This report explores the ways in which ICTs and the data they generate can assist international actors, governments, and civil society organizations to more effectively prevent violence and conflict. It examines the contributions that cell phones, social media, crowdsourcing, crisis mapping,...

The international policy community is preoccupied by a purported rise in fragility, conflict, and violence around the world. The World Bank's 2011 World Development Report cast a spotlight on the many ways collective violence undermines governance and socio-economic development. Likewise, the...

The following article was generated out of an urgent need to document new and innovative ways of addressing conflict-induced displacement (CID) in a politicised forum of increasing violence and incremental policy change. Drawn from interviews and field visits in three states of Colombia, the...

Although armed violence in southern Sudan has diminished since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), civilians are still exposed to comparatively high levels of insecurity. National and local authorities continue to insist on forcible disarmament as a strategy to stabilise the...

The rapid increase in the accessibility of firearms and ammunition represents a key factor in the destabilization of many countries. It is also commonly associated with an escalation in the intensity and organization of collective and interpersonal violence. In some cases, arms are illegally...