Science and Technology

This Center of Innovation focuses on harnessing the power of the media for peacebuilding, and on developing new strategies for countering the abuse of media during conflict.

USIP's Center of Innovation for Science, Technology and Peacebuilding hosted a full-day multimedia showcase of state-of-the-art simulation and "serious gaming" tools that promise to transform the way that peacebuilding organizations train, plan and collaborate. The "Smart Tools for Smart Power" event featured presentations from such innovators as IBM, the Army War College, EBay, Lockheed Martin, Second Life, and USIP's own Education and Training Center.  U.S. Deputy Chief Technology Officer Beth Noveck presented the keynote address.

On October 26, 2009, USIP held a panel discussion with Amb. Linton Brooks, Joseph Cirincione, and Thomas Scheber on next steps for the START process and the START Follow-on Treaty.

On October 26, 2009, USIP held a panel discussion with Amb. Linton Brooks, Joseph Cirincione, and Thomas Scheber on next steps for the START process and the START Follow-on Treaty.  Listen to the discussion here.

Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan joined scientists, media makers, and online participants from more than 13 countries in an unprecedented dialogue on the consequences of new research findings on the relationship between media and inter-group conflict.  The October 1 “Media As Global Diplomat II” at USIP, hosted by the Center of Innovation for Media, Conflict, and Peacebuilding and the Alliance of Civilization Media Fund, included presentations from  neuroscientist Rebecca Saxe of MIT, Dean Jay Winsten of Harvard’s School of Public Health, and reactions from media makers Riz Khan of Al Jazeera, Hollywood’s Michael Medavoy and others. 

While public diplomacy experts struggle to develop strategic communications campaigns to win hearts and minds abroad, new research on the frontiers of neuroscience and psychology suggests a different approach.

The Center of Innovation for Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding is proposing the evaluation of select scientific and technical collaborations between countries to identify the active ingredients that makes them channels of peacebuilding.