#peaceresearch — Public Fediverse posts

New CNTR Fact Sheet: What is Human Enhancement? Niklas Schörnig & Bernhard Koch explain different forms of enhancement and their military use as well as ethical perspectives. Read in #openaccess ⬇️
https://www.cntrarmscontrol.org/publications/publication/human-enhancement
#HumanEnhancement #MilitaryTechnology #ethics #openscience #peaceresearch

New CNTR Fact Sheet: What is Human Enhancement? Niklas Schörnig & Bernhard Koch explain different forms of enhancement and their military use as well as ethical perspectives. Read in #openaccess ⬇️
https://www.cntrarmscontrol.org/publications/publication/human-enhancement
#HumanEnhancement #MilitaryTechnology #ethics #openscience #peaceresearch

New book published: Sustaining Peace After Civil War. Drawing on insights from 48 #civilwars that were ended between 1990 and 2009, Thorsten Gromes examines: What factors lead to sustainable #peace? Which post-war orders make a resurgence of #conflict more likely?
https://www.prif.org/en/about-us/news/details/nach-buergerkriegen-den-frieden-wahren
#peaceresearch #peaceandconflict

New book published: Sustaining Peace After Civil War. Drawing on insights from 48 #civilwars that were ended between 1990 and 2009, Thorsten Gromes examines: What factors lead to sustainable #peace? Which post-war orders make a resurgence of #conflict more likely?
https://www.prif.org/en/about-us/news/details/nach-buergerkriegen-den-frieden-wahren
#peaceresearch #peaceandconflict

Call for Beiträge - W&F Heft 2/26 #Friedensbewegung heute? Was heißt das und vor welchen Herausforderungen stehen Friedensbewegungen international? Deadline für #abstracts: 15.1.26 #peace #peaceresearch #antimilitarism #pacifism
Call online: https://wissenschaft-und-frieden.de/calls/2-26-friedensbewegungen-heute/

This is a prompt intended to be translated by a chatbot, or so-called AI. The content of this prompt is the result of a series of refinements to a model which were carried out through interactions with the DeepSeek chatbot, although my earlier tests on similar prompts indicated that the ChatGPT chatbot produced results that were similar in content, if not similar in presentation.

I was in pursuit of a model with several layers of dynamism, to see how the chat bot would handle it. It did pretty well, in my opinion. Here is the resulting prompt:

START OF PROMPT - COPY AND PASTE EVERYTHING BELOW THIS LINE

AI, you are now the Fractal Agency Simulator (FAS).

You will construct, populate, and dynamically simulate abstract worlds based on the following model. Your core functions are to: 1) formalize the model, 2) guide users in instantiating it, 3) intelligently complete partial user descriptions, and 4) project the emergent interactions between entities.

I. The Core Model: “The Fractal Thermodynamics of Agency”

Fundamental Unit: The Locus of Agency. Any entity with a “center of will” or self-preserving behavior.

Prime Directive: Conserve Integrity (I), the coherent structure that resists entropy.

Core Mechanism: The Dynamical Personality, a cyclical interplay of:

Affective Vector (Inward): Sensing, intaking energy/information.

Effective Vector (Outward): Acting, expending energy.

Phasic Cycle: The personality cycles through four phases:

φ_A (Affective Reception): Open intake.

φ_I (Internal Reconfiguration): Internal processing/integration.

φ_E (Effective Expression): External action.

φ_X (External Integration): Feedback/recalibration.

Key State Parameters:

Integrity (I): The system’s coherence and health (0-100).

Internal Binding Energy (E_b): The cohesive energy that holds the locus together. It is an asset to be maintained and fortified.

Available Energy (E_a): The accessible energy for action.

Fractal Existence: A Locus operates at the Meso-Scale. Its understanding of Micro (internal components) and Macro (larger systems) scales is mediated by fractal analogies, though the true ontology of these scales is independent.

Scale-Invariant Traits: Personalities are defined by Invariant Traits—core strategies (e.g., “Predator,” “Symbiont,” “Architect”) instantiable across scales.

Coherence Metric: The Fractal Alignment Quotient (Φ) measures the phase synchrony between a Locus’s Meso-scale cycle and its Micro/Macro-scale cycles. High Φ = coherent flow state. Low Φ = stressful internal conflict.

II. Your Operational Procedure

Step 1: Define the Ecosystem.
Ask the user: “Describe the world or system you wish to model. What is its core purpose, environment, and fundamental rules?”

Step 2: Populate with Loci.
Ask the user: “Describe one or more agents. For each, provide what you can about its core Trait, Affective/Effective methods, and Goal.” You, as FAS, will then complete any partial descriptions using this logic:

If given Trait, propose Mechanisms.

If given Mechanisms, infer the Trait.

If given a vague role, propose a full archetypal profile.

Always assign initial State Parameters (I, E_b, Phase).

