At the next Creating Safer Space Research Café, we will discuss the idea of abolition, how this debate may be linked to UCP, and potential avenues for future collaboration between abolition researchers and UCP researchers. Dr Raquel da Silva (University of Coimbra) and Prof Nerve Macaspac (City University of New York) will present their research […]
The Creating Safer Space Exhibition was hosted by the Institute of International Relations at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (IRI/PUC-Rio) between 12 and 23 August 2024. The exhibition was on display at the Department of Art and Design Hall. Victória Monteiro da Silva Santos and Christian Cantuária from IRI/PUC-Rio report on the […]
The Creating Safer Space project ‘Civilian (Self-) Protection from Violent Conflict in Papua:Exploring Local Infrastructures and Initiatives’ has disseminated its research to Indonesian military officers. This was part of a training programme on International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights facilitated by the National Human Rights Commission. The Commission invited Delsy Ronnie, the Principal Investigator of […]
The Creating Safer Space project ‘Civilian (Self-) Protection from Violent Conflict in Papua:Exploring Local Infrastructures and Initiatives’ has disseminated its research to Indonesian military officers. This was part of a training programme on International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights facilitated by the National Human Rights Commission. The Commission invited Delsy Ronnie, the Principal Investigator of […]
The Creating Safer Space project ‘Understanding Community-level Spontaneous Unarmed Civilian Protection (UCP): A Comparative Study of Initiatives in South Sudan, Myanmar and Colombia’ has published a Policy Brief on Unarmed Civilian Protection in Myanmar: Central Myanmar, Kachin and Chin State. The policy brief offers recommendations to UCP organisations, policymakers, the international community, and to religious […]
The Creating Safer Space Exhibition was hosted by the Institute of International Relations at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (IRI/PUC-Rio) between 12 and 23 August 2024. The exhibition was on display at the Department of Art and Design Hall. Victória Monteiro da Silva Santos and Christian Cantuária from IRI/PUC-Rio report on the […]
The Creating Safer Space project ‘Art that Protects: Networks as strategies for self-protection in the context of urban conflict in the city of Medellín’ has published a journal article in Estudios Políticos, entitled ‘Vulneraciones y riesgos de mujeres, niños, niñas y jóvenes involucrados con las actividades de organizaciones de base artístico-culturales en el contexto del […]
The UCP/A Community of Practice is holding an online consultation with Creating Safer Space. In 2024, Creating Safer Space held three regional conferences, which brought together researchers, practitioners, artists, journalists, and policy-makers to share unique research methodologies, findings, and their implications for violence prevention, protection, and peacebuilding initiatives. The conferences were held in Nairobi (Kenya), […]
Creating Safer Space Co-Investigator Beatriz Elena Arias-López and Research Assistant Laura Jiménez-Ospina will be publishing a chapter on Community Self-Protection in Colombia in the second edition of the Routledge Handbook of Peacebuilding, which is edited by Creating Safer Space Co-Investigator Roger Mac Ginty. The chapter draws on Creating Safer Space research in Colombia. It examines […]
The Creating Safer Space exhibition will be travelling to Brazil in August. It will be on show in the Arts and Design Department of the Pontifical Catholic University in Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) from 12 – 23 August 2024. An exhibition launch will be held on 14 August from 3-5 pm, and there will be […]
