In the era defined by geopolitical uncertainties, long-standing conflicts, and mounting pressure on liberal democratic standards, the diaspora and translocal groups have become the key players in peacebuilding and cross-border collaboration. This shifting global landscape underscores the need to examine peace formation beyond formal diplomacy, drawing attention to the informal, affective, and translocal infrastructures constructed by ordinary people, mobile communities, and diasporic actors across regions.

This workshop examines the mechanisms through which such communities function as agile, adaptive peace infrastructures through which pilgrimage paths, pastoral migration pathways and migrant memory networks are transformed as reconciliation platforms across South Asia, West Africa and Europe. By drawing together cases spanning the Global South and Global North, the workshop highlights how peace imaginaries and mobility practices circulate trans-regionally, generating new forms of interconnected governance and solidarity. The workshop explores the identities-in-motion approach as a framework for recalibrating borders, fostering constructive dialogue, and enabling comparative analysis through inclusive peace strategies. It does so by examining cases such as the Kartarpur Corridor with its distinct translocal resonance, Fulani mobility systems in the Lake Chad Basin, Turkish-German integration pathways, and Syrian diaspora settlement processes.