Putting Science to Work for Peace: A Special Issue in Honor of Emile Bruneau

Emile Bruneau devoted his life to “putting science to work for peace,” and he wished that scientists, practitioners, and civil society would carry on this vision. The aim of this special issue is to document and advance those efforts—where science meets the real world and practice informs inquiry. This special issue brings together over a dozen different research articles that continue Emile’s vision of understanding the biological and social roots of conflict and developing interventions to promote peace. The articles published in this special issue focus on conflict and peacebuilding across the globe, incorporate a variety of methodologies and developmental perspectives, and advance both theory and practice. In this introduction, we highlight the connection between these articles and Emile’s research, specifically his research on empathy, dehumanization, and peacebuilding interventions.