Ripples of Peace
The Scottish Peace Platform’s understanding of peace is inspired by Professor Christine Bell’s ‘Ripples of Peace’, which expand outwards from conflict contexts into peacetime. Members of the SPP actively work on one or more circles of peacebuilding, and will be able to connect with members working in other circles
Upcoming Events
25thMarch2026
Webinar: Peace Education Workshop
A webinar on peace education and approaching power in peace work.
Join peace educator and founder of The Peace Collective Mansi Panjwani for an interactive workshop on peace education and approaching power in peace work with the Scottish Peace Platform.
Power shapes every effort to build peace — from whose voices are heard, to who makes decisions, to whose experiences count. Yet power is rarely examined openly in peace work.
This interactive workshop offers a space to reflect on how power operates in our work and how we can move toward forms of power that enable collaboration, agency, and collective change. Drawing on widely used frameworks in feminist leadership and peace education, the session will introduce a simple but powerful lens for understanding power. Through guided reflection and dialogue, participants will have the opportunity to examine how power shows up in their own work and consider how shifts in power can create more inclusive and empowering approaches to peacebuilding.
This is a participatory workshop, not a lecture. The session will include:
- short conceptual inputs
- individual reflection
- small-group dialogue
- shared learning across participants
This workshop is designed specially for Scottish Peace Platform members, especially working as practitioners or educators. Non-members are also welcome to attend. It will be facilitated by the Scottish Peace Platform team.
Wednesday 25th March 2026
Online (via Zoom)
28thMarch2026
Educators for Peace/SPP Conference
Educators for Peace, in partnership with the Scottish Peace Platform, invite you to join us for a conference entitled ‘Rebuilding Gaza: The role of the education sector.’
The conference will take place on Saturday 28th March 2026 from 9:30am4:00pm in Edinburgh. The exact venue will be confirmed in due course.
The event will bring Palestinian officials, educators and initiative leaders together with their Scottish counterparts – officials, educators, education stakeholders, aid agencies and international development organisations.
The core conference objectives are to:
1. Highlight the impact of the mass atrocities on Gaza’s educational sector.
2. Promote knowledge exchange between Palestinian and Scottish educators, researchers, and NGOs working in education, development, aid and peacebuilding.
3. Establish partnerships between universities and schools in Gaza and educational institutions in Scotland.
4. Explore practical ways Scottish institutions and organisations can support rebuilding efforts.
5. Build solidarity networks and amplify the voices of Gaza’s educators and students internationally.
We hope you will join us for this vital event of active Scottish solidarity with Palestinian educators.
Email hello@educatorsforpeace.co.uk if you would like to register!
Organised by: Educators for Peace & The Scottish Peace Platform
Saturday 28th March 2026
TBC
10thApril2026
Scottish Peace Platform World Café Networking Day
A day for networking and sharing for Scotland’s peacebuilding sector.
The ‘World Cafe’ event brings together those working in Scotland’s peacebuilding sector for networking, sharing, and reflection. The event will also highlight activities run by and in partnership with the SPP in its first 6 months of establishment, and share plans and opportunities to work with the SPP in the future.
The ‘World Cafe’ format brings together facilitated, small-group discussions that encourage open conversation, sharing of ideas, and collective reflection through several short rounds of exchange around focused questions. Members and partners are invited to share information about their work through short presentations, table discussions, or a poster/ stall – to get involved please get in touch with us through the ‘contact event organiser’ link below.
Registration is for in-person attendance only as we are unable to offer this event in a hybrid format.
If you have any queries regarding this event please get in touch with Peace Platform Manager Noor al Naser, nalnaser@beyondbordersscotland.com and Projects Officer Shona McCallum smccallum@beyondbordersscotland.com
Organised by: Scottish Peace Platform
Friday 10th April 2026
McClaren Stuart Room, Old College, Edinburgh University
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