The framework lands differently in each role. For researchers it offers an ontological foundation; for organisations, a theory of change; for funders, a diagnostic lens; for policymakers, design criteria. The pages that follow set out each context.
The framework subsumes the 61 existing definitions of peace as partial descriptions of a single structure. Research programmes that have run in parallel gain a common reference against which their findings can be triangulated.
What the framework offers researchersThe framework gives an organisation's work a definable destination by specifying peace as a coherent structure rather than an aspiration. Each programme can be located against that structure, so the contribution becomes structural rather than narrative.
What the framework offers organisationsThe framework reads a portfolio as a structure. Every grant maps onto the same shared elements, so concentrations, gaps, and interlock become visible at a glance rather than buried in narrative reports.
What the framework offers fundersThe framework gives policy instruments a structurally defined referent for peace and design criteria for institutions at any level of governance: national, sub-national, regional, or municipal.
What the framework offers policymakers