Tampere Peace Research Institute TAPRI

01/06/2026

We are happy to launch the blogpost series of PeaceEdu where our project partners will be reflecting on and sharing their experiences in the coming months.

As our project is slowly coming to an end, we will be sharing the deep wisdom and insights accumulated over the past three years.

Read Nini Kobakhidze’s story on our project website.

When I started writing this blog, I kept thinking about what would actually be meaningful to share from my journey in the PeaceEdu Project. There are many ways to describe projects, activities, and outcomes, but I wanted to speak more honestly about what this work has meant to me personally — espe...

15/05/2026

The PeaceEdu project, funded by the European Union and coordinated by TAPRI, continues to engage and inspire young people in crucial conversations on peace and conflict.

This work is made possible by the daily efforts of our partners in Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. You can read the latest updates from our project partners in Georgia through the link below, and explore our project website to learn more about the many other activities taking place across the project.

Within the framework of the PeaceEdu project, a participatory research process brought together students — members of Peace Clubs from Ilia State University and Sokhumi State University — to explore how young people perceive conflict, peace, and everyday security in Georgia.

04/05/2026

TAPRI has a new doctor. Last week Caecelie Jensen defended her PhD thesis "(Re)making Somali diaspora space in conflict: Affective conflict transportation, racialisation and everday life in Denmark and Finland". Opponent professor Liisa Laakso and custos Elise Feron. Congratulations Cici!

24/03/2026

Call for Abstracts: Sociological Studios Special Issue Proposal 24.3.2026 Topic: NEW ARCHITECTURE OF PEACE: LOCAL RESPONSES TO GLOBAL CONFLICTS Guest Editor-in-Chief: MARKO LEHTI, Research Director, Tampere Peace Research Institute (Tampere, Finland) Abstract submission deadline: 20 April 2026 Notif...

19/01/2026

Today TAPRI's doctorate student Bram De Smet succesfully defended his PhD dissertation "Slow Erasure: Identity, Agency and Episteme in Settler-Colonial Genocide by Attrition". Opponent Dr Mark Griffiths from Newcastle University and custos professor Tarja Väyrynen. Thank you Mark in jumping into that role with a very short notice. And congratulations Bram!