Defining and Measuring Peace: The Community Peace Index

The evolving concept of peace building has crossed multiple disciplines. Whether involving health or security, agriculture or technology, efforts have been delineated to foster the development of peace through creative programs. Despite trillions of dollars spent on peace projects there is no true measurement of this concept at a community level. Hence, a community peace index (CPI)™ serves as a valuable measurement tool. Our effort is to develop and utilize the psychometric instrument for measurement of peace creation at the community level in response to humanitarian interventions. CPI™ measures seven domains, from emotional tone and sense of calm to group and social connectedness.

This reliable index generates insights on how peace can be measured, accounted for, taken away, and created. It sets into motion the path by which communities achieve peace and recognize its role in improving global order. Capturing the essence of stability and social capital in a community it's possible to tailor interventions to achieve the maximum benefit in terms of optimizing peace. As a scientifically proven measuring tool, CPI™ can be applied to confined environments to communities emerging from conflict. New fields of inquiry begin by pondering a complex problem. What greater query than measuring peace? The development and implementation of the CPI™ serves as a scale to calibrate the effectiveness of positive interventions across cultures. It helps translate subjective assessments into objective measurements and provide a paradigm shift in our efforts in improving the human condition for the world today and the dreams for tomorrow.