Artificial intelligence is already shaping contexts of conflict and peace work. But what does this mean in practice? This four-week training equips peace workers with critical AI skills from identifying misinformation, unpacking AI's role in conflict, and overall strengthening your ability to make informed decisions about AI within your context.
Registration Dates:
🐦 Early Bird: until 22 February 2027 (10 % Discount) ⏰ Registration Deadline: 5 April 2027
Training Schedule:
💻 Online Live Sessions: 19 April to 10 May 2027, every Monday from 14:00 to 17:00 CEST
Content
Artificial intelligence already shapes the contexts of peace work. It influences how communities communicate and what they believe, it can contribute to the escalation of conflicts, and it helps document human rights violations. It is also entering peace work itself, through early warning, dialogue processes and support for mediation. This training helps peace workers engage with AI critically and confidently. Over four weeks, participants build their AI literacy and learn to spot disinformation and AI-generated content. They explore how AI shapes conflict dynamics and examine how AI is used to document atrocities for justice processes. They then look at cases from peace practice. Each week, participants consider their own context, and the activities are designed to strengthen their own decisions on whether and how to use AI in their work.
Key Concepts
AI literacy and verification
Disinformation and AI-generated content
AI and conflict dynamics
Inherited asymmetries in AI design and data
Open-source investigation and digital evidence
Human oversight (“human in the loop”)
Learning Objectives
By the end of the training, participants will have:
Strengthened their AI literacy, especially in evaluating content and identifying disinformation and AI-generated material;
Gained an understanding of how AI is used, and not used, in peacebuilding practice, including its opportunities and limits;
Reflected critically on how AI relates to peacebuilding principles such as participation and local ownership, and on its ethical risks;
Analysed how AI influences conflict dynamics and the wider contexts of peace work;
Identified entry points for AI in their own work and gained confidence in using useful tools.
Who can register for this training?
The training is designed for people who work in peacebuilding, conflict transformation, human rights or related fields and want to engage critically with artificial intelligence. Participants should have basic knowledge of peace and conflict theory. No technical background in AI is needed.
We prioritise smaller class sizes to promote interactive exchanges and the integration of your own practical experiences. Therefore we limit the number of spaces to a maximum of 20 participants. Register early to reserve your place!
Do you have questions about this training? Our team is happy to assist you. Please do not hesitate to contact me: selena.gould@propeace.de
Methodology
The training follows Paulo Freire’s participatory pedagogy: participants’ knowledge and experience are the starting point, and live sessions combine short inputs with group work, case discussions and hands-on exercises. Self-paced activities focus on self-reflection, applying ideas to one’s own context and learning from other participants’ perspectives.
Workload & Deliverables
Participants take part in four live online sessions of three hours each and complete weekly self-paced tasks, such as forum posts, a context map and a short scenario analysis. To complete the training and receive a certificate, active participation and full attendance in at least three of the four live sessions is required. Furthermore, each participant prepares and presents an AI-use decision brief: a reasoned decision on whether and how to use AI in their own work, which they present for peer feedback in the final session.
After a successful participation, participants receive a certificate and become part of our alumni network.
Total expected weekly hours: 7 to 8 hours per week.
Registration
Ready to go? We are looking forward to your participation:
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The participation fee is paid by invoice. Any bank or transfer fees that may apply must be borne by the participant.
Participants should have an adequate internet connection (1 Mbit down/upload or better) to take part in this training. A headset is highly recommended.
