On 15 July 2026, Rosemary Kabaki was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Aberystwyth University. Rosemary is the Head of Mission of Nonviolent Peaceforce in South Sudan and has collaborated with the Creating Safer Space network in different ways, not least through her valuable participation at the CSS final event in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2024. In […]
On 10 June 2026, the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Conflict Prevention, Conflict Resolution, and Peacebuilding and members of the Creating Safer Space research network held an event at the UK Houses of Parliament on “Stories of Self-Protection: Centring Agency in the Protection of Civilians”. The event built on the observation that at a […]
On 10 June 2026, the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Conflict Prevention, Conflict Resolution, and Peacebuilding and members of the Creating Safer Space research network held an event at the UK Houses of Parliament on “Stories of Self-Protection: Centring Agency in the Protection of Civilians”. The event arose from the observation that, at a […]
Dr Gillian McKay (Leeds Beckett University) submitted evidence to an inquiry by the UK Parliament’s International Development Committee into “FCDO’s approach to higher education and research partnerships”, which she drew from insights of her impact tracing study into the Creating Safer Space research network. The following is the summery section of the submitted evidence. The full […]
Researchers Mateo Valderrama Arboleda and Hernán Darío Pineda Gómez of the CSS project “Water conflicts, violations and forms of self-protection” have published a new book chapter (in Spanish) entitled “Hydroelectric licensing, territorial functionality and social violations”, based on a case study in eastern Antioquia, Colombia. The book that contains the chapter can be accessed online […]
In March 2026, Dr Gillian McKay (Leeds Beckett University) submitted evidence to an inquiry by the UK Parliament’s International Development Committee into “FCDO’s approach to higher education and research partnerships”, which she drew from insights of her impact tracing study into the Creating Safer Space research network. The following is the summery section of the submitted […]
In March 2026, team members of the project “Exploring unarmed civilian self-protection in Cameroon’s Anglophone conflict” organised an online panel and practitioner dialogue for Africa Week at King’s College London under the title “Operationalizing Agency Through Unarmed Civilian Protection: Community-Led Pathways to Safety and Peace”, attended by c.100 online participants. The event examined Unarmed Civilian […]
The project team of “Ritualising Protection” has released its three-part documentary series “The Nasa Indigenous People of Colombia in the Midst of Violence”, available on YouTube (Spanish with English subtitles). In three chapters – Pervivir (Survive), Proteger (Protect), and Resistir (Resist) – the series explores the spiritual and social nonviolent community self-protection practices of the […]
Marwan Darweish, Mahmoud Soliman, and Andrew Rigby have published a new book titled “Unarmed Civilian Protection in Palestine” (Bristol University Press, 2026). The book is based on insights from their Creating Safer Safe project “Safety and dignity: Enhancing unarmed civilian protection amongst Palestinian communities in the South Hebron Hills (Masafer Yatta)“ The publisher writes about […]
The project team of “Ritualising Protection” has released its three-part documentary series “The Nasa Indigenous People of Colombia in the Midst of Violence”, available on YouTube (Spanish with English subtitles). In three chapters – Pervivir (Survive), Proteger (Protect), and Resistir (Resist) – the series explores the spiritual and social nonviolent community self-protection practices of the Nasa Indigenous People in Northern Cauca, one […]
