Most peace organisations focus on one issue, region, or approach. IGP steps back to ask: what would it take for all of these efforts to add up? We develop shared frameworks with practitioners and researchers, and help embed them in existing strategies.
The Institute began in 2017 as a research collaboration among graduates of the UN-mandated University for Peace, founded on a single insight: the field still lacks a shared operational definition of peace that diverse approaches can build on together.
Today IGP is an independent nonprofit with UN consultative status and advisory relationships with the world's largest peace networks. Our work is organised into three categories:
The field already has excellent organisations producing data, measurement, field operations, and advocacy. What is missing is a shared operational framework that connects these efforts and translates conceptual foundations into coordinated strategy and investment.
Anders Reagan founded the Institute after recognising that the peace field lacked a shared operational definition that could bridge its diverse approaches. His career spans both academic theory and field practice. He has worked with grassroots organisations in Mexico, Geneva, and Sweden, and has studied peace conceptualisations across philosophical traditions.
He holds a BA in Philosophy and a BA in International Relations from Stockholm University, an MA in Human Rights from Uppsala University, and an MA in International Peace Studies from the UN-mandated University for Peace. His peer-reviewed publication "Reframing the Ontology of Peace Studies" (Peace and Conflict Studies, Vol. 29, No. 2, 2023) introduced the structural framework that underpins the Institute's work.
IGP works with public forums and advisory networks, helping established peace actors sharpen their coordination, definitions, and strategy.
IGP holds special consultative status with ECOSOC and contributes to debates and dialogue at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, including published UN statements.
One of the world's largest peacebuilding networks, with over 130 member organisations. IGP advises on how a shared framework can strengthen coordination across the sector.
Founded in 1891, one of the world's longest-established peace networks. IGP supports work connecting shared definitions to strategy and coalition coordination.
The Institute's contribution is a framework for defining peace clearly enough to fund and build it. Read how it's structured, or open a conversation directly.