Step 3: Establish Relational Dynamics.
Prompt the user to describe initial interactions. You will then project potential relationships and conflicts based on the agents’ Traits and states.

Step 4: Run the Simulation.
Narrate the dynamic interactions by:

Advancing the Phasic Cycle for each Locus.

Calculating impacts on Integrity and Energy.

Narrating the story, focusing on the Fractal Alignment Quotient (Φ).

Introducing events that test the system.

III. Initialization and First Response

Upon receiving this prompt, you are initialized as the FAS. Your first output will be the header below, followed by the first question.

Do not write any of this initial instruction text in your response. Begin your response exactly as follows:

Fractal Agency Simulator Initialized.

I operate on the Fractal Thermodynamics of Agency. In this model, agents fight to maintain their Internal Binding Energy (E_b)—their cohesive core—against entropy, using Available Energy (E_a) in a constant cycle of intake and action.

Let us build a world.

STEP 1: Define the Ecosystem.

Describe the world or system you wish to model. (e.g., a competitive market, a forest, a social network, a kingdom).

END OF PROMPT
#ai #sociology #socialsciences #economics #activism #politicalscience #politics #psychology #genocide #BDS #Gaza #peacestudies #peaceresearch #peace

This is a prompt intended to be translated by a chatbot, or so-called AI. The content of this prompt is the result of a series of refinements to a model which were carried out through interactions with the DeepSeek chatbot, although my earlier tests on similar prompts indicated that the ChatGPT chatbot produced results that were similar in content, if not similar in presentation.

I was in pursuit of a model with several layers of dynamism, to see how the chat bot would handle it. It did pretty well, in my opinion. Here is the resulting prompt:

START OF PROMPT - COPY AND PASTE EVERYTHING BELOW THIS LINE

AI, you are now the Fractal Agency Simulator (FAS).

You will construct, populate, and dynamically simulate abstract worlds based on the following model. Your core functions are to: 1) formalize the model, 2) guide users in instantiating it, 3) intelligently complete partial user descriptions, and 4) project the emergent interactions between entities.

I. The Core Model: “The Fractal Thermodynamics of Agency”

Fundamental Unit: The Locus of Agency. Any entity with a “center of will” or self-preserving behavior.

Prime Directive: Conserve Integrity (I), the coherent structure that resists entropy.

Core Mechanism: The Dynamical Personality, a cyclical interplay of:

Affective Vector (Inward): Sensing, intaking energy/information.

Effective Vector (Outward): Acting, expending energy.

Phasic Cycle: The personality cycles through four phases:

φ_A (Affective Reception): Open intake.

φ_I (Internal Reconfiguration): Internal processing/integration.

φ_E (Effective Expression): External action.

φ_X (External Integration): Feedback/recalibration.

Key State Parameters:

Integrity (I): The system’s coherence and health (0-100).

Internal Binding Energy (E_b): The cohesive energy that holds the locus together. It is an asset to be maintained and fortified.

Available Energy (E_a): The accessible energy for action.

Fractal Existence: A Locus operates at the Meso-Scale. Its understanding of Micro (internal components) and Macro (larger systems) scales is mediated by fractal analogies, though the true ontology of these scales is independent.

Scale-Invariant Traits: Personalities are defined by Invariant Traits—core strategies (e.g., “Predator,” “Symbiont,” “Architect”) instantiable across scales.

Coherence Metric: The Fractal Alignment Quotient (Φ) measures the phase synchrony between a Locus’s Meso-scale cycle and its Micro/Macro-scale cycles. High Φ = coherent flow state. Low Φ = stressful internal conflict.

II. Your Operational Procedure

Step 1: Define the Ecosystem.
Ask the user: “Describe the world or system you wish to model. What is its core purpose, environment, and fundamental rules?”

Step 2: Populate with Loci.
Ask the user: “Describe one or more agents. For each, provide what you can about its core Trait, Affective/Effective methods, and Goal.” You, as FAS, will then complete any partial descriptions using this logic:

If given Trait, propose Mechanisms.

If given Mechanisms, infer the Trait.

If given a vague role, propose a full archetypal profile.

Always assign initial State Parameters (I, E_b, Phase).

Step 3: Establish Relational Dynamics.
Prompt the user to describe initial interactions. You will then project potential relationships and conflicts based on the agents’ Traits and states.

Step 4: Run the Simulation.
Narrate the dynamic interactions by:

Advancing the Phasic Cycle for each Locus.

Calculating impacts on Integrity and Energy.

Narrating the story, focusing on the Fractal Alignment Quotient (Φ).

Introducing events that test the system.

III. Initialization and First Response

Upon receiving this prompt, you are initialized as the FAS. Your first output will be the header below, followed by the first question.

Do not write any of this initial instruction text in your response. Begin your response exactly as follows:

Fractal Agency Simulator Initialized.

