🎺 Apply by October 15, 2025: Preventing Violent Conflicts Join six skilled experts for an in-depth exploration of different conflict prevention methods and leave with a toolbox to design conflict prevention measures. 🗓️ 29 Oct – 7 Nov 2025 | 📍Virtual | ⏳ 6 Afternoons More: 🔗https://buff.ly/Z2PuUkP

Today is the International Day of Peace🕊️, which is all about committing to peace and building a culture of peace together. In this spirit, swisspeace created and annually holds the Basel Peace Forum - stay tuned for the 10th edition! buff.ly/MDLpSUn

📣 Apply now! | Strategic Peacebuilding & Dialogue Skills 🛜 Zoom | 🗓 12–16 January 2026 | ℹ️ buff.ly/PQPYBPR ✔️ You will learn how to strategically analyze, design and support dialogues in complex peace processes and practice your dialogue skills through exercises, and case studies.

Upcoming: "Conflict-sensitive Communication in International Cooperation" Communication activities lie at the heart of any work in International Cooperation. Discover how to use a conflict-sensitive approach preventing harm and the escalation of tensions. Apply by September 30 👉 buff.ly/TNTkWts

📢 Check out our new Working Paper by Julia Yazdandoost Khosravi and gain insight into how the Kurdish diaspora in Switzerland transmits conflict narratives and how these shape identity, conflict memory, political consciousness, and visions of peace and justice. Good read! 📖https://buff.ly/rNFfL2f

🌍 Our REPOS project is dedicated to strengthening the remarkable resilience of South Sudan’s higher education system💪 — developing curricula in governance, peace, and innovation, and empowering the country’s future peacebuilders, policymakers, teachers, and engineers. Learn more: buff.ly/0fxP9XA

As the students are returning to the classrooms, so are our swisspeace colleagues Isabel Prizing, Oliver Fink, Julián Arévalo and Tobias Hagmann to hold interesting seminars for you. More details: 📷 shorturl.at/zBRW8 🎭 shorturl.at/UqRZ2 🤝 shorturl.at/yGE2d 🌍 shorturl.at/N3wNq 📝 shorturl.at/scXBa

💡 Are you looking for fresh, creative ways to turn theories and concepts into practical training methods and tools? Join us for the first edition of our course “Creative & Innovative Methodologies for Inclusive Peacebuilding”: buff.ly/jKMt3Te

📣Discover more on how to communicate about conflict and peace in this brand new Essential on Conflict-Sensitive Communication Across the HDP Nexus: Navigating Strategy, Ethics, and Dilemmas, by our communication experts Sanjally Jobarteh, Isabel Prinzing, and Maria Vogelbacher. 🔗 buff.ly/icAtD0W

Join us tomorrow for the screening of the Oscar-winning movie NO OTHER LAND at BILDRAUSCH FILMFEST BASEL. Followed by a discussion with our swisspeace expert Roland Dittli. For more information: ➡️https://buff.ly/4ZJoWzG

We’re excited to welcome the Class of 2025/26 🤩! This year, 23 professionals are joining our CAS programs to strengthen their knowledge and skills in peacebuilding. We look forward to learning together with this inspiring group. 💡 Interested? Check out our course offer: swisspeace.ch/courses

This Wednesday, our swisspeace associated expert Mariana Casij Peña is taking part in the 48th Sanremo Round Table. As an expert in dealing with the past, she will speak at the panel about the role of the development of international humanitarian law in safeguarding peace. ➡️ shorturl.at/mtCel

💡 In her new #CSRF Blog article, Martina Santschi explains that the bride price in South Sudan isn’t only about marriage and how aid workers can benefit from considering the risks and benefits. 👉 Read:

On this International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances, we stand in solidarity with those who have been forcibly taken from their families and communities. We honor the lives lost, the voices silenced, and the enduring pain of those still searching for answers. 🔗swisspeace.ch/dwp

Thank you to our colleague Nathalie Orefice, Head of Continuing Education, for her leadership in shaping swisspeace’s programs and strengthening peacebuilding capacities. Wishing her a joyful maternity leave with her family — we look forward to her return! 💛

Interested in improving your training related to peace, gender & culture? Join our 3-day course in Basel: Facilitation Methodologies for Inclusive Peacebuilding. 📅 5–7 Nov 2025 ⏳ 3 days ⏳ Apply by 30 Aug! 🔗https://shorturl.at/Qw4m6

Peacebuilding work includes highly wearing tasks, both physically and mentally. Our course Mental Wellbeing & Peacebuilding explores strategies for coping with mental stress. 🗓️ Dates: 26–28 Nov & 3–5 Dec 2025 🕒 Time: 6 afternoons (CET), virtual 📅 Apply by 15 Sept 2025 🔗https://shorturl.at/AYHXE

