The Purdue Peace Project (PPP): A Locally Driven Approach to Political Violence Prevention

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The Purdue Peace Project (PPP): A Locally Driven Approach to Political Violence Prevention

Speaker: Connaughton, S. (Purdue University)

Date: 10 July 2018

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SMA hosted a speaker session presented by Dr. Stacey Connaughton (Purdue University) as a part of its SMA Speaker Series. Dr. Connaughton stated that the Purdue Peace Project (PPP) provides a locally led, empirically driven approach to preventing political violence in areas such as West Africa and Central America. The PPP also facilitates and values the importance of inclusive, representative dialogue between diverse populations in a society. She discussed the PPP’s past projects, which include a Berekum Chieftaincy project in Ghana and an Ebola Prevention project in Liberia, as well as its current projects, which include evaluations of the nature of conflict in Ghana and El Salvador. To conclude the session, Dr. Connaughton spoke about the PPP’s current research, which is focused on “developing a predictive model of the likelihood of violence before, during, and after an ‘intervention.'”