Irena Grizelj

PUBLICATIONS

I am an advocate for evidence-based policy and decision-making, where conflict sensitive and rigorous field research can provide nuanced understanding to complex issues. I specialise in youth-led participatory research, utilising a listening and learning approach. Concurrently, I deliver high-level analyses through systems-approach thinking, connecting key conflict and political issues, to produce holistic assessments. 

Research Reports & Academic Papers

• Young people and pre-formal peacemaking: Tapping into technology

       Accord Series (Issue 29), Conciliation Resources (September 2020)

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Policy brief/ Summary

• Youth, Peace & Security 

       Routledge Handbook of Peace, Security and Development (June 2020)

• We Are Here: An Integrated Approach to Youth Inclusive Peace Processes
  (First Global Policy Paper on Youth Participation in Peace Processes)
  Independent research paper, funded by the Government of Finland and supported by the UN Office of the Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth (August, 2019)

• Engaging the Next Generation: A Field Perspective of Youth Inclusion in Myanmar’s Peace Negotiations
  International Negotiation: A Journal of Theory and Practice (Brill) (March 2019)

• Youth Impact in Shaping Policy & Social Cohesion in Myanmar: Workshop Report
  Search for Common Ground (SFCG) Myanmar (Dec, 2018)

• Youth-led Participatory Research on Social Cohesion in Urban Areas: Final Report
  Search for Common Ground (SFCG) Myanmar (September, 2018)

• Burmese language summary.

• Protection Needs and Capacities of Youth in Myanmar: A Preliminary Report Exploring Youth Protection in Myanmar
  Nonviolent Peaceforce (July, 2018)

• Youth-led Participatory Research on Social Cohesion in Urban Areas: Final Report
  Search for Common Ground (SFCG) Myanmar (September, 2018)

• The Youth Space of Dialogue and Mediation: An Exploration
  The Berghof Foundation (June, 2018) 

• Youth & Everyday Peace: Fostering the Untapped Potential of Myanmar Youth
  Paung Sie Facility (Dec, 2017)

• The Youth Space of Dialogue and Mediation: Myanmar
  The Berghof Foundation (October, 2017)

• Civil Society Strengthening in Myanmar: Good practice and lessons learned
  Christian Aid (May, 2018)

• Policy Brief: Youth Participation Myanmar's Peace Process
  Independently published (Dec, 2016)

Short Articles 

• Youth key to success of peace processes: Myanmar’s stalling democracy and the fight for youth voice in political decision-making
  South Asia Blog @ London School of Economics (Aug, 2019)

• Realising youth inclusion in peace processes: Lessons from Myanmar
  United Network of Young Peacebuilders Blog (May, 2018)

• Youth Must have a Space in Myanmar’s Peace Process
  Frontier Myanmar (Jan, 2017) 

• Let us youth have a say in peace talks
  NewsDecoder (Jan, 2016)

• Child labor: Gray areas in Myanmar
  NewsDecoder (Oct, 2015)