The Peacebuilding Practitioner

Bjoern

A podcast for people working in and on conflict. A show where we talk about key peacebuilding concepts. A show where we stimulate debate and encourage exchange. A show that offers hands-on and tested advice.


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The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - Teaser for Season 3
Nov 21 2023
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - Teaser for Season 3
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - Teaser for Season 3Welcome back to season three of The Peacebuilding Practitioner’s podcast. Season three is all about digital peacebuilding, this highly complex, tremendously exciting, often messy, and quickly developing intersection where emerging technologies and the digital world on the one hand and conflict transformation, peacebuilding, human rights and social justice work on the other hand meet.The countdown is on. Only one week to go before season three of The Peacebuilding Practitioner podcast will be launched. A season packed with amazing interviews shedding light on a still developing aspect of our work that is both an immensely exciting and hope-inspiring force for good as well as a scary and potentially very destructive force layering additional complexity to conflict situations.Starting on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, there will be a new episode every second week. In each episode, a guest will be joining me and together we will be exploring specific angles of this still emerging and up until now only vaguely defined field of digital peacebuilding.In each episode I will be joined by an acclaimed expert in his or her field. While they come from a wide variety of backgrounds - computer programmers and data analysts, human rights lawyers and journalists, community organisers and advisors to the United Nations - they all have two things in common: They have a proven track-record of shaping pioneering digital peacebuilding initiatives. And they are willing to share their knowledge, their skills, and stories here on the Peacebuilding Practitioner podcast.So, that means we are in for an exciting ride. Infotainment at its best. And it all will start on Wednesday, November 29, 2023. And then every two weeks after that.As always, the show will be available on all of your favourite podcast players.- - - - - - - - - - - -To learn more about our work, please visit The Peacebuilding Practitioner website. The music in this podcast is 'Acoustic Vibe' from RomanSenykMusic

Season 3

The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - Teaser for Season 3
Nov 21 2023
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - Teaser for Season 3
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - Teaser for Season 3Welcome back to season three of The Peacebuilding Practitioner’s podcast. Season three is all about digital peacebuilding, this highly complex, tremendously exciting, often messy, and quickly developing intersection where emerging technologies and the digital world on the one hand and conflict transformation, peacebuilding, human rights and social justice work on the other hand meet.The countdown is on. Only one week to go before season three of The Peacebuilding Practitioner podcast will be launched. A season packed with amazing interviews shedding light on a still developing aspect of our work that is both an immensely exciting and hope-inspiring force for good as well as a scary and potentially very destructive force layering additional complexity to conflict situations.Starting on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, there will be a new episode every second week. In each episode, a guest will be joining me and together we will be exploring specific angles of this still emerging and up until now only vaguely defined field of digital peacebuilding.In each episode I will be joined by an acclaimed expert in his or her field. While they come from a wide variety of backgrounds - computer programmers and data analysts, human rights lawyers and journalists, community organisers and advisors to the United Nations - they all have two things in common: They have a proven track-record of shaping pioneering digital peacebuilding initiatives. And they are willing to share their knowledge, their skills, and stories here on the Peacebuilding Practitioner podcast.So, that means we are in for an exciting ride. Infotainment at its best. And it all will start on Wednesday, November 29, 2023. And then every two weeks after that.As always, the show will be available on all of your favourite podcast players.- - - - - - - - - - - -To learn more about our work, please visit The Peacebuilding Practitioner website. The music in this podcast is 'Acoustic Vibe' from RomanSenykMusic
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Bjoern Eser from The Peacebuilding Practitioner
Nov 28 2023
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Bjoern Eser from The Peacebuilding Practitioner
