United States Institute of Peace

The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is a globally recognized, congressionally established organization focused on conflict prevention, peacebuilding, and international policy research. I served as the primary developer on their full Drupal build, delivering a large, flexible, and highly structured platform capable of supporting thousands of articles, reports, interactive content, and regional insights.

Flexible Component System for a Large Editorial Team

To support USIP’s extensive publishing workflow, I built a component-driven system using flexible layouts and reusable Paragraphs components. Editors gained the ability to assemble complex pages—reports, Q&As, country profiles, policy analyses—while maintaining consistency across a massive content catalog.

Interactive Regions Map

A key feature of the site was the interactive regions map, which allowed visitors to explore country- and region-specific content. This provided an intuitive way to navigate USIP’s global work, surfacing research, analysis, and peacebuilding initiatives based on geography.

Built for Scale, Clarity & Longevity

Because USIP publishes frequently and serves a large international audience, I focused on performance, caching, and clean content architecture from day one. The result was a platform that could evolve easily, support heavy editorial activity, and remain resilient as content volume increased.

This project highlights my ability to lead a full Drupal build for a high-profile institution, creating a scalable, component-rich system that supports both storytelling and structured research at an enterprise level.