Overview

The Transitioning from Violence (TfV) international consortium brings together scholars, policymakers, and practitioners working to support communities moving beyond violence. By connecting research, policy, and practice, TfV helps generate knowledge and collaboration that can support more effective responses in contexts of transition. The TfV international consortium is led by the Mershon Center for International Security Studies’ Associate Director Teri Murphy and works in collaboration with research and practice experts from around the world across a range of projects.

Our work focuses on three priorities:

Collaborative research across regions

We support partnerships between Global South and Global North scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to co-develop research grounded in local realities.

Shaping a shared agenda

We work to identify key priorities for research, policy, and practice while highlighting important gaps in knowledge and evidence.

Building networks for learning and action

We connect people working on similar challenges through research groups and communities of practice that strengthen locally informed, evidence-based approaches.

Thematic foci for 2026 include:

• Post-Agreement Reconciliation: A Comparative Study of Northern Ireland, Colombia, and Basque Country
• Ritual and Peacebuilding
• Searching for the Disappeared in Post-Accord Colombia
• From Political Violence to Criminality

Our research experts come from:

Bristol University, Cardiff University, the Corrymeela Community, Deusto University, Fighters for Peace, Global Initiative Against Organised Crime, Insight Crime, International Alert, International Crisis Group, Northern Ireland Executive Programme on Paramilitarism and Organized Crime, Philipps University Marburg, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Bogotá, St. Joseph’s University Lebanon, La Unidad de Búsqueda de Personas dadas por Desaparecidas, University College Stockholm, University of Bradford