Crowdsourcing has the potential to transform peacebuilding efforts through the use of data, funding, and devices. New technologies allow anyone to become a media maker and share information globally, which could help resolve conflicts. However, crowdsourcing also has risks and could enable the spread of misinformation, so it needs to be approached carefully to avoid potential harms.

1. Crowdsourcing
Conflict Management
Sheldon Himelfarb
Center of Innovation:
Science, Technology & Peacebuilding

2. USIP is an independent, nonpartisan institution funded by Congress to help prevent, manage
and resolve violent international conflict by empowering others with skills and resources, and
by our direct involvement in peacebuilding efforts.

3. Peacebuilding is
undergoing a dramatic
transformation because of
technology. Can a tweet be mightier than the sword?

4. We are all media
makers for a global
audience.

5. | Data
| Dollars
sourcing | Devices

6. Image courtesy Libya Crisis Map
Crowdsourcing | Data

7. Crowdsourcing | Dollars

8. Crowdsourcing | Devices

9. The Dark Side

10. “The future is already
here. It’s just not widely
distributed yet.”
—William Gibson