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Neuropaz 2026: Innovations in Peace Funding (8/10)

In February 2026, Behavioral Scientist teamed up with the peace science organization Neuropaz to host “Hard Truths and Paths Forward: Peace as a Scientific Challenge,” an online event exploring the latest work and thinking at the intersection of behavioral science and peace and conflict. In this session, Nessa Kenny leads Håvard Mokleiv Nygård, Leslie Wingender, and Zezhen Wu in conversation. Peace funding stands at a crossroads. Bilateral donors have substantially reduced their investments in peace and other foreign aid. At the same time, new pools of capital are entering the development space, often prioritizing interventions with clear, quantifiable outcomes. How do we make the case for investing in peace when the field sits between competing funding paradigms? What innovative models might provide a path forward? How do we bridge traditional peace funders, emerging capital sources, and practitioners to fund what matters most, even when impact is hardest to prove? You can view all the session recordings from Neuropaz 2026 here:    • Neuropaz 2026: Hard Truths & Paths Forward   — Further Reading & Resources from Håvard Mokleiv Nygård: • The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) website — https://www.norad.no/en/ • Weintraub, M., et al. (2023). Introducing the Mapping Attitudes, Perceptions and Support (MAPS) dataset on the Colombian peace process. Journal of Peace Research. — https://pure.uva.nl/ws/files/19695140... • Nygård, H. M., Hegre, H., & Landsverk, P. (2021). Can We Predict Civil War? PRIO. — https://www.prio.org/comments/810 Further Reading & Resources from Leslie Wingender: • "Peacebuilding." Humanity United. — https://humanityunited.org/portfolio/... • Wingender, L. (2022). Peacebuilding in Colombia: There is a Future if There is Truth. Humanity United. — https://humanityunited.org/perspectiv... • Prada Ramírez, M. P., & Wingender, L. (2025). Listening and Preparing the Society to Engage: The Case of the Colombian Truth Commission and Its Legacy Strategy. International Journal of Transitional Justice, 19(1), 174-182. — https://academic.oup.com/ijtj/article... • Apgar, M. et al. (2024). Rethinking rigour to embrace complexity in peacebuilding evaluation. Evaluation, 30(3), 408-433. — https://doi.org/10.1177/1356389024123... • Wingender, L. & Méndez, M. L. (2023). What about the Middle? Thinking Systematically about Localization. Negotiation Journal, 39(4), 507–529. — https://direct.mit.edu/ngtn/article/3... Further Reading & Resources from Zezhen Wu:  • The Agency Fund funding opportunities — https://www.agency.fund/apply • The Agency Fund Substack — https://theagencyfund.substack.com/ • The Agency Fund LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-... • Wu, Z., et al. (2025). "AI Evaluation in the Social Sector." The Agency Fund. — https://eval.playbook.org.ai/ • Zezhen Wu's LinkedIn —   / zezhenwu   Further Reading & Resources from Nessa Kenny:  • "Peace & Recovery." Innovations for Poverty Action. — https://poverty-action.org/peace-reco... •  "Governance, Crime, and Conflict Initiative Evidence Wrap-up." (2021). Innovations for Poverty Action. — https://poverty-action.org/publicatio... — Neuropaz is a peace science organization that brings together peacebuilders, behavioral scientists, policymakers, and community leaders to connect theory, practice, and programs based on peace science and translational research. Visit the Neuropaz website: https://www.neuropaz.com/ Follow Neuropaz founder Andrés Casas on LinkedIn:   / andrescasascasas   — Behavioral Scientist is an award-winning, nonprofit, digital and print magazine focused on exploring the world through the science of human behavior. Read more on our website: https://behavioralscientist.org/ Sign up for our newsletter: https://behavioralscientist.org/behav... Subscribe to support Behavioral Scientist: https://behavioralscientist.org/subsc... LinkedIn:   / behscientist   Instagram:   / behscientist