Interrogating Environmental Peacebuilding Governance and Institutionalization

Date & Time
Jun 19, 2026 | 14.00 - 15.30

Location
CRX 440

Participants
Chair: Dethie Soumare Ndiaye, Global Green Growth Institute (Burkina Faso)
Stacy D. VanDeveer, UMass Boston (United States)
Rika Althoff, TU Dortmund University (Germany)
Miguel Alberto Londoño Gómez, Global Green Growth Institute (Colombia)
Andrew Kelly, Impact Trust / Dark Matter Labs (Australia)

As environmental peacebuilding matures as a field of research and practice, questions of governance, institutional design, and policy integration have become increasingly important. This session examines how environmental peacebuilding is being conceptualized, operationalized, and institutionalized across diverse governance contexts. Contributions explore environmental peacebuilding in governance “frontiers,” investigate how insights from neofunctionalist theory can illuminate spillover effects between environmental cooperation and peacebuilding outcomes, and reflect on efforts to mainstream peace and conflict sensitivity within green growth programming. The session also considers the governance of global commons through an examination of institutional challenges facing Antarctica in an era of growing geopolitical and environmental pressures. Together, these presentations offer critical perspectives on the opportunities and limitations of existing governance arrangements, highlighting pathways for strengthening institutions, fostering cooperation, and enhancing the effectiveness of environmental peacebuilding in an increasingly complex and interconnected world.

Environmental Peacebuilding Research and Practice in Governance “Frontiers”

Stacy D. VanDeveer, University of Massachusetts Boston (United States)

Understanding Spillover Effects in Environmental Peacebuilding: Considering Lessons from Neofunctionalist Theory

Rika Althoff, TU Dortmund University (Germany)

Conflict-Sensitive Green Growth: The Journey for Mainstreaming Peace and Conflict into the Delivery of the Global Green Growth Institute

Miguel Londoño, Global Green Growth Institute (Colombia/Zambia)

Antarctica beyond Consensus: Governing the Commons before Breakdown

Andrew Kelly, Impact Trust / Dark Matter Labs (Australia)