Seeking Nominations for Environmental Peacebuilding Awards

Jan 15, 2019

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association is excited to announce a call for nominations for four awards to be presented at the First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding on October 23-25, 2019, at UC Irvine. These awards recognize outstanding contributions by leaders, practitioners, and researchers in the field of environmental peacebuilding.

Please visit our Awards page for details and to submit nominations.

Any questions may be directed to awards@environmentalpeacebuilding.org.

Al-Moumin Award and Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding

The Award and Lecture recognize leading thinkers who are shaping the field of environmental peacebuilding, which aims to improve environmental and natural resource management to prevent, end, and recover from armed conflict. The Award and Lecture are named after Dr. Mishkat Al-Moumin, Iraq’s first Minister of Environment, human rights and environmental lawyer, and an advocate for women’s rights.  This will be the 6^th Award (for previous Al-Moumin laureates, see here). This award is co-sponsored with American University’s School of International Service, UN Environment, and the Environmental Law Institute.

The Awards Committee welcomes nominations for the Al-Moumin Award until April 30, 2019. The nomination should include a description of the basis for the nomination, including evidence of impact, and may include supporting materials.

Environmental Peacebuilding Research Award

The Environmental Peacebuilding Research Award recognizes a recent outstanding research contribution that has made a significant impact in the field of environmental peacebuilding. Such contribution can include impactful books, refereed papers, and research-based reports. The contribution must have been copyrighted after 2014. We will accept nominations for publications authored by multiple authors, and publications in languages other than English.

The Awards Committee welcomes nominations for Environmental Peacebuilding Research Award until April 30, 2019. The nomination should include the contribution made (the paper, report, or access to the book) and provide qualitative and/or quantitative evidence of impact. Recipients must have a faculty position within an established post-secondary education institution or comparable position at a think-tank.

Award for Environmental Peacebuilding in Practice

The Award for Environmental Peacebuilding in Practice recognizes exceptional practical work of an individual or organization involved in environmental peacebuilding. This may include, for example, the promotion of peace through cooperation around environmental challenges; the prevention, assessment, or remediation of environmental impacts from armed conflicts; and the management of natural resources to prevent or end conflicts.

The Awards Committee welcomes nominations until April 30, 2019. The nomination should include a description of the basis for the nomination, including evidence of impact, and may include supporting materials.

Best Student Paper in Environmental Peacebuilding

The Best Student Paper in Environmental Peacebuilding acknowledges the best paper presented by a graduate or undergraduate student at the Environmental Peacebuilding Conference for that year.

Consideration will be given to papers written while the author was enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student. Papers may have multiple authors, but only papers with only students as authors will be considered. Papers presented at panels or at the poster session are eligible for consideration.

The Awards Committee welcomes nominations until August 20, 2019. The nomination must include the nominated paper in PDF form.