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Bjoern Eser from The Peacebuilding PractitionerWelcome back to season three of The Peacebuilding Practitioner’s podcast. Season three is all about digital peacebuilding, this highly complex, tremendously exciting, often messy, and quickly developing intersection where emerging technologies and the digital world on the one hand and conflict transformation, peacebuilding, human rights and social justice work on the other hand meet.Conflict transformation and peacebuilding has entered the 21st century. And not just yesterday. For decades - slowly in the beginning, but with increasing speed, force, and significance in recent years - technological developments, digital infrastructure, and modern communication habits have impacted conflict dynamics on the one hand as well as peacebuilding options on the other hand.Today's show is an introduction into the new season by exploring the above-mentioned topics more in detail.- - - - - - - - - - - -To learn more about our work, please visit The Peacebuilding Practitioner website. The music in this podcast is 'Acoustic Vibe' from RomanSenykMusic
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Anne-Marie Buzatu from the ICT4Peace Foundation
Dec 12 2023
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Anne-Marie Buzatu from the ICT4Peace Foundation
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Anne-Marie Buzatu from the ICT4Peace FoundationWelcome back to season three of The Peacebuilding Practitioner’s podcast. Season three is all about digital peacebuilding, this highly complex, tremendously exciting, often messy, and quickly developing intersection where emerging technologies and the digital world on the one hand and conflict transformation, peacebuilding, human rights and social justice work on the other hand meet.Today's guest is Anne-Marie Buzatu, the Executive Director of the ICT4Peace Foundation in Geneva/Switzerland.To learn more about Anne-Marie's work, please check out the ICT4Peace Foundations' homepage or follow her on LinkedIn.Anne-Marie's special resource recommendation mentioned during the show is from the ICRC and the ICRC's blog on humanitarian law and policy can be found here as articles or here as  podcast. Additional resources mentioned in the podcast are as follows:Fondation Hirondelle's homepage can be found here.ICRC article  '8 rules for “civilian hackers” during war, and 4 obligations for states to restrain them' can be found here.ICRC's podcast 'Humanity in War' can be found here.Swiss Government and the ICRC: The Montreux Document on Private Military and Security Companies can be found here.United Nation's Open Ended Working Group working on responsible state behaviour in cyber space can be found here.Ideas by Costa Rica about responsible behaviour in cyber space can be found here, with comparisons to the position of the USA, the EU, or Canada.Yanis Varoufakis' book Technofeudalism can be found here.- - - - - - - - - - - -To learn more about our work, please visit The Peacebuilding Practitioner website. The music in this podcast is 'Acoustic Vibe' from RomanSenykMusic
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Daniel Duke Odongo from Ushahidi
Dec 26 2023
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Daniel Duke Odongo from Ushahidi
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Daniel Duke Odongo from UshahidiWelcome back to season three of The Peacebuilding Practitioner’s podcast. Season three is all about digital peacebuilding, this highly complex, tremendously exciting, often messy, and quickly developing intersection where emerging technologies and the digital world on the one hand and conflict transformation, peacebuilding, human rights and social justice work on the other hand meet.Today's guest is Daniel Duke Odongo from Ushahidi in Nairobi/Kenya.To learn more about Daniel's work, please check out the Ushahidi homepage and various social media accounts or follow Daniel on LinkedIn.Daniel's special resource recommendation mentioned during the show is the organisation How to Build Up. More information about this organisation can be found here. More information about the December 2023 conference in Nairobi can be found here.Additional resources mentioned in the podcast are as follows:The Nepal Monitor by Collective Campaign for Peace in Nepal.- - - - - - - - - - - -To learn more about our work, please visit The Peacebuilding Practitioner website. The music in this podcast is 'Acoustic Vibe' from RomanSenykMusic
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Matilde Vaca Torrico from the Civil Peace Service of GIZ/Bolivia
Jan 9 2024
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Matilde Vaca Torrico from the Civil Peace Service of GIZ/Bolivia
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Matilde Vaca Torrico from the Civil Peace Service of GIZ/BoliviaWelcome back to season three of The Peacebuilding Practitioner’s podcast. Season three is all about digital peacebuilding, this highly complex, tremendously exciting, often messy, and quickly developing intersection where emerging technologies and the digital world on the one hand and conflict transformation, peacebuilding, human rights and social justice work on the other hand meet.Today's guest is Matilde Vaca Torrico, a methodological advisor in dialogue and conflict transformation as well as a facilitator for dialogue processesTo learn more about Matilde's work, please check out the homepage of GIZ in Bolivia or follow her on LinkedIn.Matilda's special resource recommendation mentioned during the show are the theories about experimential learning by Kolb and can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolb%27s_experiential_learningAdditional resources mentioned in the podcast are as follows:Official website of the Civil Peace Service (CPS/GIZ Bolivia) : https://www.giz.de/en/worldwide/31588.htmlSchool of Dialogue Guide: https://www.bivica.org/file/view/id/5811 (Note: The English version hasn't been uploaded yet. For the English version, please contact the CPS coordinator, Katharina Ross, at katharina.ross@giz.de).School of Dialogue video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMw5mMa1WY0 - - - - - - - - - - - -To learn more about our work, please visit The Peacebuilding Practitioner website. The music in this podcast is 'Acoustic Vibe' from RomanSenykMusic
