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These interventions are extremely varied and, in addition to the examples noted above, include international NGO work with local partners and networks in areas of conflict, [78] the promotion of communication rights, participatory processes, community-based communication approaches for development, and social change and peacebuilding (for ...
Conflicts of interest increase the likelihood of biases arising; they can harm the quality of research and the public good (even if disclosed). [3] Conflicts of interest can involve research sponsors, authors, journals, journal staff, publishers, and peer reviewers.
Peace and conflict studies is a social science field that identifies and analyzes violent and nonviolent behaviors as well as the structural mechanisms attending conflicts (including social conflicts), to understand those processes which lead to a more desirable human condition. [1]
Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK) Conflict Barometer Archived 9 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine – Describes recent trends in conflict development, escalations, and settlements; Insight on Conflict Archived 1 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine – Database on peace-building initiatives in areas of conflict
Several studies have concluded that "terminology bias" has been a recurrent feature of coverage of the conflict, [2] [3] [4] and scholars and commentators such as Yasir Suleiman [a] argue that language manipulation plays an important role in endeavours to win over the international public, with some concluding that Israel has proven more adept in this battle.
The think tank for peace research and international relations was founded as an independent foundation under public law by the Hesse state government in 1970. [1] PRIF conducts knowledge-oriented basic research, analyses the causes of violent international and internal conflicts, and also carries out research on the conditions necessary for peace.
Initiatives of Change: global organization dedicated to "building trust across the world's divides" (of culture, nationality, belief, and background), involved in peacebuilding and peace consolidation since 1946 [55] and currently in the Great Lakes area of Africa, [56] Sierra Leone and other areas of conflict.
Protracted social conflict is a technical term that generally refers to conflicts which are complex, severe, enduring, and often violent. The term was first presented in a theory developed by Edward Azar [ 1 ] and contemporary researchers and conflict scholars continue to use it.