From 2020, the recently-established Varieties of Peace Research Network will welcome membership applications from academic scholars and practitioners currently engaged with issues concerning varieties of peace. Through this new endeavour, the Varieties of Peace team expects to grow, evolve and constitute itself as a network of reference in the field. Members of the Varieties of Peace Research Network will have access to a dynamic and ever-growing network of peace scholars. Not only will they be able to broaden their contacts, but will also become part of the Network's mailing list where they will be updated on the latest projects and news. Members will be eligible for invitation at network-r
The Varieties of Peace team is proud to present its most recent publication entitled "Three Approaches to Peace: A Framework for Describing and Exploring Varieties of Peace". This new Working Paper, published as part of the Umeå Working Papers in Peace and Conflict Studies series, makes an important contribution in the direction of developing more sophisticated and nuanced conceptual models for exploring peace. The three different ways in which this paper's framework addresses peace are the situational, the relational and the ideational. This way, we are contributing to advancing the conceptual and empirical understandings of peace in the light of its complex and multifaceted nature. This ne