The major challenges facing humanity are global in nature – climate change, pandemics, ever decreasing biodiversity, lack of usable fresh water and food security to name a few. Without a world that is basically peaceful, we will never get the levels of trust, cooperation and inclusiveness needed to solve these issues – yet, what creates peace is poorly understood.

In his ground-breaking debut book, Peace in the Age of Chaos, Steve Killelea, founder of both the Global Peace Index and the world-renowned think tank the Institute for Economics and Peace, shares his personal journey to measure and understand peace – a peace that positive, achievable and a tangible measure of human wellbeing and progress.

Join us for a conversation with Mr Killelea about his new book, why he believes peace is a perquisite for survival of society as we know it in the 21st century, and how Positive Peace provides an exciting new approach to solving some of the most intractable problems of our time.

To order a copy of ‘Peace in the Age of Chaos’, visit www.peaceintheageofchaos.org and type in the promo code OZ20 upon checkout for an exclusive 20% discount on either the hard copy or digital version of the book.

Event Link Details

This webinar will livestream at 7 pm on Thursday 18 February .

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About the Speakers

Steve Killelea AM

Steve Killelea AM is a global philanthropist focused on peace and sustainable development, with a long, successful career in high technology and international business development. Over the last two decades, Steve has applied his business skills to his many global philanthropic activities, established an internationally renowned global think tank, the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP), and a private family charity, The Charitable Foundation, which now has over three million direct beneficiaries. In 2010, Steve was honoured as a Member of the Order of Australia for his service to the global peace movement and the provision of humanitarian aid to the developing world. Steve has also been recognised as one of the 100 most influential people in the world on reducing armed violence and, in 2016, he was awarded the Luxembourg Peace Prize. Steve currently serves on the President’s Circle for Club de Madrid, the largest forum of former world leaders working to strengthen democracy, and is a trustee and treasurer for Religion for Peace, the world’s largest organisation working on inter-religious challenges.

John Cleary

John Cleary is a veteran ABC broadcaster and one of Australia's best-known commentators on religion. In his 30-year career with the ABC he has worked extensively in both radio and television, but is known principally for his association with Sunday Nights on ABC Local Radio and The Religion Report on ABC Radio National. John began his career in Perth, where he was one of the original Compass team on ABC TV and a co-presenter of the philosophy program, Meridian, on Radio National in the 1990s. For several years, John also appeared in a regular slot on the ABC youth network JJJ. His 1992 book on the Salvation Army in Australia was awarded the Christian Book of the Year. In 2008, John was host of the interfaith event held by the Catholic Church in conjunction with World Youth Day and the visit of Pope Benedict XVI.