Planning for Peace is a research group directed by Delia Duong Ba Wendel at M.I.T.

Planning for Peace explores peacebuilding in and through place. Our research supports place-specific emancipatory processes that advance rights and dignity, seek justice for harms done, educate societies, repair group relations, improve quality of life, and strengthen the economic and political self-determination of marginalized communities.

Current research concerns memory justice, the politics of post-conflict reconstruction, the political ecology of conflict, reparations and reconciliation processes, and trauma-informed planning initiatives. Our work includes community-led projects in Rwanda, Chile, and the United States.

 Planning for Peace
Research Associates

  • Xavier Ayub

    Emma Cutler

    Rachel Gottfried-Clancy

  • Chen Chu

    Kaede Polkinghorne

    Manal Zia

    Daud Shad

    Yabework Abebe Kifetew

    Melissa Teng

    Tyler Rivera

    Sylvia Danielak

  • Research positions open to current M.I.T. undergraduate and graduate students.
    Email Delia Wendel [wendel at mit dot edu] for details.

    Planning for Peace is also keen to collaborate with communities and organizations on developing forms of repair, justice, and critical peace.
    Please reach out to us at [wendel at mit dot edu].