The world is facing increasingly complex challenges, including higher levels of conflict, displacement, political polarization and social fragmentation. Addressing these challenges requires new tools and approaches that can support conflict prevention, peacebuilding, and advancing resilient societies. 

PeaceTech is the intentional use of technologies and data to save lives, safeguard human dignity, prevent, mitigate, or recover from conflict, enable accountability, and help people live with dignity, agency, and security. 

Yet while enormous investment has gone into technologies of war, comparatively little attention has been devoted to technologies explicitly designed to prevent violence, protect civilians, strengthen resilience, and build lasting peace. This mapping seeks to help fill that gap.

Drawing on desk research conducted between February and May 2026 and learnings from supporting the 2023 – 2025 Kluz Prize for PeaceTech, we identified and curated 100 current and potential use cases of PeaceTech across the conflict cycle and for long-term peacebuilding. 

This mapping is intended to be illustrative rather than exhaustive. Given the rapid pace of technological innovation and the diversity of peacebuilding contexts, no single review can capture every current or emerging PeaceTech application. Instead, the 100 use cases are designed to demonstrate the breadth of possibilities, identify promising patterns, and stimulate further discussion, research, and innovation across the field.

More detailed case studies about these use cases along with the potential and risks of PeaceTech will be published in our forthcoming white paper this fall. 

The 100 Use Cases

Figure 1. Screen capture of 100 Use Cases of PeaceTech

The 100 Use Cases are categorized by maturity level. As shown in the above spreadsheet, we identified: 

• 20 established use cases that have been deployed at scale with evidence of impact; 

• 20 growing use cases that have active pilots or are in the early stages of deployment;

• 20 use cases in the conceptual stage of design; and 

• 40 unexplored use cases that have potential but have not yet been fully established or deployed. 

In what follows we outline several key themes across each of these categories. Three broader observations emerged from reviewing more than one hundred current and future examples:

• Most PeaceTech today focuses on responding to conflict rather than preventing it.

• AI starts to appear across nearly every stage of the conflict cycle.

• The largest innovation gap lies not in hardware but in coordination, governance, incentives, and trusted institutions.

Established Uses of PeaceTech

Figure 2. Screen capture of selection of established uses of PeaceTech, from
100 Use Cases of PeaceTech

Since the PeaceTech field took off in the late 2000s, a number of technologies have become well established in the field of peacebuilding. Established use cases include the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for early warning systems and monitoring of conflicts. One notable example is the Violence & Impacts Early-Warning System (VIEWS), which is a machine learning (ML) tool that uses data from trusted data providers to forecast inter- and intra-state conflicts globally.  

Crowdsourcing technologies are also being harnessed for early warning systems and conflict monitoring. Crowdsourcing technologies allow anyone with a mobile device to contribute to the peace process through reporting incidences of violence, misinformation, or hate speech. A notable example is the Ushahidi platform designed for rapid collection, management and analysis of crowdsourced information. 

Other well established use cases include satellite imagery for ceasefire monitoring, drones for aid delivery and demining, and online learning platforms for peace education.

Growing Uses of PeaceTech

Figure 3. Screen capture of selection of growing uses of PeaceTech,
from 100 Use Cases of PeaceTech

Agentic and generative AI are increasingly being used for simulations of geopolitical conflict and negotiation processes. Immersive technologies such as virtual reality are being leveraged for training for peace missions, healing post-traumatic stress disorder and empathy exercises. VR provides a low-risk realistic setting for those preparing for missions, or recovering after conflict. VR can also support with storytelling and help raise awareness of on-the-ground conditions during a conflict.

Others include the use of blockchain for transparent aid distribution, three-dimensional printing for rebuilding post-conflict, and digital civic participation platforms. 

Emerging Uses of PeaceTech

 

Figure 4. Screen capture of selection of emerging uses of PeaceTech,
from 100 Use Cases of PeaceTech

Many PeaceTech use cases are growing in importance, including AI-based electoral integrity monitoring, blockchain-based identity for displaced persons, and digital reconciliation platforms. Drones are being used for demining operations, but could also be harnessed for other positive purposes such as underwater mapping of conflict related environmental damage. 

AI is currently being used to detect and mitigate hate speech online and online misinformation. AI tools could also be used to detect deep fake content.

Additional emerging use cases include the use of virtual reality for empathy building, automated ceasefire violation detection, and climate conflict risk forecasting. 

Frontiers in PeaceTech

 

Figure 5. Screen capture of selection of opportunities in PeaceTech,
from 100 Use Cases of PeaceTech

Our review suggests that while PeaceTech has made significant progress, many of its greatest opportunities still lie ahead. Five frontiers stand out.

Anticipating Conflict. Future PeaceTech can strengthen early warning by detecting the social, political, economic, and environmental signals that often precede violence, enabling earlier and more effective intervention.

Protecting People. New technologies can enhance humanitarian response by improving civilian protection, aid delivery, situational awareness, and crisis coordination during conflict.

Advancing Accountability. AI, satellite imagery, blockchain, and digital evidence systems offer new ways to document human rights violations, preserve evidence, and support justice and accountability.

Supporting Recovery. PeaceTech can help rebuild societies by restoring services, supporting reconciliation, preserving cultural heritage, and strengthening trust between communities and institutions.

Building Resilience. Beyond responding to conflict, PeaceTech can foster long-term peace by strengthening governance, civic participation, education, social cohesion, and institutional capacity.

Ultimately, the future of PeaceTech is not about developing more technology, but about using technology more intentionally to prevent conflict, protect human dignity, and build more peaceful and resilient societies.