The official launch of The Everyday Peacemaking Research & Impact Consortium will be held on July 31, 2025 (Thursday) from 15:00-17:00 JST at Mirai Crea 2F Large Conference Room of Hiroshima University. We welcome both in-person and virtual participants in this hybrid event.
The consortium brings together four research-intensive and impact-driven universities – the University of Manchester, Hiroshima University, Osaka University, and the University of Tokyo – to form a dynamic and collaborative platform dedicated to fostering just, inclusive, and equitable local communities as a foundation for sustainable everyday peace. Scholars and experts with deep specialisation in the multidimensional and multilevel issues shaping the everyday peace of ordinary people will examine five interrelated thematic approaches to peacemaking: affective, environmental, gendered, institutional, and historico-legal. By integrating scholarly, policy, and technical expertise, the Consortium aims to advance locally attuned, diverse, and inclusive conceptions and practices of everyday peacemaking. Central to this mission is the commitment to foreground the lived experiences, differentiated vulnerabilities, and peace aspirations of communities across Manchester, Hiroshima, Osaka, and Tokyo in all its research, programmes, and initiatives.
