Welcome to the SPN Website

The Sustainable Peacebuilding Network (SPN) is an international research initiative involving more than 20 scholars examining the requirements for sustainable peace in countries emerging from civil wars.

The project is co-sponsored by the University of Denver's Center for Sustainable Development and International Peace and the University of Ottawa's Centre for International Policy Studies.  It is supported by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Several other leading international research institutions are also key partners in the project.

The Project is an extension of the Research Partnership on Postwar Statebuilding (RPPS), which completed its work in early 2008. An edited volume based on the work of the RPPS was published by Routledge:  Roland Paris and Timothy D. Sisk, eds., The Dilemmas of Statebuilding: Confronting the Contradictions of Postwar Peace Operations.

Please use the navigation buttons at left to find out more about the SPN.

Latest News

►See the individual working group pages for an update of activities.

►Papers are being prepared over the course of 2010; several are now available.

►This website will be updated regularly with further details.

Contact Information

For more information on the Sustainable Peacebuilding Network, please contact:

Professor Roland Paris
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
University of Ottawa
55 Laurier Ave. East, Room 11-121
Ottawa, Canada, K1N 6N5
Tel: 613-562-5800 ext. 4047
Email: rparis(AT)uottawa.ca

Professor Timothy D. Sisk
Joseph Korbel School of International Studies
Cherrington Hall 208C
2201 South Gaylord St.
Denver, CO 80208 USA
Tel: 303-871-2998
Email: tsisk(AT)du.edu