Twelve Research Agendas for Advancing the Peace-Sustainability Nexus

Dahlia Simangan; Joshua Fisher; Tobias Ide; Vally Koubi; Ayyoob Sharifi; Katherine Alfredo; John Lee Candelaria; Simon Dalby; Cullen Hendrix; Ali Kharrazi; Úrsula Oswald-Spring; Joyashree Roy

doi:10.1016/j.nerpsj.2025.100008

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Twelve Research Agendas for Advancing the Peace-Sustainability Nexus

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Twelve Research Agendas for Advancing the Peace-Sustainability Nexus

Dahlia Simangan, Joshua Fisher, Tobias Ide, Vally Koubi, Ayyoob Sharifi, Katherine Alfredo, John Lee Candelaria, Simon Dalby, Cullen Hendrix, Ali Kharrazi, …

Peace and Sustainability, Vol.1(1), 100008

2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nerpsj.2025.100008

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Abstract

Anthropocene

cities

disasters

food

gender

geoengineering

heritage

justice

migration

oceans

peace

plurality

sustainability

water

The world's social and environmental systems are currently experiencing an increase in the number of conflicts and irreversible human-induced changes. While destabilizing, these changes offer opportunities to advance the science involved to promote peace and sustainability. This forum outlines 12 key research agendas essential for advancing our understanding of the peace-sustainability nexus: global challenges (including the Anthropocene, disasters, and migration); socio-ecological systems (such as oceans, water, and heritage); policy solutions (focused on cities, food, and geoengineering); and guiding principles for peace and sustainability (emphasizing gender, justice, and plurality). Each agenda echoes the normative elements of peace and sustainability as processes while situating them within specific contexts. This approach works within limitations when mobilizing capacities to minimize unintended negative impacts of well-intentioned solutions. Beyond examining how each area either strengthens or weakens the relationship between peace and sustainability, this forum also encourages future research to explore the interconnections that might illuminate pathways for meaningful action. The brief overview of research trends and knowledge gaps can support future work in considering the capacities, constraints, and contexts underpinning the peace-sustainability nexus.

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Title: Twelve Research Agendas for Advancing the Peace-Sustainability Nexus
Authors/Creators: Dahlia Simangan - Hiroshima University
Joshua Fisher - Columbia University
Tobias Ide - School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Murdoch University, Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability, Hiroshima University
Vally Koubi - ETH Zurich
Ayyoob Sharifi - Hiroshima University
Katherine Alfredo - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida
John Lee Candelaria - Hiroshima University
Simon Dalby - Wilfrid Laurier University
Cullen Hendrix - Peterson Institute for International Economics
Ali Kharrazi - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Úrsula Oswald-Spring - Regional Centre for Multidisciplinary Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Joyashree Roy - Asian Institute of Technology
Publication Details: Peace and Sustainability, Vol.1(1), 100008
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Identifiers: 991005753831807891
Murdoch Affiliation: School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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