The World Peace Museum, a project by peace researcher Franz Jedlicka, is expected to be completed in early 2026 and will be shown as a traveling exhibition at various locations.
Here is a brief description.
In the twenty-first century, we already know quite precisely which factors make a country peaceful.
- For example, we know from peace researcher Johan Galtung that countries cannot achieve lasting peace if structural and cultural violence already exists within them.
- The Institute for Economics and Peace has found eight factors of peace and regularly presents global data on them in its Positive Peace Report.
- The same institute publishes the annual Global Peace Index, which ranks the world's countries according to their peacefulness. There is certainly much to learn from the most peaceful countries on this scale.
- Finally, the psycho social factors of peacefulness are quite well researched. Franz Jedlicka emphasizes the importance of a non-violent upbringing of children as the foundation of peaceful societies. This theory has also been confirmed by examining the biographies of political figures who started wars: The historian Sven Fuchs has identified adverse childhood experiences in all of them.
- And, of course, equal rights for women are a proven factor for the peacefulness of societies.
In the World Peace Museum, all of these findings are presented on display boards, as are inspiring peace initiatives and methods of reconciliation after armed conflicts.
Above all, however, the museum is intended to be a place for discussion. It addresses the question of what individuals, or peace organizations, can do for more peace. But also what peace strategies should be demanded of political leaders.
You are also invited to discuss these questions with comments under the social media posts of this museum. And you can already post a comment here (comments are moderated).