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Helena Puig-Larrauri from BuildUp
Jan 23 2024
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Helena Puig-Larrauri from BuildUp
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Helena Puig-Larrauri from BuildUpWelcome back to season three of The Peacebuilding Practitioner’s podcast. Season three is all about digital peacebuilding, this highly complex, tremendously exciting, often messy, and quickly developing intersection where emerging technologies and the digital world on the one hand and conflict transformation, peacebuilding, human rights and social justice work on the other hand meet.Today's guest is Helena Puig-Larrauri from BuildUp.To learn more about Helena's work, please check out the homepage of BuildUp or follow her on LinkedIn.Helena's special resource recommendation mentioned during the show is The Cyber Peace Institute: https://cyberpeaceinstitute.org/Additional resources mentioned in the podcast are as follows:The Algorithmic Management of Polarization and Violence on Social Media report: https://knightcolumbia.org/content/the-algorithmic-management-of-polarization-and-violence-on-social-mediaThe Phoenix social media analysis tools: https://howtobuildup.org/programs/digital-conflict/phoenix/- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - -To learn more about our work, please visit The Peacebuilding Practitioner website. The music in this podcast is 'Acoustic Vibe' from RomanSenykMusic
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With George Katz from Bellingcat
Feb 6 2024
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With George Katz from Bellingcat
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With George Katz from BellingcatWelcome back to season three of The Peacebuilding Practitioner’s podcast. Season three is all about digital peacebuilding, this highly complex, tremendously exciting, often messy, and quickly developing intersection where emerging technologies and the digital world on the one hand and conflict transformation, peacebuilding, human rights and social justice work on the other hand meet.Today's guest is George Katz from Bellingcat.To learn more about Bellingcat's work, please check out the organisation's homepage or follow the team on LinkedIn.George's special resource recommendation mentioned during the show is the page of the Public International Law & Policy Group. Additional resources mentioned in the podcast are as follows:Bellingcat workshopsGlobal Legal Action NetworkAudiobook: Eliot Higgins: We are BellingcatDart Centre for Journalists- - - - - - - - - - - -To learn more about our work, please visit The Peacebuilding Practitioner website. The music in this podcast is 'Acoustic Vibe' from RomanSenykMusic
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Emma Baumhofer from swisspeace
Feb 20 2024
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Emma Baumhofer from swisspeace
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Emma Baumhofer from swisspeaceWelcome back to season three of The Peacebuilding Practitioner’s podcast. Season three is all about digital peacebuilding, this highly complex, tremendously exciting, often messy, and quickly developing intersection where emerging technologies and the digital world on the one hand and conflict transformation, peacebuilding, human rights and social justice work on the other hand meet.Today's guest is Emma Baumhofer from swisspeace.To learn more about Emma's work, please check out the organisation's homepage or follow her on LinkedIn/follow swisspeace on LinkedIn.Emma's special resource recommendations mentioned during the show are the following two:BuildUp and Search for Common Ground: The Digital Peacebuilding Guide - for more information click herePodcast: The Tech Policy Press - for more information click hereAdditional resources mentioned in the podcast are as follows:The swisspeace course on digital peacebuilding - for more information click here- - - - - - - - - - - -To learn more about our work, please visit The Peacebuilding Practitioner website. The music in this podcast is 'Acoustic Vibe' from RomanSenykMusic
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Nina Strumpf from the Berghof Foundation
Mar 5 2024
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Nina Strumpf from the Berghof Foundation
