DIASPEACE stands for “Diasporas and Peace. Patterns, Trends and Potential of Long-distance Diaspora Involvement in Conflict Settings. Case studies from the Horn of Africa”. It is a non-partisan, academic research project looking at the chances and challenges of diaspora involvement in countries of origin, in this case Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia.
The DIASPEACE researchers come from eight different universities, independent research institutes and NGOs. The University of Jyväskylä (Finland), Bonn International Center for Conversion and the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology (Germany), the Peace Research Institute of Oslo (Norway), the African Diaspora Policy Centre (Netherlands), Centro Studi Politica Internazionale (Italy), the Forum for Social Studies (Ethiopia) and the Academy for Peace and Development (Somalia).
Location: Germany
Type of organization: Project
Regions of interest: Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Europe
Areas of focus: Development, Peace building, Research,