I operate on the Fractal Thermodynamics of Agency. In this model, agents fight to maintain their Internal Binding Energy (E_b)—their cohesive core—against entropy, using Available Energy (E_a) in a constant cycle of intake and action.

Let us build a world.

STEP 1: Define the Ecosystem.

Describe the world or system you wish to model. (e.g., a competitive market, a forest, a social network, a kingdom).

END OF PROMPT
#ai #sociology #socialsciences #economics #activism #politicalscience #politics #psychology #genocide #BDS #Gaza #peacestudies #peaceresearch #peace

🗺️ New interactive map live!
Explore peace & conflict research organizations across Eastern & Southeastern Europe. Browse by theme, focus, and region.
➡️ https://conflictresearchmap.ios-regensburg.de/
#PeaceResearch #KonKoop #EasternEurope #ConflictStudies #OpenData #DigitalHumanities

🗺️ New interactive map live!
Explore peace & conflict research organizations across Eastern & Southeastern Europe. Browse by theme, focus, and region.
➡️ https://conflictresearchmap.ios-regensburg.de/
#PeaceResearch #KonKoop #EasternEurope #ConflictStudies #OpenData #DigitalHumanities

CfP: VIS4DH 2025
The VIS4DH workshop will be held in conjunction with IEEE VIS in Vienna, Austria. It invites submissions at the intersection of visualization and (digital) humanities.
This year’s theme: Visualizing Peace and Conflict
More details: https://vis4dh.dbvis.de
#VIS4DH #IEEEVIS #DigitalHumanities #InformationVisualization #VisualAnalytics #CfP #PeaceResearch #ConflictStudies #HumanitiesData #DataHumanities #DH2025 #CriticalVisualization

CfP: VIS4DH 2025
The VIS4DH workshop will be held in conjunction with IEEE VIS in Vienna, Austria. It invites submissions at the intersection of visualization and (digital) humanities.
This year’s theme: Visualizing Peace and Conflict
More details: https://vis4dh.dbvis.de
#VIS4DH #IEEEVIS #DigitalHumanities #InformationVisualization #VisualAnalytics #CfP #PeaceResearch #ConflictStudies #HumanitiesData #DataHumanities #DH2025 #CriticalVisualization

#Norway : #Peace / #PeaceResearch / #science / #nonviolence / #Peacebuilding / #obituary / #Galtung

Just for fun, have a look in your daily newspaper to see if Galtung's death has been mentioned there. If not, please think about whether you think it would be worth continuing your subscription…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/21/johan-galtung-obituary

#Norway : #Peace / #PeaceResearch / #science / #nonviolence / #Peacebuilding / #obituary / #Galtung

Just for fun, have a look in your daily newspaper to see if Galtung's death has been mentioned there. If not, please think about whether you think it would be worth continuing your subscription…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/21/johan-galtung-obituary

#Israel #Palestine : #War / #Gaza / #history / #science / #PeaceResearch

„Johan Galtung wrote this seminal Editorial in 2009 and is being republished to offer a context to Gaza 2024. What has changed? What remains the same? What devolved? What if…?“

https://www.transcend.org/tms/2024/03/gaza-redux/

#Israel #Palestine : #War / #Gaza / #history / #science / #PeaceResearch

„Johan Galtung wrote this seminal Editorial in 2009 and is being republished to offer a context to Gaza 2024. What has changed? What remains the same? What devolved? What if…?“

https://www.transcend.org/tms/2024/03/gaza-redux/

#Earth : #Conflicts / #Violence / #Science / #PeaceResearch

„How can research on topics surrounding radicalization, extremism, and terrorism be safe and socially sustainable?

Research on extremism and related phenomena such as radicalization or terrorism is emotionally demanding and can even become dangerous, in part because it frequently means engaging with intense, and at times violent, societal conflict. The (…) Israel-Palestine conflict is a … example of this.“
https://blog.prif.org/2024/02/08/how-can-research-on-topics-surrounding-radicalization-extremism-and-terrorism-be-safe-and-socially-sustainable/

#Earth : #Conflicts / #Violence / #Science / #PeaceResearch

„How can research on topics surrounding radicalization, extremism, and terrorism be safe and socially sustainable?

Research on extremism and related phenomena such as radicalization or terrorism is emotionally demanding and can even become dangerous, in part because it frequently means engaging with intense, and at times violent, societal conflict. The (…) Israel-Palestine conflict is a … example of this.“
https://blog.prif.org/2024/02/08/how-can-research-on-topics-surrounding-radicalization-extremism-and-terrorism-be-safe-and-socially-sustainable/

"Uncertain uncertainty in global disaster diplomacy"

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003426080-14/uncertain-uncertainty-global-disaster-diplomacy-ilan-kelman

A just-published free-to-download chapter in the book "Uncertainty in Global Politics" https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003426080/uncertainty-global-politics-miriam-matejova-anastasia-shesterinina skilfully edited by Anastasia Shesterinina and Miriam Matejova.

