Using Artificial Intelligence for Peacebuilding

Masood, Alavi, Daanish; Wählisch, Martin; Irwin, Colin; Konya, Andrew

doi:10.1177/15423166221102757

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“…Natural language processing, in particular, has proved to be a potent tool for conflict mediators and peacebuilders. It empowers them to engage in real-time, large-scale dialogues with the public, interact digitally in various languages, filter misinformation, and monitor political stability trajectories, thereby enabling early warning systems (Donnay, 2017; Hassani et al, 2021; Alavi et al, 2022).…”

Section: Promoting Peace and State-building By Targeting Influential ...mentioning

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Network analysis in peace and state building: revealing power elites

Luna-Pla

2024

Data & Policy

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This paper examines the potential role of network analysis in understanding the powerful elites that pose a significant threat to peace and state-building within post-conflict contexts. This paper makes a threefold contribution. First, it identifies a caveat in the scholarship surrounding international interventions, shedding light on shortcomings in their design and implementation strategies, and elucidating the influence these elites wield in the political and economic realms. Next, it delineates the essentials of the network analysis approach, addressing the information and data requirements and limitations inherent in its application in conflict environments. Finally, the paper provides valuable insights gleaned from the international operation in Guatemala known as the International Commission for Impunity in Guatemala, which specifically targeted illicit networks. The argument asserts that network analysis functions as a dual-purpose tool—serving as both a descriptive instrument to reveal, identify, and address the root causes of conflict and a predictive tool to enhance peace agreement implementation and improve decision-making. Simultaneously, it underscores the challenge of data analysis and translating network interventions into tangible real-life consequences for long-lasting results.

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Section: Promoting Peace and State-building By Targeting Influential ...mentioning

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Network analysis in peace and state building: revealing power elites

Luna-Pla

2024

Data & Policy

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“…Furthermore, rapidly evolving “digital peacebuilding” ecosystems have altered how people experience, define, and engage with conflict and peacebuilding efforts (Hirblinger, 2023; Schirch, 2020/2021). For instance, the literature on “PeaceTech” shows how peace‐oriented platforms draw from Big Data, artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality, etc., to process information that is intended to prevent or mitigate conflicts (Alavi et al., 2022; Firchow et al., 2017).…”

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“…What is significant is that community media holds the potential to integrate more voices into discussions around processes of conflict transformation and peacebuilding. As discussed elsewhere, the proliferation of information and communication technologies (ICTs), social media, AI, algorithms, and digitally supported media platforms have also disrupted and reorganized the entire media landscape (Alavi et al., 2022; Gibson, 2022; Schirch, 2021). Furthermore, linking peace outcomes with specific forms of mediated participation has become a challenge given the imbalances in online information access/use (Onguny, 2019).…”

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“…In northern Uganda, for instance, AI‐supported platforms have been used to better understand public opinion about conflicts by filtering community radio content, analyzing texts, and transforming texts to speech for local communities (UN Global Pulse, 2016). Countries such as Yemen and Libya have also piloted the use of AI applications to support inter‐community mediation efforts (Alavi et al., 2022). The argument here is that AI‐supported platforms expand dialogic spaces to diverse audiences, thus contributing to inclusive and informed policymaking about the drivers of conflict and barriers of peace.…”

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“…However, these discursive practices have significantly altered content production, dissemination, and consumption beyond simple news consumption due to the proliferation of information and communication technologies (ICTs), social media platforms, machine learning technologies, and other digitally supported media (Alavi et al., 2022; Gibson, 2022; Schirch, 2021; Wu et al., 2019). Meanwhile, increasing “platform dependence” has meant that various media outlets must rethink their content delivery models in ways that sometimes threaten liberal democratic ideals (Meese, 2023).…”

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Rethinking the role of community media in conflict transformation and peacebuilding

Levesque,

Onguny

2023

Peace & Change

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Whereas much has been written about the role community media plays in peacebuilding, emphasis is often put on participatory media models as key determinants of peace or conflict sustainability. Little is known, however, about the conditions under which such media increase or impede peace efforts due to the complex nature of conflict. Moreover, how, when, and by whom such media can be tailored to offer favorable conditions for peacebuilding at the community level remain largely unanswered questions. This article draws from Howard's (An Operational Framework for Media and Peacebuilding, IMPACS, 2002) typology of media interventions, issue‐framing framework, and conflict transformation approach to probe the prospects of community media agency in peacebuilding at the community level. It argues that the way conflict narratives are produced, negotiated, and consumed across time and space is what provides individuals or groups with incentives for conflict or trade‐offs for peace irrespective of the stage at which a given conflict manifests itself. Overall, the reflections presented are conceptual and are intended to generate theoretical and methodological discussions around the role of community media in conflict transformation and peacebuilding at the community level.

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Saad

2024

Communication and Education

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Using Artificial Intelligence for Peacebuilding

Cited by 6 publications

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