Our Mission

For this blog, we called on a diverse community of experts – national and international, public and private – to share their views on how digital technologies and innovation could foster sustainable peace. The goal is to provide a dynamic and innovative forum for discussing the opportunities, challenges and impact of digital technologies on peace operations and explore a wide range of ideas in short pieces on specific questions or issues. The views expressed are those of the respective contributors. 

Discussions around the use of technology in and for peace operations are not new. The 2015 Performance Peacekeeping Final Report of the Expert Panel on Technology and Innovation in UN Peacekeeping called on the UN to become a learning and innovation organisation. By exploring ideas in short contributions from a wide range of perspectives, this blog aims to shed light on manifold aspects that fall under the heading of digital technology and peace operations. In doing so, it seeks to support ongoing policy processes, including efforts to develop a strategy for technology in UN peace operations, to advance the exchange of lessons and experiences among different practitioner communities, and to gaze over the horizon at possible future applications, innovation and technologies that can help promote inclusive, sustainable peace.