welcome to the john paul lederach archive

Reflections gathered from a decade and more of work in Nepal, written for The McConnell Foundation and friends and partners in Nepal.

Through circular, dynamic, and non-linear metaphors, this book offers a promising new approach to healing for communities impacted by conflict, violence, and trauma.

A travelogue reflecting on what it means to be fully engaged in the world.

A toolkit intended to improve peacebuilders’ ability to be reflective practitioners which involves enhancing peacebuilders’ capacity to design and impact transformative change, and track and improve upon those changes over time in unpredictable conflict contexts.

A clearly articulated statement offering a hopeful and workable approach to the transformation of conflict.

A book weaving thoughts and insights about the nature, challenges, and possibilities of constructive social change.

An exploration of prescriptive and elicitive methods of training and conflict work across cultures that places emphasis on the resources emergent from the context and setting of a given conflict. 

An exploration of the dynamics of contemporary conflict and presentation of an integrated framework for peacebuilding and the transformation of conflict.

An exploration into the spiritual foundations that undergird John Paul's work as a practitioner and scholar of peacebuilding.