The podcast “Vienna Dialogues: Coffee and IR” has published a new podcast episode about the research of the Creating Safer Space network. In the episode, host Markus Pollak is joined by Professor Xymena Kurowska to speak with network lead Professor Berit Bliesemann de Guevara about unarmed community self-protection amidst violent conflict. The conversation opens with […]
The project “Water conflicts, violations and forms of self-protection: A multi-case study in Eastern Antioquia, Colombia” has published a new article (in Spanish) titled “Hydrosocial Resistances and Environmental Subjectivity: Defense of Water in San Luis, Eastern Antioquia” in the journal El Ágora USB. The article is co-authored by project team members Denisse Roca-Servat, Juan David […]
Perceptions of Everyday Violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar Policy Brief No. 1/2024 Creating Safer Space Project “Exploring Community Perceptions and Coping Strategies on Violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar“
Perceptions of Nonviolent Civilian Protection in Rakhine State, Myanmar Policy Brief No. 2/2024 Creating Safer Space Project “Exploring Community Perceptions and Coping Strategies on Violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar“
On the occasion of Geneva Peace Week 2025, Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP) officially launched UCP Academy, an online learning platform designed to equip individuals and organisations with the skills to practise Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP)—a proven, practical approach to protecting civilians, preventing violence, and fostering peace. UCP Academy has been developed in collaboration with the Creating Safer Space network […]
The former UCP Research Database is now the UCP Knowledge Database! Developed by Creating Safer Space and hosted by UCP Academy, the revamped UCP Knowledge Database is the biggest public repository on Unarmed Civilian Protection, community self-protection and related topics. It includes academic research publications, working papers, NGO documents, films, music, and more, and is now […]
The Cameroon team organised a practitioners workshop in Yaoundé on 19 March 2025, entitled ‘Strengthening Community-Led Approaches to Unarmed Civilian Protection in Cameroon’. The event was held at the Friedrich Ebert Foundation office and attended by 30 representatives of local, national and international NGOs and diplomatic officials. The aim was to share research, experiences and […]
The project team of “Exploring Community Perceptions and Coping Strategies on Violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar” has published two Policy Briefs, on perceptions of violence and of nonviolent civilian protection in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Policy Brief No. 1, “Perceptions of Everyday Violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar“, examines years of civilian-targeted violence that occurred in central […]
Beatriz Arias López and Laura Jiménez Ospina, of the project “Art That Protects“, have published a new open-access article under the title “Art that protects: Contributions to expanded self-protection in the urban socio-political conflict in Medellín, Colombia” (in Spanish) in the journal Revista Virtual Universidad Católica del Norte. Summary: Previous experiences and studies agree that […]
Several Creating Safer Space project researchers contributed to the series “Civilian agency, armed groups and international law” of the Beyond Compliance: In Conversation Podcast, which is co-hosted by CSS project team member Florian Weigand together with Katharine Fortin. In Episode 4, “Negotiating with Armed Actors”, Riyad Anwar and Abellia Anggi Wardani of the project “Exploring […]
