Sarah Miller, PhD is an Associate Professor of Education at Queen’s University Belfast. She is a member of the Core Delivery Team of the NIHR Global Health Research Group on Early Childhood Development for Peacebuilding and is responsible for leading the Group’s work in Mali and Vietnam. Sarah is also the Deputy Director of the Campbell UK & Ireland center. She is a Developmental Psychologist with expertise in program evaluation and evidence synthesis.
Dr. Laura Dunne is a Chartered Psychologist and Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in the School of Social Science, Education and Social Work (SSESW), Queen’s University Belfast. She is a Fellow of the Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation (CESI) and the UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health, Northern Ireland (CoEPHNI). Laura’s research interests lie in three main areas; child health and wellbeing, early child development and education in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs), and programme evaluation.
In this chapter, ECPC members and affiliates makes a case for investing in Early Childhood Development (ECD) programs and services as a key mechanism to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and contributing to peacebuilding efforts in the global context. The links among early childhood, sustainable development and peacebuilding are discussed from macroeconomic, biodevelopmental and social perspectives.
Angelica Ponguta, MPH, PhD Associate Research Scientist in the Child Study Center; Jacobs Foundation Early Research Career Fellow
Twenty years ago, the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement marked a formal end to the conflict in Northern Ireland. This conference will bring together architects of that peace agreement, political and community leaders, and academics to discuss current challenges that hamper the full realization of peace in Northern Ireland and possible paths forward.
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Caritas will co-host a timely event with Rondine Cittadella della Pace from Arezzo, Italy, as part of their presence at the United Nations on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Rondine is recognized by the government of Italy as an example/practice of effective conflict transformation.
Explore this interactive world geomap hub by clicking on regions that link to databases on early childhood development, peacebuilding and other relevant programs of value.
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