Connecting and innovating to deliver meaningful prosperity and peace pathways


How can we jointly create prosperity and peace pathways that have a dynamic coherence between socioeconomic and environmental priorities, are locally valid and locally owned, and which guide actions towards socially-just futures?

WHERE WE WORK

We work across the Lake Chad region, carrying out research on conflict, peace, livelihood and prosperity issues, building the capacity of a new generation of young academics in security, environment and development research, while also bringing together science, society and the state in a reciprocally useful way to advance innovative approaches to knowledge co-creation and change-making.

OUR TEAM

We are a team of skilled researchers working across multiple disciplines on projects covering many areas of human security, peace, environment and development research. We embody a rich blend of experience and aspire to make discoveries that impact lives and livelihoods.

DISCOVER OUR RESEARCH

Much of the work we do involves exploratory research, field visits, interactions with diverse stakeholders and communities in the Lake Chad region, data gathering and analysis, and knowledge exchange through local citizen labs, publications and public meetings and events.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

The Triple Challenge: Food Security and Vulnerabilities of Fishing and Farming Households in Situations Characterized by Increasing Conflict, Climate Shock, and Environmental Degradation

Harms to Community Food Security Resulting from Gender-Based Violence | Journal Paper, December 2022

Peace paths - understanding what helps and hinders peace in places experiencing multiple forms of violent conflict: perspectives from the Sahel region | presented by Professor Bakut | July 2022

Read more +24 November 2024 By Uche Okpara in Latest Posts, News

Participation in the Third International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding at The Hague, Netherlands

Read more +14 March 2024 By Uche Okpara in All, Latest Posts, News

Dr Uche Okpara contributes to influential Global Tipping Point Report

Read more +14 March 2024 By Uche Okpara in All, Latest Posts, News

The Nexus of Climate and Conflict in the Lake Chad Region: What We Know, Don’t Know and Need to Know

Read more +09 June 2023 By Uche Okpara in All, Latest Posts, News

International Stakeholder Forum on Nigeria Conflict Data Ecosystem | 19 July 2023 | Nigerian Airforce (NAF) Conference Centre, Abuja NIGERIA

Read more +28 May 2023 By Uche Okpara in Latest Posts, News

Job Opening

Read more +11 February 2023 By Uche Okpara in News

Dr Uche Okpara participated in a High-Level Conference on the Lake Chad Region in Niamey, Niger Republic, 23-24 January 2023

Read more +10 January 2023 By Uche Okpara in News

Call for papers for a Special Issue on “Climate, Land, Food Security and Sustainable Peace” in
the Journal Land (Deadline 15 May 2023). Full details are available

Read more +05 January 2023 By Uche Okpara in News

Uche Okpara is a new Co-Investigator in a Gender-just landscapes research covering gender- based violence and community protection in land, natural resource and climate conflicts

Read more +18 December 2022 By Uche Okpara in News

Uche Okpara awarded prestigious Future Leaders Fellowship from the UK Research and Innovation

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uche4purpose Dr Uche Okpara @uche4purpose ·
23 Nov

I am excited to introduce the entire @nextpathwayslab project team members. We are advancing research, policy and practice in the interdisciplinary areas of peace-centred development and socially-just futures @NRInstitute

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uche4purpose Dr Uche Okpara @uche4purpose ·
22 Nov

Excited to share @nextpathwayslab documentary revealing how we are using #bottomup approaches to co-create meaningful prosperity-peace pathways for the #LakeChad region @NRInstitute

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24 Sep

As we @nextpathwayslab continue to uncover paths to #prosperity and #peace, the need for 'a reformed multilateral system' is increasingly evident to address complex global challenges and ensure equitable representation of diverse voices in international decision-making processes

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