Journal of Peacebuilding & Development

JPD is committed to advancing dialogues that bridge theory and practice and promote South-North collaboration. The journal provides a scholarly platform for examining critical topics at the intersection of peacebuilding and development, including:

• The humanitarian-development-peace (HDP) nexus
• Polycrisis and integrated pathways for sustaining peace and inclusive development
• Building resilient states, societies, and livelihoods
• Infrastructures for peace and violence and crisis prevention
• Political economy of violence, conflict, and peacebuilding
• Humanitarian intervention and protection of civilians in contested political and development landscapes
• Peacebuilding and statebuilding in fragile and conflict-affected contexts
• Post-conflict reconstruction and recovery
• Economic dimensions of justice, reconciliation, and social cohesion
• Identities and relationships in conflict and development
• Climate, the environment, natural resources, and peacebuilding
• Geopolitical shifts shaping the priorities and politics of peace, security, and development
• Middle powers and Global South actors advancing alternative peacebuilding models
• Social movements and transformative social change
• Aid coherence and coordination in peacebuilding and development
• Media and digital technologies in peacebuilding and development
• Paradigmatic approaches and theories underpinning policy and practice
• Peace and conflict-sensitive planning, policy making, programming, and M&E
• Cross-cutting issues: governance, national and local ownership, hybridity, capacity development, power and empowerment, the role of culture, targeting special groups (i.e. women, youth, and minorities)

JPD foregrounds qualitative research methodologies, and especially empirically-based case studies, that provide grounded, evidenced, and innovative analyses that contribute to the enrichment of theory, policy, and strategy. It offers a platform for scholars and practitioners to examine the logic and impacts of dominant policies and practices, and to cultivate visionary, holistic approaches that support collaboration between the fields of peacebuilding and development. Authors, advisors, and editorial staff represent an inclusive range of global scholarship, practice, and activism.