Description
This paper explores how young people in Scotland conceptualise and enact peace in contexts characterised by social division, inequality, and everyday tensions rather than overt conflict. Drawing on arts-based and participatory research with 59 young participants aged 12–18, it demonstrates how youth articulate peace through values of human rights, equality, and relational responsibility. The paper highlights both the potential and tensions of youth-led peacebuilding, particularly around solidarity and collective responsibility, and argues for rethinking peacebuilding as a relational and locally grounded process supported by innovative methodologies.