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Nina Strumpf from the Berghof FoundationWelcome back to season three of The Peacebuilding Practitioner’s podcast. Season three is all about digital peacebuilding, this highly complex, tremendously exciting, often messy, and quickly developing intersection where emerging technologies and the digital world on the one hand and conflict transformation, peacebuilding, human rights and social justice work on the other hand meet.Today's guest is Nina Strumpf from the Berghof FoundationTo learn more about Nina's work, please check out the organisation's homepage or follow her on LinkedIn/follow Berghof on LinkedIn.Nina's special resource recommendations mentioned during the show are the following two:Sealing the Cracks: An intersectional feminist perspective on digital peacebuilding - for more information click hereBook: Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein: Data Feminism - for more information click hereAdditional resources mentioned in the podcast are as follows:Digitalisation by Berghof Foundation - for more information click hereDigital Technologies, Peacebuilding and Civil Society - for more information click here- - - - - - - - - - - -To learn more about our work, please visit The Peacebuilding Practitioner website. The music in this podcast is 'Acoustic Vibe' from RomanSenykMusic
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Martina Richard and Karolin Loch from the Civil Peace Service of AGIAMONDO
Mar 19 2024
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Martina Richard and Karolin Loch from the Civil Peace Service of AGIAMONDO
The Exciting World of Digital Peacebuilding - With Martina Richard and Karolin Loch from the Civil Peace Service of AGIAMONDOWelcome back to season three of The Peacebuilding Practitioner’s podcast. Season three is all about digital peacebuilding, this highly complex, tremendously exciting, often messy, and quickly developing intersection where emerging technologies and the digital world on the one hand and conflict transformation, peacebuilding, human rights and social justice work on the other hand meet.Today's guests are Martina Richard and Karolin Loch and we talk about virtual memory places, moving museums into the digital realm, and the importance of meaningful dealing with the past processes after times of mass violence. To learn more about the work of the Civil Peace Service of AGIAMONDO, please check out the organisation's homepage.And here are the resources mentioned during the interview:Casa de la Memoria in Guatemala - for more information click here.Genocide Memorial in Guatemala - - for more information click here. - - - - - - - - - - - -To learn more about our work, please visit The Peacebuilding Practitioner website. The music in this podcast is 'Acoustic Vibe' from RomanSenykMusic

Season 2

Conflict Sensitive Journalism I
Apr 18 2023
Conflict Sensitive Journalism I
TPP Podcast 02/01: Conflict Sensitive Journalism IJournalism requires reporters and editors to make decisions on what to report and how to report it. At first glance these questions seem simple - 'just report the facts' is what young journalists often hear from their teachers and seniors. However, in reality it is rarely this straight forward. Especially when you are reporting about a conflict situation.In season 2 of The Peacebuilding Practitioner's podcast, Antonia Koop leads us through key aspects of conflict sensitive journalism. Today's show kicks off an eight episode mini series. Episode 1 explores the origins of the concepts guiding conflict sensitive journalism approaches. So lean back and enjoy.---To learn more about our work, please visit The Peacebuilding Practitioner website.  The music in this podcast is 'Acoustic Vibe' from RomanSenykMusic- - - - - - - - - - - -To learn more about our work, please visit The Peacebuilding Practitioner website. The music in this podcast is 'Acoustic Vibe' from RomanSenykMusic
Conflict Sensitive Journalism II
Apr 25 2023
Conflict Sensitive Journalism II
TPP Podcast 02/02: Conflict Sensitive Journalism IIJournalism requires reporters and editors to make decisions on what to report and how to report it. At first glance these questions seem simple - 'just report the facts' is what young journalists often hear from their teachers and seniors. However, in reality it is rarely this straight forward. Especially when you are reporting about a conflict situation.In season 2 of The Peacebuilding Practitioner's podcast, Antonia Koop leads us through key aspects of conflict sensitive journalism. Episode 2 focusses on what editors and reporters do differently when they approach a conflict sensitive approach to their reporting.---To learn more about our work, please visit The Peacebuilding Practitioner website.  The music in this podcast is 'Acoustic Vibe' from RomanSenykMusic- - - - - - - - - - - -To learn more about our work, please visit The Peacebuilding Practitioner website. The music in this podcast is 'Acoustic Vibe' from RomanSenykMusic
Conflict Sensitive Journalism III
May 2 2023
Conflict Sensitive Journalism III
TPP Podcast 02/03: Conflict Sensitive Journalism IIIJournalism requires reporters and editors to make decisions on what to report and how to report it. At first glance these questions seem simple - 'just report the facts' is what young journalists often hear from their teachers and seniors. However, in reality it is rarely this straight forward. Especially when you are reporting about a conflict situation.In episode 3 of The Peacebuilding Practitioner's podcast, Antonia Koop talks about the geometry of conflict and how a changing mindset affects the way media practitioners report about conflict issues and from conflict setting.---To learn more about our work, please visit The Peacebuilding Practitioner website.  The music in this podcast is 'Acoustic Vibe' from RomanSenykMusic- - - - - - - - - - - -To learn more about our work, please visit The Peacebuilding Practitioner website. The music in this podcast is 'Acoustic Vibe' from RomanSenykMusic