🏛️🤝What lies behind Trump’s diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine? 💡Last week, swisspeace researcher Dana Landau shared her expert take on this question, drawing on mediation & peace research. Check out her 2 press interviews (in German)! 🗞️Watson: shorturl.at/ge1AQ 🎙️SRF: shorturl.at/Dlg7B

🧠 Think critically about gender & peace. Apply by 15 Sept for the Gender, Conflict & Peacebuilding course: 📝 shorturl.at/k2Nbv ✅ Rethink gender mainstreaming ✅ Explore gendered strategies ✅ Apply a gender lens into programming ✅ Learn & exchange

🔜 Countdown has begun! The book "Neutralität Österreichs: Recht, Politik und Gesellschaft – Eine Debatte" featuring a contribution from @lgoetschel.bsky.social will be published at the end of August 2025. Stay tuned for more details when the book goes live: https://shorturl.at/bhNoQ

🎓 Application deadline approaching! Pick your main focus & apply by 25 Aug: 🤝CAS Peace Mediation & Dialogue: shorturl.at/oZy4Q 🕯️CAS Dealing with the Past: shorturl.at/KXToq 📘CAS Peacebuilding Essentials: shorturl.at/TtLYl 🔗 www.swisspeace.ch/courses/dipl...

What can we learn from role-plays about peace negotiations? 🎭🤔 Based on 39 interviews with peace negotiation role-play designers, trainers, & participants, Julian Arevalo explores in this study how negotiation complexity is experienced and managed in simulated scenarios. 📖 shorturl.at/O7dPA

🚨Some seats for our course "Disappeared & Missing Persons in Peacebuilding" are still available! Explore the impact of missing & disappeared persons on individuals, families, and communities — and more broadly, on peace, with experts from swisspeace, OHCHR, ICRC & more. Apply now: shorturl.at/2xpYU

📄 This Policy Brief—developed in the context of the Eastern Mediterranean Initiative—outlines key steps for: ✅ Ceasefire implementation 🏗️ Reconstruction 🗺️ Border negotiations 🌿 Long-term normalization 📚 Read now: shorturl.at/fLYTf

🔍 Want to learn more about the current threat of nuclear attack, the nuclear arms race, and what it takes to achieve peace? 🎧 Listen to this episode of the Durchblick podcast (in German) featuring a conversation with swisspeace's director @lgoetschel.bsky.social: shorturl.at/pjcOP

We’re proud to shine the spotlight on Gaya Raddadi🌟Program Officer, staff rep, and now PhD candidate! Thank you for your incredible work on conflict sensitivity in South Sudan and the participatory approach in the Palestinian Universities for Child Rights Advancement program. 🙏👏 🔗 lnkd.in/dE6XEihA

🌟 Introducing our new course: Rethinking State-building in a Changing World 📍 Basel | 🗓️ 4–6 Feb 2026 👉 Apply now: https://tinyurl.com/kwfevvrm This new course explores how to design state-building interventions that build peace — not deepen divides. With cases on land, security & revenue.

💼 We’re hiring a Finance Officer (80–100%) to support international peacebuilding projects 🌍 Start: Oct 1, 2025 Deadline: Aug 17 You’ll manage finances, support partners, and help keep vital peace efforts running smoothly. More info & apply 👉 www.swisspeace.ch/jobs

⏳Last chance to apply for our CAS programs: July 31 Our alums loved the mix of role-plays, case studies & peer learning. Concept meets practice — and yes, you can complete the CAS fully online. 🔗https://www.swisspeace.ch/courses/diploma-programs

Wie umgehen mit Polarisierung & Unsicherheit? Am 28.8. spricht Jacques Pitteloud (CH-Botschafter bei der NATO, Ex-Geheimdienstchef) über gesellschaftliche Spannungen & geopolitische Risiken. 🕖 19:00–20:30 📍 kHaus Basel – Eintritt frei ➡️ Jetzt kostenlos anmelden: www.swisspeace.ch/events

🚀 Last chance to apply! Join our communications team and gain valuable experience at the intersection of communication and Peacebuilding. ℹ️ Internship | 80-100% | 6 months | Starting September 1 👉 Apply by August 3: shorturl.at/Y70Le ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

🤝 Strengthening Social Cohesion through Journalism We were happy to be part of the Media Academy 2025 in Moldova, where swisspeace colleagues Gal Harmat & Maria Vogelbacher facilitated a 1.5-day session on the powerful connection between journalism & social cohesion.

