Explore the lab’s public events, workshops, and collaborative gatherings.
The Sustainable Peace Lab participants regularly convene for working sessions to brainstorm innovative approaches to reconciliation and develop tools for practitioners. The lab also hosts public events with expert practitioners working on reconciliation. Stay tuned for upcoming events by checking this page or subscribing to the Carter School weekly newsletter.
Upcoming Events
October 6, 2026
[grad students only] Carter Graduate Student Series: Finding Funding
Past Events
2026
June 19 – 22 (Nicosia, Cyprus)
7th Annual International Association for Reconciliation Studies Conference
June 8 – 9 and May 26-27, 2026 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Peace Process Design and Implementation Curriculum Development Workshop
May 21 – 22 and May 26-27, 2026 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
BRIDGE Strategy Framework Workshop for Systemic Reconciliation
Spring 2026 Peace Week
Friday, April 17th
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM: MHPSS and Social Change: Youth Agency in Micro Peacebuilding
Wednesday, April 15th
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM: Environmental Peacebuilding
Monday, April 13th
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM: Peace & Conflict Studies Revisited: From Academic Tribalism to Convergence
Lab Bi-weekly meetings
Our lab meets every other Wednesday to exchange ideas, knowledge, and build community of peace scholars and practitioners.
Note: Lab meetings are not open to public, please contact Lab Manager Xenia Bakhtiarova at [email protected]
2025
November 24, 2025, 9:30 AM
Dissertation Defense: Kayla Owens
October 20, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Carter Graduate Student Series: Finding Funding: Do’s and Don’ts
(The Cumbie-French Professional Development Workshops)
September 8, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Approaching Academic Conferences with Confidence
April 14 – 18, 2025:
Spring Peace Week 2026:Conflict Resolution in a Changing and Uncertain World
February 25, 2025 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Peacebuilding Insights from Southeast Asia
October 9, 2024 9:30 AM – 2:00 PM
Academics Bridging the Divide: Polarization Discussion Panel
April 19, 2024 10:30 AM
Dissertation Defense: Ashagrie Abdi
Spring 2024 Peace Week
2024
November 25, 2024 3:00 – 4:00 PM
Book launch: Memory Sites and Conflict Dynamics
November 18 – 22, 2024 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
One-week Reconciliation Workshop with the Cyprus Rotary Club and GMU Carter School : The Discussion on the Unification of Cyprus
November 4, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Carter Graduate Student Series: Finding Funding: Do’s and Don’ts
(The Cumbie-French Professional Development Workshops)
October 28, 2024 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Book Launch: Identity and Religion in Peace Processes Mechanisms, Strategies and Tactic
October 9, 2024 9:30 AM – 2:00 PM
Academics Bridging the Divide: Polarization Discussion Panel
April 19, 2024 10:30 AM
Dissertation Defense: Ashagrie Abdi
Spring 2024 Peace Week
Tuesday, March 26th
10:30 AM – 11:50 AM: Environmental Peacebuilding: Challenges and Prospects
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM: Contact Theory: Challenges and Prospects of Applications in Democracy, Human Rights, and Conflict Resolution
Monday, March 25th
9:00 AM – 10:20 AM: Stories from the War: Occupation, Violence, and Territory in Ukraine
2023
November 10, 2023 10:00 AM
Dissertation Defense: Nicholas Sherwood
November 9, 2023 4:15 PM
Dissertation Defense: Michael Sweigart
Fall 2023 Peace Week
September 21
Reconstruction of Ukrainian High Education
September 19
Dynamics of Wartime Attitudes and Identity in Frontline Ukrainian Cities
September 18
Contact Theory: Lesson Learned for Peace Building and Conflict Resolution
2022
October 3, 2022 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Ukrainian Attitudes of War and Peace: Complex Dilemmas of Wartime
September 23, 2022 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Conflict Response Practices in Ukraine
September 19, 2022 9:00 AM – 10:20 AM
War Experience, Territorial Loss, and Perceptions in Ukraine
2021
May 6, 2021 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Addressing Threat Perception in the Reconciliation of Identity-Based Conflicts
April 13, 2021 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Theories of Change Workshop Series: Addressing Difficult Heritage
March 22, 2021 10 AM – 11:30 AM
Bridging Social Divides: Perspectives from Africa and East Asia
March 17, 2021 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Social Norms and Norm Change in the Reconciliation of Identity-Based Conflicts
March 3, 2021 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Advancing the SDGs Through Graduate Research
March 3, 2021 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Beyond the Bean Counting: Measuring Peace for SDG 16
February 17, 2021 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Theories of Change Workshop Series: Addressing Difficult Pasts and Divided Memories at the Community Level