What's Ahead for YPS in 2026: No Quick Fix Marking two years of writing the YPS Observer (and my 3rd annual year-ahead post) here is what I'll be watching on #youth4peace. open.substack.com/pub/theypsob...

🗣️ Call for papers! CRS 2026 Conference (8–10 Sept, Glasgow) is now open for submissions. Theme: Disruption, Resilience & Adaptation in an Age of Crisis 🔗 buff.ly/8K2nrOa #CRS2026 #ConflictResearch

**Post-war reconstruction of education in Tigray, Ethiopia** What was the plan for re-opening schools in Tigray after the devastating 2020-2022 civil war? Who was involved in decision-making, and what evidence did they draw on? What were the results?

Founder & Director of March Lebanon, Lea Baroudi, has spent over a decade turning division into dialogue through art, trust and shared humanity. In her PeaceTalk, she reveals how former fighters became actors and how theatre became a bridge to peace. #PeaceTalksGPW bit.ly/44fiOCa

We are delighted to publish this article by @yuliasnesterova.bsky.social & colleagues @uofglasgow.bsky.social examining #HumanRights in #GlobalCitizenshipEd using 2 case studies: #IDPs in #Azerbaijan #Indigenous people in Taiwan #OpenAccess @tandfresearch.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/2535...

This. Also: We’ve no idea how much groundbreaking research we might actually be missing out on when core research doesn’t have the opportunity to gradually unfold, take place without being tailored to surface claims about high impact and fantastic deliverables.

Free open access book! Link in comments. #socialstudies #peaceeducation #socialeducation #globaleducation

🎉Great to this important piece -how #HumanRights of Indigenous Peoples & IDPs are incorporated in #GlobalCitizenshipEd 🎉now available #OpenAccess 🎉Congratulations @yuliasnesterova.bsky.social & others @uofglasgow.bsky.social 🎉 @drcarolineferguson.bsky.social Jia Ying Neoh doi.org/10.1080/2535...

I am organising this Exhibition with @leocbandarra.bsky.social and the UK-based charity Never Such Innocence on Children and Nuclear Anxiety, part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science at the @sheffielduni.bsky.social More info 👇👇 sheffield.ac.uk/spir/news/ne...

This book offers inspiring insights on the approaches researchers, youth practitioners and young people are finding to challenge the injustices they face and be a positive force in promoting #SocialJustice.

11/12 - The role of young people in peacebuilding must be taken seriously. Without their inclusion, sustainable peace will remain out of reach. #GenevaPeaceWeek #GPW2025

✨ Save the Date! ✨ Join CSPPS & UNOY on 7 Oct, 14:00 CEST for “Storytelling for Youth, Peace & Security” – a 1h online session to share lessons, launch YPS Policy Recommendations, and reflect ahead of Peace Connect in Nairobi. 🌍🎙️ 👉 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join us for the launch of #YouthLeadingChange! The 📖 brings together youth scholar-practitioners & academics, demonstrating how young people navigate conflict + generate social & cultural change ➡️ www.leclerck.com/youth-leadin... #youth4peace @hmberents.bsky.social @yaguerika.bsky.social

Thank you, UN Geneva 🇺🇳, Interpeace, and Switzerland 🇨🇭 for this year’s Geneva PeaceTalks! It was wonderful to hear from so many inspirational people about building peace and the importance of youth and women leadership, working across difference and building trust through arts, sport, and media ☮️ 🕊️

New issue of @ispjournal.bsky.social & in it our article on care-full research now has pg #s! In it @caltinmollica.bsky.social, Hayley Payne, Casey Odger-Jewell, & Savannah Spalding & I reflects on lessons a youth-led, adult-supported project can offer Intl Studies broadly doi.org/10.1093/isp/...

📢New article: “Rethinking and decolonising peace education in Ghanaian secondary schools: exploring teachers’ perspectives”w/ @yuliasnesterova.bsky.social in the Journal for Peace Education. ✅Open access: doi.org/10.1080/1740...

I'm excited to announce the launch of the Youth, Peace & Security #YPS Database: an online, searchable resource library of docs related to the agenda! 🔹Visit: ypsdb.org 🟡Read some launch-day reflections: theypsobserver.substack.com/p/announcing... 🥳Thrilled this is now live & hope it is of use!

On the 9th anniversary of the #YPS agenda Khaled Emam & @hmberents.bsky.social reflect on progress made by young people since 2015, highlighting their resilience amid crises & barriers to inclusion 🔗Blog unoy.org/seizing-the-...

Are you a youth peacebuilder actively involved in #YPS in your country? Are you inspired to shape YPS indicators? Join our project to get your voice heard! For more details, read this post www.linkedin.com/posts/yulian...