Identities are Manmade and Therefore can be Shaped by Mankind

Cultures and nations are often assumed to be "real" and unquestionable. What are our options when we discover that they are anything but?

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Countering Conflict, Promoting Peace
Inaccurate ideas of who we are and where we come from can be the cause of major divisions in society. Providing accurate and countering false information can help to avoid and resolve conflict.

Building Global Minds
Building educational strategies that connect people together using familiar ideas and relationships can help individuals adopt positive, empowering and inclusive self-concepts.

Advancing the Human Sciences
By innovating the interdisciplinary theory that describes how identities function, our tools for engaging and positively transforming identities can be even more effective.

Rooted in Academia
OICD theory and practice has been developed over a decade of academic collaboration. Every new project and tool applies the latest interdisciplinary findings.

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When Identities Draw Lines in History

Where do the stories of our cultures begin? Are these historical starting points arbitrary? How are they defined? And what can they tell us about how conflict and division gets started and how it can be resolved?

Identity is a core issue for peacebuilding work, but also a very
complex one. What I found interesting and relevant about the
OICD approach is the way it combines a high level conceptual
model with practical application.
Phil Vernon, Director of Programmes, International Alert, London, UK