In May 2026 the Scottish Peace Platform was delighted to host a webinar with colleagues Professor Colin McInness and Dr. Bethan Siân Jones from Academi Heddwch Cymru (the Welsh Peace Institute.) You can view the slides from the presentation via this link (temporarily this will open into Google Drive; due to an upload issue on our website.)
Bethan outlined the work Academi Heddwch does to establish Wales as a nation of peace, including research papers, roundtable discussions, and the Young Peacemaker Awards. She also discussed their project ‘Hawlio Heddwch: the Women’s Peace Centenary Project, 1923-24’; more information at this video link.
Colin delved into their recent report ‘Defence Policy and Wales: The “Generational Challenge”’, highlighting key considerations around Strategic Defence Review, defence spending, the whole of society approach to defence and nuclear armament. He focussed particularly on the impact on devolved nations such as Wales and Scotland.