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About CEASEFIRE!
Understanding the research, development, and vision behind our humanitarian ceasefire negotiation training game
Our Mission
CEASEFIRE! Bridges the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical application in peacebuilding education. We believe that effective humanitarian negotiation requires both technical expertise and emotional intelligence working in harmony.
Our vision is to create a future where peacegaming becomes a cornerstone of conflict resolution training, providing interactive experiences for students and practitioners to develop critical skills that would be essential for performing in real world-crises.
Research Foundation
CEASEFIRE! is grounded in academic research and real-world negotiation methodologies
CEASEFIRE is informed and inspired by academic and applied research across the fields of international law, ceasefires, negotiation, psychology and emotions.
Click here to view key research resources that shaped CEASEFIRE.
Click here to view key research resources that shaped CEASEFIRE.
Supported By
University of Glasgow Knowledge Exchange Funds (GKEF)
University of Glasgow Academic Returners and Research Funds
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office via the Beyond Compliance Consortium
Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform (PeaceRep), University of Edinburgh
Where realism meets imagination
Legal Accuracy
All scenarios reflect actual international humanitarian law and established negotiation protocols
Real-World Context
Scenarios based on analysis of historical ceasefire negotiations, using the PeaceRep PA-X Peace Agreement Database
Practitioner Input
Iterative feedback from active humanitarian negotiators and peace practitioners
Fictional Universe
Deploying metaphors and abstracts concepts to promote curiosity and learning
Why Peacegaming?
Linking emotional literacy and humanitarian law through interactive experience
Peacegaming
The move from wargaming to peacegaming represents a significant evolution in how simulation and strategy are used for learning and policy exploration. While wargaming traditionally focuses on conflict dynamics, tactical advantage, and military outcomes, peacegaming reorients these methods toward the promotion of understanding, cooperation, and humanitarian decision-making. It challenges the dominance of competitive, zero-sum frameworks in simulation-based learning, instead foregrounding the complex processes of negotiation, compromise, and conflict transformation. By doing so, peacegaming fills a critical gap in a market saturated with conflict-centric models, using the same strategic tools to train empathy, diplomacy, and the pursuit of sustainable peace.
CEASEFIRE! creates scenarios where legal expertise and emotional awareness must work together, reflecting the integrated nature of real world humanitarian negotiations.
Cognitive Learning
- • International humanitarian law principles
- • Negotiation strategies and tactics
- • Conflict analysis frameworks
- • Legal precedents and case studies
Emotional Learning
- • Emotional recognition and regulation
- • Empathy and perspective-taking
- • Stress management under pressure
- • Building trust and rapport
Team & Contributors
CEASEFIRE! is the result of collaborative effort across institutions and disciplines
Prof. Rebecca Sutton
Principal Investigator
University of Glasgow
Dr. Daisy Abbott
Research Developer
Glasgow School of Art
Dr. Matthew Leeper
Director and Producer
Education Evolved
Sumeet Gurung
Development Lead and Producer
Education Evolved
Sarah Ahmed
Art Advisor and Graphic Recordings
The Floating Designer
Felix Olesen
Game Developer
Education Evolved
Expert Contributors
Govinda Clayton
Project Manager and Thematic Lead, Ceasefires and Security Arrangements, in the Mediation Support and Policy Unit at the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD).
Marika Sosnowski
Academic based in the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness at Melbourne Law School.
Sophie Haspeslagh
Lecturer in International Relations in the Department of War Studies at King's College London.
Orly Stern
Researcher, consultant and human rights lawyer from South Africa with a focus on women in war.
Dominique Gassauer
Civ-Mil Coordination Focal Point at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Adam Farquhar
Research Associate and Data Officer at PeaceRep, University of Edinburgh.
Florian Weigand
Co-Director of the Centre for Armed Groups.
Ezequiel Heffes
Humanitarian Policy Advisor at UNICEF.
Rob Grace
Research Lead at Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict.
Stephen Wilkinson
Director of the IHL Centre.
Youth Peace Gamers
Yukta Yadav
Former Glasgow Erasmus ILGSPD Masters student – IHL, games and legal decision-making.
Amandine Baudais Baconnet
MLitt Peacebuilding and Mediation, University of St Andrews.
Iiris Aliska
MLitt Peacebuilding and Mediation, University of St Andrews – mediator in training with Scottish Mediation.
(Ian) Linhao Ye
Game Developer, MSc Serious Game & Virtual Reality, Glasgow School of Art.
Ruxuan Wang (Rim)
MSc in IT, University of Glasgow.
Siva Kiran
Advertising student, Edinburgh Napier.
Malak Mohamad
Law graduate from Lebanon, based in Glasgow.
Hsin Yi (Laarna) Sim
Undergraduate student in International Relations at the University of Glasgow.
King (Casey) Leung
Undergraduate student, University of St Andrews.
Bartlomiej (Bart) Maciejewski
Student of Diplomacy and International Security, University of Strathclyde.
Sofiia Dziubenko
Student in Immersive Design, Glasgow School of Art.
Niall Mohan
MLitt Peacebuilding and Mediation graduate, University of St Andrews.
Madalina Cocîrs
MLitt Peacebuilding, University of St Andrews – specialist in female soldiers and reintegration.
Heesoo Lim
3D modelling student at Glasgow School of Art.
Jacinta Arthur
Experimental Project Researcher at University of Glasgow Games and Gaming Lab.
Anne Foote
IR and Russian Languages, University of St Andrews.
Roumaissa Amrani
Student in Intelligence, Security and Strategic Studies, University of Glasgow, and former intern at UoG Games Lab.