Lia de Giau

​Lia Da Giau is a UWC Maastricht Alumna, currently studying Sustainable Development at the University of St Andrews (Scotland). This is Lia’s second time on stage at St Janskerk, after giving the IPC 2020 opening speech as an IPC team member. She is now back to deliver a speech titled ‘What do Peace and Peas Have in Common?’. Very captivating prompt, but also a strategy to distract you from the semi-academic content of her presentation. She will be sharing insights on her work as a researcher for the Visualising Peace project, focusing on inner, local and global dimensions of peace education.  

The Visualising Peace Project was established in January 2022 by Dr Alice König, senior lecturer in the School of Classics at the University of St Andrews. The Visualising Peace project contributes to reframing how we study and understand peace and conflict, by exploring such themes through the lenses of the various connotation that peace acquires on an individual, societal and academic level. Their proposition is simple: we often understand peace in relation to conflict, but what would happen if we put peace and its implications at the centre?   
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During the years, the scope of the project expanded according to the input of the student researchers involved. We have been carrying out an extensive literature review on how peace is conceptualised in different fields of study, and made these resources available to the public through the Visualising Peace Library. To facilitate a better understanding of what it could mean to ‘visualise peace’, we curate a virtual Museum of Peace, collating a series of resources under broader thematic groups. ​

Fatma Moulay

Fatma is a Saharawi activist and human rights defender, currently working as UJSARIO’s international coordinator. She has worked both politically and socially to advocate for human rights, gender equality, and youth employment. She has started business ventures in her community to improve the lives of Saharawi refugees and participated in campaigns to promote peace and a sustainable future.