Books

• de Coning, C., Saraiva, R., Muto, A. (2023). Adaptive Peacebuilding: A New Approach to Sustaining Peace in the 21st Century. Twenty-first Century Perspectives on War, Peace, and Human Conflict. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18219-8
• de Coning, C., Muto, A., Saraiva, R. (2022). Adaptive Mediation and Conflict Resolution. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92577-2

Book Chapters

• Saraiva, R. (2022). Micro-evidence from Participatory Conflict Analysis: Toward Context-Specific Adaptive Peacebuilding in Mozambique. In: Kubota, Y. (eds) Micro-evidence for Peacebuilding Theories and Policies. Evidence-Based Approaches to Peace and Conflict Studies, vol 8. Springer, Singapore. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-19-4899-2_5
• Saraiva, R. (2022). Peacemaking from Within: Adaptive Mediation of Direct Dialogue in Mozambique’s New Peace Process (2013–2019). In: de Coning, C., Muto, A., Saraiva, R. (eds) Adaptive Mediation and Conflict Resolution. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92577-2_4
• de Coning, C., Muto, A., Saraiva, R. (2022). Adaptive Mediation and Conflict Resolution in Contemporary and Future Armed Conflicts. In: de Coning, C., Muto, A., Saraiva, R. (eds) Adaptive Mediation and Conflict Resolution. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92577-2_1
• de Coning, C., Muto, A., Saraiva, R. (2022). Adapting to Uncertainty: What Have We Learned from Mediation and Conflict Resolution in Colombia, Mozambique, the Philippines, and Syria. In: de Coning, C., Muto, A., Saraiva, R. (eds) Adaptive Mediation and Conflict Resolution. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92577-2_7

Journal Articles

• Saraiva, R., Erfe, A. 2023. Preventing violent extremism with resilience, adaptive peacebuilding, and community-embedded approaches. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Volume 61, pp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101271
• Saraiva, R., Rodrigues, C. 2022. Coordinating Peacebuilding and Counterinsurgency for Sustaining Peace: Responding to Armed Conflict and Violent Extremism in Mozambique. JICA Ogata Research Institute Research Paper No.1. Tokyo: JICA Ogata Research Institute for Peace and Development, 2022. http://doi.org/10.18884/00001073
• Muto, A., Saraiva, R. (2020). “Assessing Context-Specific Peacebuilding Approaches in Contemporary Armed Conflicts: From High-Level Mediation to Middle-Out Linkage in Syria and from Adaptive Mediation to Nationally-Owned Peacebuilding in Mozambique.” Asian Journal of Peacebuilding Vol. 8 No. 2, pp. 241-264. http://doi.org/10.18588/202011.00a128
• Muto, A., Saraiva, R. (2020). “Contextualizing the Sustaining Peace Approach in Contemporary Armed Conflicts: From High-Level International Mediation to Pragmatic Peacebuilding Initiatives in Syria.” Journal of Human Security Studies, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 39-56. https://doi.org/10.34517/jahss.9.2_39

Others

• de Coning, C., Saraiva, R., Muto, A. 2023. Investing in People and Enhancing Resilience for Sustaining Peace with Adaptive Peacebuilding. https://theglobalobservatory.org/2023/01/investing-in-people-and-enhancing-resilience-for-sustaining-peace-with-adaptive-peacebuilding/ and https://www.accord.org.za/analysis/investing-in-people-and-enhancing-resilience-for-sustaining-peace-with-adaptive-peacebuilding/
• Saraiva, R. 2021. “The Cabo Delgado conundrum amidst the COVID-19 crisis: fostering resilience through inclusive development, peacebuilding, and prevention of violent extremism.” ACCORD Covid-19 Resilience Monitor. https://www.accord.org.za/analysis/the-cabo-delgado-conundrum-amidst-the-covid-19-crisis-fostering-resilience-through-inclusive-development-peacebuilding-and-prevention-of-violent-extremism/

CONFERENCES & INVITED TALKS

• “Adaptive Peacebuilding: A New Approach to Sustaining Peace in the 21st Century.” International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, Montreal, Canada, March 2023. 
• “Roundtable on Adaptive Peacebuilding: A New Approach to Sustaining Peace in the 21st Century.” Japan Society for International Development (JASID) Annual Conference, Tokyo, Japan, December 2022.  
• “Adaptive Mediation in Mozambique, the Philippines, and Syria.” Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Lunch Time Seminar, Tokyo, Japan, August 2022.
• “Japan’s international cooperation for peace and development: the case of Mozambique as a key region for connectivity between Africa and Asia.” 11th Iberian Conference on African Studies, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2022. 
• “Adaptive Mediation in Mozambique.” Book launch event at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Oslo, Norway, May 2022. 
• “Adaptive Mediation: Coping with Complexity and Uncertainty in Colombia, Mozambique, the Philippines, and Syria.” ISA Annual Convention, Nashville, USA, March 2022.
• “The Changing Nature of Peace and Conflict in the 21st Century and its Socio-Economic Impact in Conflict-Affected Countries.” Invited Talk at the International Economics Seminar, Faculty of Economics, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan, December 2021. 
• “Contextualizing Peacebuilding in Mozambique’s Resurgence of Conflict (2013-2019): Direct Dialogue and DDR in an Increasingly Complex Environment.” International Political Science Association World Congress, July 2021.
• “Fostering Resilience amidst Complexity and Uncertainty: Linking Development, Peacebuilding, and Prevention of Violent Extremism.” Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Lunch Time Seminar, Tokyo, Japan, April 2021.
• “Adaptive Peacemaking Amidst Complexity: A Conceptual and Applied Alternative to Determined-designed Mediation Approaches.” Japan Society for International Development (JASID) Annual Conference, December 2020.
• “Evolving Peacebuilding Approaches in the Context of Mozambique’s Resurgence of Conflict (2013-Present): Innovating Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration in an Increasingly Complex Environment.” ISA Annual Convention, Honolulu, March 2020 (Paper accepted, presentation suspended due to COVID-19 Pandemic).
• “Assessing Context-Specific Peacebuilding Approaches in Contemporary Complex, Protracted and Recurring Armed Conflicts: From Mediation to Reconstruction in Syria and From Direct Dialogue to Trust Building in Mozambique.” Japan Society for International Development (JASID) & Japan Association for Human Security Studies (JAHSS) Joint International Conference, Tokyo University, Japan, November 2019.
• “Evolution of Human Security in ASEAN and beyond during the era of SDGs: Bridging norms and practice.” ISA Asia Pacific, NTU Singapore, 2019.