By exploring more nuanced understandings of peace, examining how they vary between and across communities, and finding which indicators of peace are most valued, peace might be better pursued. USIP launched the SOPN research project in 2021.
Publications
Amid Nigeria’s Violence, a Local Peace Process Advances
Communities of herders and farmers fought for a decade. A peace accord has changed that.
Six Alternative Ways to Measure Peace in Nigeria
Evaluating the state of peace should go beyond counting fatalities.