Current Projects
Completed Projects
Showing 41-60 of 95 results
Project
When Dictators Fall: Preventing Violent Conflict During Transitions From Authoritarian Rule
The contrasting ways countries transition out of authoritarian rule and how the UN can influence pathways away from violence.
Project
Hybrid Conflict, Hybrid Peace: How Militias and Paramilitary Groups Shape Post-Conflict Transitions
The role of PGMs in conflict and post-conflict settings and how PGMs might help or hurt prospects for sustainable peacebuilding.
Project
Conflict Prevention in the Era of Climate Change: Adapting the UN to Climate-Security Risks
Supporting the UN and its partners to develop climate-sensitive conflict prevention approaches.
Project
The United States' Current and Future Relationship With the United Nations
US policy towards the UN under the Trump administration and effective, multilateral approaches to the UN's engagement with the US.
Project
No Research About Us Without Us: Participatory Policy-Oriented Research With Children and Youth Affected by Conflict
A participatory workshop model to assess the needs of children and youth impacted by conflict.
Project
UN Transitions: Improving Security Council Practice in Mission Settings
The Security Council's historical evolution in overseeing UN transitions.
Project
Project: Conflict Prevention in the Sahel: Emerging Practice Across the UN
Supporting the UN’s understanding of the situation in the Sahel - and how it can better respond to current and emerging risks
Project
Due Process in UN Targeted Sanctions
The potential to advance the UN Security Council's use of sanctions to achieve its strategic objectives.
Project
The Iraqi State, Geopolitics, and the Popular Mobilization Forces
Policies that could potentially to chip away at paramilitary groups' power, mitigate their abuses, and enforce their accountability.
Project
The New Geopolitics of Converging Risks: The UN and Prevention in the Era of AI
The emerging impacts of AI convergence on the United Nations’ prevention agenda.
Project
Citizenship and Its Discontents in the Middle East: Kurdish Nationalism at an Impasse
The challenges facing Kurdish national identity in Iraqi Kurdistan's stalled political transition and the possibility for a new social contract.
Project
Assessing the Effectiveness of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan
An assessment of the achievements and impacts of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
Project
UN Sanctions and Mediation: Establishing Evidence To Inform Practice
Twenty policy recommendations to enhance complementarity, following discussions in New York and Geneva.
Project
Minimum Order: The Role of the Security Council in an Era of Major Power Competition
Amid rising great power tensions, the UN Security Council grapples with challenges in addressing conflicts.
Project
Managing Exits from Armed Conflict
This project aims to enhance understanding of how and why individuals exit armed conflict and how to encourage transitions away from the battlefield.
Project
Surges and Swarms: A Conversation on Responsible Coverage of Migration
Recommendations for best practices for newsmakers, media regulators, United Nations entities and Member States when reporting on issues of migration.
Project
The Shia View of Dealing With ISIS Suspects in the Hands of Iraqi Justice
The degree of support among Iraqi Shia for current legal practices regarding ISIS suspects and their openness to alternative leniency approaches.
Project
What Works in UN Resident Coordinator-Led Conflict Prevention: Lessons From the Field
Lessons from Resident Coordinator-supported preventive action in nine countries, where such support has generally been effective.
Project
The Limits of Punishment: Transitional Justice and Violent Extremism
If, when and how transitional justice can contribute to transitions away from conflict in settings affected by major jihadist groups.
Project
Preventing Tomorrow’s Conflicts and Sustaining Peace
Informing UN policy deliberations with a proactive, over-the-horizon approach to prevent and sustain peace.