Digital technology brings opportunities and challenges to peacebuilding. Peacebuilders can leverage digital tools and spaces in their work but it’s also important to understand how technology impacts conflict. This course aims to raise peacebuilders’ understanding of the range of possibilities that exist in the field, and to encourage increased engagement with this increasingly essential part of the peacebuilding landscape. Participants learn how to assess what digital technology could be useful in their work. They learn about digital conflict drivers and how digital technologies are part of conflict contexts. They discuss policy recommendations and learn about what is coming next in this evolving field. This course emphasizes applied learning. Working on case studies from several regions and contexts, participants conceptualize and receive feedback on digital peacebuilding concepts.
In this virtual course, participants learn about the core concepts, tools, risks, and opportunities for digital technology in peacebuilding. They put their knowledge into practice and learn from examples through applied learning.
As a participant, you will:
- Learn about the opportunities and challenges of digital peacebuilding in theory and practice;
- Be introduced to digital tools, methodologies, and conflict drivers;
- Understand digital spaces as places for conflict and peacebuilding;
- Learn how to connect the online with the offline;
- Practice thinking innovatively within context and resource restraints;
- Practice researching and conceptualizing digital peacebuilding project components;
- Discuss digital policy recommendations;
- Exchange experiences with experts and peers and become part of a community of practice.
This course is offered in an interactive virtual format. The course consists of preparatory readings, 6 half-days of online-facilitated course (12-14 & 19-21 June 2024), and individual or group assignments to work on throughout the course.
How to register
Register on our website.
Contact us at academy@swisspeace.ch.