The Toda Peace Institute is an independent, nonpartisan institute committed to advancing a more just and peaceful world through policy-oriented peace research and practice. The institute commissions evidence-based research, convenes multi-track and multi-disciplinary problem-solving workshops and seminars, and promotes dialogue across ethnic, cultural, religious and political divides. It catalyses practical, policy-oriented conversations between theoretical experts, practitioners, policymakers and civil society leaders in order to discern innovative and creative solutions to the major problems confronting the world in the twenty-first century.
Toda Peace Institute was established on 11 February, 1996 by Daisaku Ikeda, a Buddhist philosopher, educator, prolific writer and poet, and founding president of Soka Gakkai International (SGI). The institute was founded in honour of Ikeda’s mentor, Josei Toda, and his vision for sustainable peace, a world without nuclear weapons, and respect for the inherent dignity of life.
Vision
A more peaceful world in which greater cooperation, inclusion, diversity, and innovation are harnessed to build a sustainable future.
Mission
Toda Peace Institute develops creative nonviolent options to address the interconnected, complex, and transnational problems that threaten peace and human survival, through collaborative problem solving and evidence-based research, drawing on humanity’s capacity for goodwill and creativity, reality-based optimism, inclusive facilitation processes and a willingness to search for cooperative solutions across differences.
Work themes and programmes
With scholars, policy-makers and civil society actors from across the globe, and through evidence-based policy-relevant research and dialogical workshops and conferences, the Toda Peace Institute produces cutting-edge analyses, policy briefs and reports, practical peace proposals, and innovative policy ideas in its key thematic programmes:
Our Partners
The Toda Peace Institute convenes key diverse partners and stakeholders from government, business, religious, academic, activist, and other civil society groups, recognising that no one actor...
Staff
The Toda Peace Institute's administrative office is located in Tokyo.
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