Thematic Trajectories

Throughout its tenure, the KPSRL also (co-)coordinated trajectories of events, publications, and other activities based around a given theme, such as feminist foreign policy or locally led development. Such trajectories facilitated connections, collaboration, and collective action amongst network members. These trajectories also served as uptake mechanisms for the research and knowledge produced by network members. Further examples of trajectories include the Fragile Truths Podcast, intended to uncover the (often fragile) assumptions underlying work in the SRoL sector and the Fireside Peace Chats series, aiming to provide a safe space to discuss peace with peacebuilders with extensive experience working or living in conflict-affected settings.

Addressing Polarization in the Eastern European Neighborhood

This trajectory started with submissions by the KPSRL network under its 2023 'thematic headline' Towards Just Social Contracts. This, amongst others, sought to explore resilience to polarization, for which the Eastern European context was an urgent example. This was a joint initiative by researcher Amy Eaglestone and KPSRL, in a later stage also joined by Team Europe Democracy (TED).

Addressing Root Causes of Conflict

In 2016, the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) launched the Addressing Root Causes (ARC) Fund, committing up to €126 million to support NGOs addressing the underlying drivers of armed conflict, instability, and irregular migration. KPSRL was entrusted with facilitating the Fund’s global learning agenda between 2016 and 2022.

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Feminist Foreign Policy Trajectory

As part of the 2023 thematic headline “Towards Just Social Contracts,” and building on the momentum within the development cooperation in the ecosystem, KPSRL sought to contribute to the Feminist Foreign Policy fleshing-out process in the Netherlands by providing a platform for reflection, dialogue, and co-creation.

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Fireside Peace Chats

The fireside peace chats event series aims to open a space where practice, research and policy in peacebuilding come together in an informal way through the experience of people on the ground. Highlighting the personal stories of peacebuilders and other figures with extensive experience from conflict-affected environments, we wish to contribute to a locally informed paradigm shift in liberal peacebuilding.

Fragile Truths Podcast

Fragile Truths is a podcast distilling the most important findings of both researchers and practitioners in the fields of international development, security and the rule of law. In each episode, a key assumption about these fields was explored and discussed, with many a reliable fact shaking under scrutiny!  

What fragile truths do you hold dear? 

Locally Led Development

Over the years, KPSRL has pushed the needle on locally led development for the field of security and rule of law. Amongst others, you can find the reports of the Community of Practice (CoP) on this topic called ‘Unboxing Localisation’. This two yearlong trajectory was organized in cooperation with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and CSPPS and resulted in 6 thematic sessions and a final report

Practice Labs

Between 2019 and 2021, the Secretariat organized a series of Practice Labs, collaborative spaces for partners to share practices they had tested and found effective.

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