At the intersection of peacebuilding and technology, Build Up uses new tools for old problems, and old tools for new problems.

• Digital peacebuilding

Fast, cost-effective, and trusted dispute resolution within an intuitive, easy-to-use platform.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Legal tech
• Digital peacebuilding

Cutting-edge technology for immigration services

• immigration
• refugees

• Digital peacebuilding
• Upskilling
• Resettlement

The National University Student Competition: Intellectual Property and Technology is a simulated arbitration process competition that serves as an alternative and peaceful means of conflict resolution.

• students

• Academia
• Challenges
• Digital peacebuilding

The PeaceTech and Polarization (PTAP) Lab, part of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies within the Keough School of Global Affairs, offers students the opportunity to study and research the design and functions of technology and its intersection with peacebuilding and democracy.

• Peace, justice, and strong institutions

• Research and policy centers
• Academia
• Digital peacebuilding

Phoenix is an open source, non-commercial platform designed to enable peacebuilders and mediators to conduct ethical and participatory social media listening in order to inform conflict transformation work.

• Peace, justice, and strong institutions
• peace

• Artificial Intelligence
• Media and social media analysis
• General purpose open source tools

Norwegian Church Aid, with the support of Innovation Norway, is working on the design of a digital “meeting place” for communities at risk of violence to talk safely about needs, priorities, and aspirations.

• Decidim

• Engagement tech
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Specific digital participation instances

GANNET is a Generative AI Initiative, offering AI-powered tools built to make knowledge and real-time information accessible to our community in a resource-efficient and ethical way.

• crisis
• humanitarian
• Peace, justice, and strong institutions

• Artificial Intelligence
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Bots

Human Computer Interaction article by Andrew Konya, Luke Thorburn, Wasim Almasri, Oded Adomi Leshem, Ariel D. Procaccia, Lisa Schirch, Michiel A. Bakker

• Israel Palestine
• peace

• Artificial Intelligence
• Engagement tech
• Generative AI

An AI project uses natural language processing to identify and neutralize hate speech on community radios in eastern DRC, enhancing social cohesion and stability in conflict-affected areas by providing reliable information through adapted radio content.

• Peace, justice, and strong institutions
• hate speech
• peace

• Media and social media analysis
• Speech recognition
• Natural Language Processing

• People Powered

• Participatory democracy
• Digital peacebuilding

Since 1982, Search for Common Ground has been building peace, transforming societies, and using innovative tools to end violent conflict around the world.

• peace
• Peace, justice, and strong institutions
• Community

• Digital peacebuilding

Meet BridgeBot, a new chatbot which helps social media users bridge differences and build trust and understanding online.

• peace
• Peace, justice, and strong institutions
• hate speech

• The Tech
• Fight disinformation
• Digital peacebuilding

We transform conflict in the digital age

• Peace, justice, and strong institutions

• The Tech
• Media
• Filter bubble poppers

Build Peace is a conference that brings together practitioners, activists, artists and technologists from around the world to share experience and ideas.

• peace

• In-person meetings
• Conferences
• Digital peacebuilding