The SLB initiative commissions qualitative research to complement the findings of the quantitative SLB Public Opinion Surveys and to explore issues related to reconciliation in more depth. The thematic studies address issues that range from the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks in April 2019 and the retaliatory violence against Muslims, to trust amongst identity groups and political institutions, livelihoods amongst displaced Muslim women who returned to the Northern Province,  youth discourses on reconciliation, and exploring the views of Buddhist monks on reconciliation.