The Peace Continuum

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Christian Davenport is a Professor of Political Science and Faculty Associate at the Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan as well as Global Fellow and Research Professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo. Erik Melander is a Professor at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research and Director of the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), at Uppsala University, Sweden. Professor at the University of Notre Dame. Researches the impact of climate change and social adaptation on armed conflict.

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The idea of studying peace - over studying war, genocide and political violence and then inferring about peace - has gained traction recently, but how should it be studied? The Peace Continuum reviews the literature and offers three alternative ways in which peace could be conceptualized and studied.