Conflict Sensitive Journalism IV
May 9 2023
Conflict Sensitive Journalism IV
TPP Podcast 02/04: Conflict Sensitive Journalism IVJournalism requires reporters and editors to make decisions on what to report and how to report it. At first glance these questions seem simple - 'just report the facts' is what young journalists often hear from their teachers and seniors. However, in reality it is rarely this straight forward. Especially when you are reporting about a conflict situation.In season 2 of The Peacebuilding Practitioner's podcast, Antonia Koop leads us through key aspects of conflict sensitive journalism. Episode 4 looks at tested ways to avoid over-simplification when reporting about highly complex, quickly evolving and often messy situations. So lean back and enjoy.---To learn more about our work, please visit The Peacebuilding Practitioner website.  The music in this podcast is 'Acoustic Vibe' from RomanSenykMusic- - - - - - - - - - - -To learn more about our work, please visit The Peacebuilding Practitioner website. The music in this podcast is 'Acoustic Vibe' from RomanSenykMusic
Conflict Sensitive Journalism V
May 16 2023
Conflict Sensitive Journalism V
TPP Podcast 02/05: Conflict Sensitive Journalism VJournalism requires reporters and editors to make decisions on what to report and how to report it. At first glance these questions seem simple - 'just report the facts' is what young journalists often hear from their teachers and seniors. However, in reality it is rarely this straight forward. Especially when you are reporting about a conflict situation.In season 2 of The Peacebuilding Practitioner's podcast, Antonia Koop leads us through key aspects of conflict sensitive journalism. Episode 5 focusses on the role of the media and how it effects decision-making processes in the newsroom. So lean back and enjoy.---To learn more about our work, please visit The Peacebuilding Practitioner website.  The music in this podcast is 'Acoustic Vibe' from RomanSenykMusic- - - - - - - - - - - -To learn more about our work, please visit The Peacebuilding Practitioner website. The music in this podcast is 'Acoustic Vibe' from RomanSenykMusic
Conflict Sensitive Journalism VI
May 23 2023
Conflict Sensitive Journalism VI
TPP Podcast 02/06: Conflict Sensitive Journalism VIJournalism requires reporters and editors to make decisions on what to report and how to report it. At first glance these questions seem simple - 'just report the facts' is what young journalists often hear from their teachers and seniors. However, in reality it is rarely this straight forward. Especially when you are reporting about a conflict situation.In season 2 of The Peacebuilding Practitioner's podcast, Antonia Koop leads us through key aspects of conflict sensitive journalism. Episode 6 is all about essential Dos and Don'ts of conflict sensitive journalism.---To learn more about our work, please visit The Peacebuilding Practitioner website.  The music in this podcast is 'Acoustic Vibe' from RomanSenykMusic- - - - - - - - - - - -To learn more about our work, please visit The Peacebuilding Practitioner website. The music in this podcast is 'Acoustic Vibe' from RomanSenykMusic
Conflict Sensitive Journalism VII
May 30 2023
Conflict Sensitive Journalism VII
TPP Podcast 02/07: Conflict Sensitive Journalism VIIJournalism requires reporters and editors to make decisions on what to report and how to report it. At first glance these questions seem simple - 'just report the facts' is what young journalists often hear from their teachers and seniors. However, in reality it is rarely this straight forward. Especially when you are reporting about a conflict situation.In season 2 of The Peacebuilding Practitioner's podcast, Antonia Koop leads us through key aspects of conflict sensitive journalism. Episode 7, Antonia zooms in on two of the main questions in the media world: Who are we actually reporting for? And how much of they need to know?---To learn more about our work, please visit The Peacebuilding Practitioner website.  The music in this podcast is 'Acoustic Vibe' from RomanSenykMusic- - - - - - - - - - - -To learn more about our work, please visit The Peacebuilding Practitioner website. The music in this podcast is 'Acoustic Vibe' from RomanSenykMusic
Conflict Sensitive Journalism VIII
Jun 6 2023
Conflict Sensitive Journalism VIII
TPP Podcast 02/08: Conflict Sensitive Journalism VIIIJournalism requires reporters and editors to make decisions on what to report and how to report it. At first glance these questions seem simple - 'just report the facts' is what young journalists often hear from their teachers and seniors. However, in reality it is rarely this straight forward. Especially when you are reporting about a conflict situation.In season 2 of The Peacebuilding Practitioner's podcast, Antonia Koop leads us through key aspects of conflict sensitive journalism. In episode 8 - the last one from this season -, Antonia talks about the role of the media in democracies and why journalists cannot be peace advocates.---To learn more about our work, please visit The Peacebuilding Practitioner website.  The music in this podcast is 'Acoustic Vibe' from RomanSenykMusic- - - - - - - - - - - -To learn more about our work, please visit The Peacebuilding Practitioner website. The music in this podcast is 'Acoustic Vibe' from RomanSenykMusic