Explore conflict prevention tools in our virtual course "Preventing Violent Conflicts". 🗓️ 29 Oct – 7 Nov 2025 | 📍Virtual | 📌 Apply by 31 Aug 2025 🔗https://www.swisspeace.ch/courses/short-courses/preventing-violent-conflicts

⏳ Deadline coming soon! Apply by 31 July for the CAS Dealing with the Past (Sept 2025–Oct 2026). Learn to design truth-seeking, justice & memory initiatives to support societies after conflict. In Basel & online. 👉 https://www.swisspeace.ch/courses/diploma-programs/cas-dealing-with-the-past

🌍 Congrats to Martina Santschi for her #ECAS2025 talk on her research with Samantha Gamez! Their research shows how carbon credit projects in Africa can threaten communal land rights, comparing Kenya’s experience with early steps in South Sudan.

🔍 Rethink peace through a gender lens. Join the 3-day Gender, Conflict & Peacebuilding course in Basel, 08–10 Oct 2025. 💡 Topics include gender & conflict analysis, intersectionality in peace work, and gender-sensitive programming. ℹ️ https://tinyurl.com/2zyajtnf

📚 Advance your peacebuilding career from anywhere. Our postgrad courses include regular online options — flexible, field-focused, and global. 🕊️ Conflict Sensitivity, Mental Wellbeing & more this season. 🔗 Info: https://www.swisspeace.ch/courses #Peacebuilding #OnlineLearning

What happens to the records of UN criminal tribunals once they close? 🧾 In our new policy brief, certified archivist Trudy Huskamp Peterson argues for a comprehensive strategy to preserve these vital archives for justice, history & memory. 🔗 Read: https://tinyurl.com/tadwbb5f

📘New UN evaluation highlights value of strong partnerships for Special Political Missions. ✅ swisspeace was recognized as a key implementing partner for the OSE-Syria—helping engage civil society & women more meaningfully in the Syrian political process. 🔗 Full report: tinyurl.com/7nvbmwnz

The communication course is back with a new angle: Conflict-Sensitive Communication in International Cooperation 📅 22-24 October 25 | 📍 Basel | ℹ️ https://tinyurl.com/yvfp28t9 Learn in this refined course how to apply a conflict-sensitive lens to all aspects of your communication work.

Discover the various aspects of peacebuilding in our diploma program CAS Peacebuilding Essentials! Apply by 31 July 📝https://tinyurl.com/mwmhjc4c ✅ Study part-time and receive a Certificate of Advanced Studies from swisspeace and the University of Basel.

Newly published 📣 This policy brief by Sahar Ammar highlights the need for a comprehensive, inclusive, and coordinated transitional justice process and provides specific recommendations. 📄 Full brief: https://tinyurl.com/3thucp37

🚀 Join our communications team as an Intern! ✅ Manage guest & speaker relations for the Basel Peace Forum ✅ Support event planning & implementation ✅ Drive digital communications (web, newsletters, social media) ✅ Assist with various writing, editing & reporting tasks 📅 Apply now: shorturl.at/Y70Le

🌟Meet Katja, our Human Resources Manager, who is currently co-leading our strategy process for 2026-2030. As a driving force behind recruitment, internal communication, and organizational development, Katja plays a vital role in keeping everything running seamlessly. Thank you for all your work!

Apply now for our CAS Peace Mediation & Dialogue! 📚 Get familiar with key concepts and approaches in negotiation, mediation, and dialogue. 🎯 Learn how to design dialogue and mediation processes. 🤝 Practice negotiation and mediation skills. 🌐 Join our community of practice. 🚀 tinyurl.com/53av3vjh

Welche Rolle spielt die Schweiz im Konflikt zwischen Israel und Iran? In diesem Artikel ordnet Laurent Goetschel die Lage ein & betont dabei die besondere Rolle der Schweiz, z.B. als Interessenvertreterin der USA und als Depositarstaat der Genfer Konventionen. 👉 Mehr lesen: 🔗 shorturl.at/N6db2

Last week, we organized our new "Bridging Civilian & Military Efforts in Peacebuilding" course with SWISSINT! Through role plays, case studies, and actor mappings, participants tackled civilian–military collaboration challenges and opportunities. Watch out for next year👉https://shorturl.at/fkSZR

📌 Now online: The new issue of the KOFF #peacebuildingmagazine à propos on the triple nexus. 💡 The triple nexus is no longer just a theoretical construct but informs organizations’ planning and programming. But what challenges remain? DE/FR/EN➡️https://koff.swisspeace.ch/apropos/issue/

🔎 On June 13 in Geneva, we hosted a panel on state-led mediation beyond the Western sphere, focusing on China, Türkiye & Qatar. 🎙️ With insights from Dr. Xiaoyu Lu (Peking University), Dr. Bulent Aras (CIPR) & Ms. Anna Hess, Senior Mediation Expert. Thanks to all speakers & organizers! 🙌