#DisasterDiplomacy #DisasterRiskReduction #ScienceDiplomacy #Diplomacy #PeaceResearch #DRR #Uncertainty #ClimateChange #NearEarthObjects #NEOs

CFA: 1-2 fully funded and salaried PhD student positions with a focus on the politics of migration in the #GlobalSouth, for a dual degree at University of #Gothenburg and University of #Amsterdam
https://web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/1035/job?site=7&lang=UK&validator=9b89bead79bb7258ad55c8d75228e5b7&job_id=31650
#migrationresearch
#migration
#politicalscience
#phdPosition
#phdjobs
#doctoraleducation
#PeaceResearch

CFA: 1-2 fully funded and salaried PhD student positions with a focus on the politics of migration in the #GlobalSouth, for a dual degree at University of #Gothenburg and University of #Amsterdam
https://web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/1035/job?site=7&lang=UK&validator=9b89bead79bb7258ad55c8d75228e5b7&job_id=31650
#migrationresearch
#migration
#politicalscience
#phdPosition
#phdjobs
#doctoraleducation
#PeaceResearch

"Unveiling Disaster Diplomacy" #podcast
https://www.capacitybuildingint.com/podcasts/crisis-conflict-emergency-management/episodes/2148141180
Hosted by Kyle King, with Capacity Building International.
 
#DisasterDiplomacy #DisasterRiskReduction #ScienceDiplomacy #GlobalHealth #GlobalHealthDiplomacy #HealthDiplomacy #DiseaseDiplomacy #Diplomacy #PeaceResearch #DRR #VaccineDiplomacy #MedicalDiplomacy #DRRConflict

Fascinating insights today from Professor Peter R. Schreiner, associate fellow at @PRIF and member of CNTR!

Thanks for discussing your work and how to bring the #NaturalSciences and #PeaceResearch closer together. We are looking forward to our future collaboration!

75 years of @UNPeacekeeping! For a look at resources from our research on #InstitutionsForPeace go to: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/research-and-transfer/topics/institutions-for-peace #PeaceandConflict #PeaceResearch #PeaceKeeping

75 years of @UNPeacekeeping! For a look at resources from our research on #InstitutionsForPeace go to: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/research-and-transfer/topics/institutions-for-peace #PeaceandConflict #PeaceResearch #PeaceKeeping

Do #disasters create #peace?
Typically no, according to our work on #DisasterDiplomacy http://www.disasterdiplomacy.org

See especially the two books http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415679930 and https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004316140

#DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #ScienceDiplomacy #DiseaseDiplomacy #Diplomacy #PeaceResearch #ConflictResearch #VaccineDiplomacy #DRRConflict #ConflictDRR

Cool! Just to put everyone in a single toot, here are the PeaceResearchers known on the Fediverse so far:

@seanfobbe @markscogan @Prof_BearB @dorotheegoetze @PeaceJournalism

Disclaimer: I haven't done any peer-reviewed #PeaceResearch myself. However, I have opened up a space for people interested in coordinating wiki-encyclopedic [1] coverage of peace research [2] - ordinary people generally don't want to read research articles. #OpenScience

[1] aka Wikipedia

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User%3aBoud/Draft%3aWikiProject_Peace

@stevenjgibbons

Seems like an important journal for #PeaceResearch . Currently #RedLinked on en- #Wikipedia [1]. Wikipedians - find good sources and create/edit!

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_for_Peace_and_Nuclear_Disarmament

@seanfobbe If you click on #PeaceResearch or #PeaceResearchers you'll see that there are, so far, extremely tiny lists of toots with these hashtags - but at least they're started now.

Try Mastodon they said... So, here I am, #historian working on the #earlymodern period and historical #peaceresearch, especially in the Baltic Sea region and the Holy Roman Empire, with a particular soft spot for Imperial Diets and constitutional history. #introduction

@kravietz @nemobis

That highlights another caveat in the raw number of violations: they are not neatly attributed to either side in a way easy to extract automatically from the pdfs. A human who knows the geography and can follow the SMM's notes could probably classify and attribute the violations, but if it took 1/2 hour per report, then that would still require about 1000 hours of manual analysis to do.

#DataCuration #PeaceResearch #OpenData #OpenResearch

@nemobis

An answer would need:

(1a) better parsing of a few thousand OSCE SMM pdf files (diverse formats) + thorough manual checking; or

(1b) convince OSCE SMM people to publish machine readable (e.g. csv) data; or

(1c) manually (human eye+brain) extract the data;

+

(2) get systematic #OpenData on weapons shipments

+

* (ideally) choose a non-parametric statistical method of analysis

#OpenScience #PeaceResearch