AI Scholars to Examine Artificial Intelligence’s Role in Peacebuilding
AI Scholars to Examine Artificial Intelligence’s Role in Peacebuilding
Publish Date: 2026-07-11 13:23:00
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G20 Interfaith Forum
The webinar, “AI and Peacebuilding,” is part of IF20’s ongoing “AI and Human Flourishing” webinar series.
By itself, AI will not solve conflict; neither will it build peace, but it can contribute to human-led efforts toward peace.”
— Julian Weinberg, founder of Dialogue Action
LONDON, GREATER LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, July 11, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — The G20 Interfaith Forum (IF20), the world’s leading organization focused on the intersection of faith and policy, will host a webinar on July 16 examining how artificial intelligence is reshaping the work of peacemaking. Titled “AI and Peacebuilding” and part of IF20’s ongoing “AI and Human Flourishing” series, the session gathers a key negotiator of Northern Ireland’s 1998 Good Friday Agreement, a leading Oxford scholar of cultural evolution, and the founder of an international dialogue organization to ask how AI can strengthen, rather than supplant, human-led efforts toward peace.
The webinar’s premise is that AI can help communities detect conflict early, bridge divides through dialogue, and support collaborative problem-solving rooted in human dignity. Yet the speakers converge on a shared caution: the technology is a tool for human peacemakers, not a substitute for them.
John, Lord Alderdice — a psychoanalytic psychiatrist and a key negotiator of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement — argues that peacemaking must evolve alongside both conflict and technology.
“The work of peacemakers must adapt both to the changing character of conflict and to the rapidly emerging new technologies,” Alderdice said. “As AI impacts the neuro-psychological development of individuals, as well as how societies function, it must be a key focus of our study and praxis.”
Professor Pieter Francois, Director of Oxford University’s Computational Humanities Lab and Co-Chair of the IF20 subgroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief, will lead the discussion. He cautions that AI’s…
