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The paper gives examples of ten organisations doing groundbreaking work in the PeaceTech space, before offering a framework for understanding PeaceTech and snapshots of innovation. The paper then goes on to list potential challenges, such as issues around access, digital literacy, ethics and marketplace competition, and ends by discussing future opportunities for PeaceTech to meet the challenges of the 21st century.<\/p>\n<h4>Peace Analytics Series<\/h4>\n<p>PeaceRep\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/peacerep.org\/research\/peace-analytics-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peace Analytics Series<\/a> features the research methodology underlying the PeaceTech innovations of the PeaceRep programme.<\/p>\n<p>The series includes: data scoping research; \u2018how to\u2019 discussions relating to particular challenges in the field of visualisations and geocoding; and other proof-of-concept tech-based innovations, such as the use of natural language processing. 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