PeaceRep awarded medal by Royal Society of Edinburgh

PeaceRep has been awarded the Mary Somerville Medal by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE).  The medal recognises exceptional achievement in research in teamwork and collaborative endeavour within Scottish Higher Education Institutes (HEI), between Scottish HEI and other institutions/businesses, and within other institutions, nationally and internationally.

The team were awarded the medal due to their collaborative work and the pivotal role that PeaceRep has played in networking peace and conflict organisations across Scotland and Northern England, and in supporting the establishment of digital peace processes.

PeaceRep Executive Director Prof Christine Bell said: “Our team at the University of Edinburgh – many of whom started their careers with this project – has been privileged to work as part of a wider team of groups in Scotland, but also including local peacebuilders in contexts as varied as Afghanistan, Syria, South Sudan, Iraq and Yemen.  The award of the medal will encourage us, and we hope others, to continue to explore how new technologies can be used to harness innovation in research and practice.”

PeaceRep is a consortium of research and non-governmental institutions led by Edinburgh Law School. Consortium members include Conciliation Resources, Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR) at Coventry University, Dialectiq, Edinburgh Law School, International IDEA, LSE Conflict and Civicness Research Group, LSE Middle East Centre, Queens University Belfast, University of St Andrews, University of Stirling, and the World Peace Foundation at Tufts University.

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