Journal Articles
Twelve research agendas for advancing the peace-sustainability nexus
Dahlia Simangan, Joshua Fisher, Ide T, Koubi V, Ayyoob Sharifi, Alfredo K, John Lee Candelaria, Dalby S, Hendrix H, Kharrazi A, Oswald-Spring U, Roy J (2025)
“The world’s social and environmental systems are currently experiencing an increase in the number of conflicts and irreversible human-induced changes. While destabilizing, these changes offer opportunities to advance the science involved to promote peace and sustainability. This forum outlines 12 key research agendas….” READ MORE.
A critical analysis of selected global sustainability assessment frameworks: Toward integrated approaches to peace and sustainability.
John Lee Candelaria, Ayyoob Sharifi, Dahlia Simangan, AND Rebeca Maria Ramos Tabosa (2023)
“Achieving sustainable development requires peaceful conditions. However, current sustainability impact assessment tools tend to overlook aspects of positive peace, particularly in societies transitioning from conflict. Recent efforts….” READ MORE.
Beyond Indices of Peace and Sustainability: Everyday Perspectives from Nepal
DAHLIA SIMANGAN (2023)
“For this essay, I draw on the concept of everyday peace…to illuminate how the link between peace and sustainability plays out at the local or community level.” READ MORE.
A global analysis of interactions between peace and environmental sustainability
DAHLIA SIMANGAN, CHUI YING LEE, Ayyoob sharifi, JOHN LEE CANDELARIA, and shinji kaneko (2022)
“The aim of this study is to identify which components of peace are most associated with environmental sustainability. Drawing on the Global Peace Index, Positive Peace Index, and Environmental Performance Index…” READ MORE
Climate-induced Stressors to Peace: A Review of Recent Literature
Ayyoob sharifi, dahlia simangan, chui ying lee, et al. (2021)
“Only under certain conditions climatic stressors may act as driving forces or aggravating factors. In fact, there is a strong consensus that climate change is less likely to undermine peace in isolation from a wide range of contextual socio-economic and institutional factors such as political instability, poor governance, poverty, homogeneous livelihood structures, and ethnic fractionalization.” READ MORE
Four Propositions on Integrated Sustainability: Toward a Theoretical Framework to Understand the Environment, Peace, and Sustainability Nexus
JOshua fisher, Poonam Arora, Siqi Chen, Sophia Rhee, Tempest Blaine, and Dahlia SIMANGAN (2021)
“Countries with institutions that enable cooperation and regulate competition perform better in attaining integrated sustainability indicators.” READ MORE.
Ecosystem services and sustainable peace in Afghanistan: Gaps in national policy and its security implications
Srinjoy Bose, Maxim Mancino, And Dahlia Simangan (2024)
“In 2016, the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council passed a resolution recognising the centrality of sustainable development in achieving and sustaining peace in conflict-affected societies (S/Res/2282; UNSC, 2016 ). The resolution was….” READ MORE.
Positive Peace and Environmental Sustainability: Local Evidence from Afghanistan and Nepal
Dahlia Simangan, Srinjoy Bose, John Lee Candelaria, Florian Krampe, AND Shinji Kaneko (2023)
“A thematic analysis of focus group discussions from Afghanistan and Nepal, two countries with histories of violent conflict and vulnerable to climate change, reveals non-violent security issues that could undermine resilience to conflict and environmental change.” READ MORE.
Positive Peace Pillars and Sustainability Dimensions: An Analytical Framework
Dahlia SIMANGAN, Ayyoob Sharifi, and Shinji Kaneko (2021)
“This framing enabled us to consider some of the environmental, social, economic, and institutional conditions that influence the relationship between peace and sustainability. It also shows how our understanding of the peace–sustainability nexus can benefit from integrating environmental sustainability as one of the pillars of positive peace and negative peace as one of the dimensions of sustainability.” READ MORE.
A Co-Designed Heuristic Guide for Investigating the Peace-Sustainability Nexus in the Context of Global Change
Dahlia SIMANGAN, Hassan virji, cullen hendrix, et al. (2021)
“We scope the complex and multifaceted relationship between peace and sustainability based on an experts workshop held at Hiroshima University in August 2019. The workshop focused on how peace, as a process or a condition, can help or hinder sustainability and vice versa.” READ MORE.
The Literature Landscape on Peace-Sustainability Nexus: A Scientometric Analysis
Ayyoob sharifi, Dahlia SIMANGAN, and shinji kaneko (2021)
“To advance the current understanding on the peace–sustainability nexus and inform an integrated research agenda, this paper employs a scientometric analysis of literature to identify publication trends, thematic clusters, and knowledge gaps.” READ MORE.
Three Decades of Research on Climate Change and Peace: A Bibliometrics Analysis
Ayyoob sharifi, Dahlia SIMANGAN, and shinji kaneko (2021)
“Research on [climate change and negative peace] has grown steadily since 1990, but the trends have rapidly increased after the publication of the IPCC assessment report in 2007… [However], the focus has mainly been on war and violent conflicts and other events are not well addressed.” READ MORE.
Edited Book
Navigating Peace and Sustainability in an Increasingly Complex World
ayyoob sharifi, JOHN LEE CANDELARIA, dahlia simangan, And ShINJI KANEKO (2024)
- The book examines pressing global issues like climate change, conflict, and inequality, emphasizing how they are interconnected in today’s complex world
- It advocates for integrated approaches that balance environmental sustainability with social justice and peacebuilding
- Highlighting real-world examples and policy insights, it urges collaboration across nations, cultures, and disciplines to create a more just and sustainable future
Bridging Peace and Sustainability Amidst Global Transformations
ayyoob sharifi, dahlia simangan, And ShINJI KANEKO (2023)
- Explores how peacebuilding and sustainable development are interconnected in the face of global crises like climate change, conflict, and inequality
- The book emphasizes inclusive dialogue, cooperation across sectors, and the integration of local knowledge to achieve lasting solutions
- It offers case studies and practical frameworks to guide policymakers, academics, and communities in creating a more just and resilient world
Integrated Approaches to Peace and Sustainability
ayyoob sharifi, dahlia simangan, And ShINJI KANEKO (2023)
- Provides the state-of-the-art review of literature at the nexus of peace and sustainability
- Explores complex and dynamic interlinkages between peace and sustainability
- Presents pathways where sustainability and peace interact
Book Chapter
Interactions Between SDG 14 (Life Below Water) and SDG 16 (Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions): A Review of Co-benefits, Synergies, Conflicts, and Trade-Offs
Linner A, Ayyoob Sharifi, dahlia simangan, dos Muchangos LS, Chandran R (2023)
“Understanding the interactions between SDG 14 and SDG 16 is important as the success of ocean governance relies on effective, accountable, and transparent institutions and representative decision-making. At the same time….” READ MORE.
Environmental Sustainability: the Missing Pillar of Positive Peace
ayyoob sharifi and dahlia simangan (2021)
“We discuss the five dimensions of sustainability – economic, social, political, institutional, and environmental – in relation to the pillars of positive peace. We then make a case for the integration of environmental sustainability into the pillars of positive peace.” READ MORE.
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