claudia Josi is joining the “Multi-Stakeholder Roundtable on Memory, Prevention and Social Cohesion in Europe” in Sarajevo. They explore how truth, inclusive approaches, and open dialogue can help turn memory initiatives into long‑term civic action that prevents future harm.

🚀 Are you searching for a meaningful internship with political relevance? Our Continuing Education team is currently searching for two interns. Intern | 100% | 6 months | Starting August 15, 2026, or February 1, 2027 👉 Apply by April 26: swisspeace.ch/jobs

This month, we shine the spotlight on Johannes Fark, who has been leading swisspeace’s Central Services for eight years and has just completed his eighth financial audit! 👏 Join us in cheering him on as he embarks on the final chapter of his career! 💐

📢 #JobAlert: Help us communicate peace 💙— manage our channels, co-organize the Basel Peace Forum, and shape how the world hears about us. ✅ Master's in comms, media, or IR ✅ German + English writing skills ✅ EU/EFTA/Swiss work permit 💰 CHF 48K–55K Apply here by 19 April: 👇https://buff.ly/Sj6SNzd

💡New Policy Brief As internet access has improved, online spaces have turned into breeding grounds for nationalist tensions, reinforced and normalized through everyday interactions. Repeated exposure to hostile exchanges on social media can reinforce polarization. 📱 📖 Read more: buff.ly/fwtM7el

🚀Plan your course ahead. Our spots are limited! Do you work on transitional justice, human rights, or peacebuilding? Are you working in a conflict or post-conflict context, faced with the challenges of addressing cases of missing and disappeared persons? Apply for this course 👇️ buff.ly/HefUobE

Civilian and military peacebuilding actors often operate simultaneously in the same space but pursue different and sometimes contradictory objectives. How are these actors different, and what collaboration approaches exist? Don't miss the chance to join our amazing experts 👉 swisspeace.ch/courses

Erfahre welche Wege eine progressive europäische Sicherheitspolitik jenseits von Aufrüstung und traditionellem Pazifismus eröffnen kann. Ein Gespräch mit Laurent Goetschel (swisspeace), Priska Seiler Graf (SP) und Leonie Stamm (DGAP). Anmeldung 👉 buff.ly/BD1m006

✈️💼We are back from Juba, where we visited our partners to work with them on various projects, e.g., higher education for renewable energy & peacebuilding, conflict sensitivity, art & peace, and more. Learn about our work in South Sudan: buff.ly/T0r8SX6. We are grateful for the good collaboration🙌

Understand the essential concepts of conflict sensitivity and acquire concrete tools to improve the integration in your work. Start anytime and work at your own pace 👉 swisspeace.ch/courses

This month, we held our first edition of the Rethinking State-building in a Changing World course. We drew on current debates, new approaches, and case studies about South Sudan, Chile, DR Congo, Colombia to explore how state-building interventions can be rethought. 🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/Rc45Wta

🤝 swisspeace is associated to the University of Basel. In addition to our research activities, we teach at the university. From key concepts and introduction courses to applied research seminars and field trips: Explore our current and past teaching ➡️ buff.ly/2SMNBSR

📘 🌍 Read our new first-ever research analyzing the work of the of the Syrian Civil Society Support Room; the formal inclusion platform of the United Nations in the political process that kicked in 2016. The paper describes the background, design, and impact of this platform: buff.ly/hWyv4En

Angriffe auf Gesundheitseinrichtungen in bewaffneten Konflikten nehmen weltweit zu – trotz völkerrechtlichem Schutz. Mario Behrens (Politikwissenschaftler, Uni Basel / swisspeace) ordnet die Entwicklung im VSAO Journal ein. 👉 www.vsao-journal.ch/de/artikel/a... @mbehrens.bsky.social @unibas.ch

Do you want to expand your #facilitation skills beyond conventional methods? Join our Facilitation Skills Training course and make your meetings, workshops, or training sessions more #engaging, inclusive and efficient. 👉 swisspeace.ch/courses 🗓️ 25 – 26 June 2026 📍 Basel ⏰ Apply by 31 March 2026

In times of growing crisis, needs and complexity, international cooperation actors are pushed to “do better with less”. To help address this challenge, swisspeace is offering the new course "The Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus in a Changing Aid Landscape". Learn more 👉 buff.ly/6O6eTrW

Traditional Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) approaches often fall short in capturing how interventions contribute to complex social outcomes. Learn how to navigate complex and conflict-affected environments with complexity-informed MEL approaches. 👉 buff.ly/maaWtba

Investigate the linkages between climate change, natural resources, inter-/national climate policies, and conflicts. Reflect on how different stakeholders can contribute to mitigating climate-induced conflicts. 🗓️ 20 – 22 May 2026 📍 Basel ⏰ Apply by 15 April 2026 👉 buff.ly/9KWVoVc

To maximize the impact of peacebuilding projects and avoid unintended harm, peacebuilders must be aware of the conflict context they work in: its history, key actors, and underlying power dynamics. Learn more by participating in our virtual Conflict Sensitivity course. ➡️ buff.ly/q8ujQ6b

🆕 Our new Working Paper focuses on the search and criminal investigations into enforced disappearances. It emphasizes the crucial role played by victims' families & organizations and human rights defenders in the search, despite state inaction or interference in the search. 👥 🤝 🖇️ buff.ly/QWA8Wtq

Conflicts often go hand in hand with a polarization in the society. National Dialogues offer a horizon for societies to transform relations after conflict. Learn how to design and implement effective national dialogues. 🗓️ 06 – 08 May 2026 📍 Basel ⏰ Apply by 28 Feb 2026 👉 buff.ly/aoHDWQt

Impressions from the CAS Art & Peace, which kicked off with a first four-day course block last week and a special program during the Basel Peace Forum. An intense but exciting start to the program that will conclude in August 2026! Explore more courses on peacebuilding: buff.ly/UxbqQGw

Unsere neue Veranstaltungsreihe ECHO BASEL zielt darauf ab, einen konstruktiven Austausch zu fördern, Hintergründe von Konflikten verständlicher zu machen und den gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt zu stärken. 🌍🤝 📰💡 Mehr dazu im Bericht von @Bajour.ch ➡️ buff.ly/5mbquVt

Join our experts from swisspeace, SWISSINT and others at the Bridging Civilian & Military Efforts in Peacebuilding course. Deepen your knowledge on civilian and military peacebuilding actors, and explore approaches for collaboration. ⏰ Apply by 02 Feb 2026 👉 swisspeace.ch/courses

🌟 We’re thrilled to have Sarah Ferbach as part of our team! As an expert in adaptive Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL), she leads the development of an institutional MEL system at swisspeace. Learn more about her projects here: 🔗 buff.ly/KXoQyQ0 Thank you for all your work Sarah 💐

In complex political negotiations, tools developed for the study of complex systems provide the basis for analyzing the current situation, preventing new crises, & establishing a working relationship between the belligerents. Learn how to navigate such negotiations 👉 swisspeace.ch/courses

🎉We were thrilled to learn that swisspeace's associate researcher and former PhD Candidate Jacqui Cho won the Bernard Brodie Prize for the best article published in Contemporary Security Policy in 2025. Huge congratulations, Jacqui! 🥳 📄Read the article here: buff.ly/WSrw2F8