Across the United Kingdom and around the world, people experience violence in cities not only through acts of physical harm but also through entrenched structural and social inequalities. Identity-Based Mass Violence in Urban Contexts: Uncovered, a new, innovative edited volume, offers fresh insights from global examples on how chronic and acute mass violence are related to one another, the drivers of various forms of violence, and the proactive steps leaders can take to address exclusions and harms experienced by communities.

This volume directly exposes the fault lines that contribute to identity-based mass violence. It is not just an academic exercise, but a call to action that urges policymakers, public and private funders, academics, and practitioners to address and prevent violence in its many forms and commit to long-term transformation.
Join us as we discuss:

1) A groundbreaking blend of peer-reviewed analysis and lived testimony—merging academic rigor, artistic expression, and personal evidence together in one volume.

2) Insights on bringing together diverse disciplines of atrocity prevention, urban violence, and peacebuilding to better understand the scale and nature of why identity-based mass violence occurs, and the solution set in cities.

3) The launch of a book born from community and care, the global team that made it possible, and the stories, wisdom, and courage that shape its pages.

Please join us on the 20th of November at 5:30 for an inaugural reception and book launch to discuss these critical issues.