RIPIL-LPI Research-Policy-Practice Partnership
Project Summary
Effective international peacebuilding requires the integration of evidence from the local to global levels. Nonetheless, few policymakers and practitioners are able to systematically integrate rigorous evidence into their decision-making processes. The global reach of international peacebuilding policy and practice—and the related number of actors that can influence conflict and peace dynamics—makes the integration of evidence throughout the policy-practice cycle particularly challenging. This project aims to address these challenges via an innovative research-policy-practice partnership. To this end, American University and the Life & Peace Institute (LPI) have developed a joint post-doctoral program and an accompanying research-policy-practice partnership approach that enables the 1) identification of innovative research questions that are important to peacebuilding policymakers, practitioners, and community-members; 2) integration of key policymakers, practitioners, and community-members throughout the research process; and 3) engagement of policymakers, practitioners, and community-members with the research findings in addition to their publication in respected peer-reviewed journals.
Funder(s)
Award(s)
$350,000 (Carnegie)
Principal Investigator(s)
Susanna Campbell, American University
Aaron Stanley, Life & Peace Institute (Co-PI)
Partner(s)
Project Status
Active
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