Mapping the Field of International Peace Education Programs and Exploring Their Networked Impact on Peacebuilding
Publisher: Resolution Quarterly
Author(s): Jeffrey Pugh and Karen Ross
Date: 2019
Topics: Assessment, Governance, Humanitarian Assistance, Monitoring and Evaluation, Programming
Conventional wisdom holds that international education builds cross-cultural capacity, and evaluations of peacebuilding interventions point to significant impacts. Yet, little scholarship links these fields or explores the significance of networks of participants in either area for mobilizing transnational peacebuilding capital. We address this by examining how peace and conflict-oriented international education (PCIE) programs enable construction of lasting alumni networks, and how these can contribute to longer-term conflict prevention and peacebuilding activities after participants return home. We draw upon an original dataset of 178 PCIE programs and a survey of program founders and staff.