Short description:

In the 1990s, the world saw the ending of many regional conflicts and civil wars and a major need for post-war reconstruction emerged. UN (and others) took on this task and a set of approaches appeared under the name of "peacebuilding". It came to be the term under which war-ravaged countries would be supported to reconstruct and reconcile, as well as a way to build peace into the system so as not not fall back into war and violence. Through three decades this has been pursued, criticized, adapted and, some would say, exhausted itself. This lecture reviews the peacebulding practices and how it has been adapted up to the current day.

Teacher: Joakim Öjendal

Mandatory readings:

Joakim Öjendal, Jan Bachmann, Maria Stern & Hanna Leonardsson (2021) “Introduction Peacebuilding Amidst Violence”, Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 15:3, 269-288, DOI:

10.1080/17502977.2021.1913006

Paffenholz, Thania, 2021, Perpetual Peacebuilding: A New Paradigm to Move Beyond the Linearity of Liberal Peacebuilding, Journal of intervention and Statebuilding, pages 367-385 | Published online: 17 May 2021 Cite this article https://doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2021.1925423

Slides: IR1251 Lecture 7.pdf