Peace Innovation Lab, Naval PostGraduate School & US Army Special Warfare Center Partner on Governance, Security & Development

Governance is seemingly an intuitive process—the act of governing—but its conceptualization and its measures are complicated by the dynamic variation of modern societies.  To date, no universally accepted definition of the assessment of governance exists.  Even more contentious are the explanations of how governance interacts with the processes of security and development.  

Nevertheless, governance is recognizably the most critical issue for, not only social sciences, but also the entire international development community.In recognition of the pertinence of governance, Stanford Peace Innovation Lab is collaborating with the Naval Postgraduate School and the US Army Special Warfare Center and School to better understand governance and identify how governance can build peace and uplift communities. Learn more