Overview

A research community and discussion platform within Sophia University's Professor Daisaku Higashi Peacebuilding and International Cooperation Laboratory. As President, Risa Koyanagi led discussions on global conflict resolution and diplomacy, facilitating seminars where students analysed peacebuilding strategies with a particular focus on conflict mediation in Ukraine, Afghanistan, Iraq, and South Sudan.

As part of her leadership, she organised a dialogue with Ukrainian students, fostering firsthand perspectives and deeper discussions on the Ukraine war. She also designed promotional materials to enhance engagement and outreach. Through this role, she aimed to deepen understanding of international peace efforts while connecting students with experts in the field.

The laboratory provided an intellectually serious setting for sustained dialogue between students, researchers, and policy practitioners.

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Activities

• —Led discussions on global conflict resolution and diplomacy
• —Facilitated seminars analysing peacebuilding strategies across Ukraine, Afghanistan, Iraq, and South Sudan
• —Organised dialogue with Ukrainian students for firsthand perspectives on the war
• —Designed promotional materials to enhance engagement and outreach
• —Connected students with experts in international peace efforts
• —Engagement with policy practitioners and academic researchers