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This publication examines how peacebuilding actors can develop interventions that limit the drivers of conflict and maximize the drivers of peace on a local level in Kirkuk, Iraq. It highlights five key areas on which such actors should focus their attention: language, intergroup relations, acts of everyday conflict, use of space, and privilege. Based on these themes, the text’s author also offers recommendations on how to strengthen intergroup relations, limit the role of social privilege as a driver of conflict, build peace from the bottom up, target the most marginalized, and reduce inequalities between and within ethno-sectarian groups.