Conflict Research Society Annual Conference 2015
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1 Conflict Research Society Annual Conference 2015 Monday 14 September Registration and coffee (Grimond foyer) Welcome (Grimond Lecture Theatre 2 GLT2) John Baldock (Pro Vice Chancellor, University of Kent) Feargal Cochrane (Director, Conflict Analysis Research Centre, Kent) Hugh Miall (Chair, Conflict Research Society) Parallel Sessions M10A (Grimond Seminar Room 1 GS1) Theme: Transforming conflict Chair Dagmar Kusa Discussant Jacob Jacob Paper 1: Sophie Haspeslagh: Levelling acute asymmetry? Negotiating with terrorists and the inception of peace processes: getting to the table with the FARC in Colombia pre and post 9/11 Paper 2: Daniel Kirkpatrick, Problematizing Criminality: Reframing Criminality through Critical Legal Theory Paper 3: Dagmar Kusa, Path to Peace Leads through the Past Paper 4: Jacob Jacob: Narratives of Loss & Hate: Conversations with Boko Haram Displaced Persons in North-East Nigeria M10B (GS2) Theme: Peacekeeping in question Chair: Philip Cunliffe Discussant: Rachel Julian Paper 1: Donata-Katharina Brunelli, The Establishment of Peacekeeping Missions revisited: How International Factors Impact on the Intervention Decisions of Third Parties. Paper 2: Jude Cocodia, Evaluating Factors Responsible For Peacekeeping s Outcomes Through African Union Peace Operations In Somalia And Darfur Paper 3: Philip Cunliffe, Peacekeeping and the Militarisation of Peace 1
2 Paper 4: Rachel Julian, Challenging peacekeeping: how the incorporation of nonviolence reaches out to the local. M10C (GS3) Theme: Practitioner Panel (Conciliation Resrouces/Accord): Doing Peace Differently: Legitimacy and Peace Processes Chair: Prof Kevin Clements: What is legitimacy and why does it matter for peace? Paper 1: Alexander Ramsbotham: Legitimacy and peace processes. Paper 2: Teresa Dumasy: Implications of legitimacy for peacebuilding policy. Paper 3: Judith Large: Legitimacy in practice in South Asia M10D (GS4) Theme: Collective identities and conflict Chair: Natalia Piskunova Discussant: Marat Iliyasov Paper 1: Natalia Piskunova, Tribal dimension of Somalia conflict: pathways to peace? Paper 2: Marat Iliyasov, Ethnic Identity as a Driver of Social Demographics and Security Dynamics: Understanding Chechen Violent Resistance Paper 3: Ilke Dagli, Essentialist Identity Limbo: Broadening the scope of the ethnic-conflict" in Cyprus identity and securitisation practices Paper 4: Neophytos Loizides, Edward Morgan-Jones, Djordje Stefanovic Bosnians would vote for Dayton two decades on: determining community support for contested peace agreements M10E (GSR8) Theme: International actors as peacebuilders Chair: Nina Lutterjohann Discussant: Atsushi Tago Paper 1: Natalie Christine Girke, Conflicting ideas, guiding values? The nexus between the nature of conflict and policy approaches. EU engagement in Yemen and Myanmar Paper 2: Nina Lutterjohann, European Responses to the Abkhaz and Transnistrian Questions Paper 3: Atsushi Tago and Mari Miyagawa Charity Begins Abroad? Understanding Public Support for Foreign Aid Paper 4: Imran Demir, Causes and Consequences of Overconfidence in Foreign Policy Decision Making M10F (GLT2) Theme: John Burton and basic needs: re-evaluation and new directions Chair: Dennis J.D. Sandole Discussant: 2
3 Paper 1: Ingrid Sandole-Staroste, Gender-Blindness: A Significant Shortcoming of Basic Human Needs Theory and Practice in Conflict Analysis and Resolution Paper 2: Dennis J.D. Sandole, The Journey from Grievance to Political Violence: Locating Basic Human Needs in a Comprehensive Matrix to Facilitate Understanding, Policy, and Practice Paper 3: Gordon Burt, Values, World Society and Modelling Yearbook, PLENARY (GLT2) Scott Gates (Research Professor, Former Director of the Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO, Norway) Lunch (Grimond foyer) pm Parallel Sessions M13A (GS1) Theme: Security sector reform and DDR Chair Walt Kilroy Discussant Nadine Ansorg Paper 1: Nadine Ansorg, Building peace in the shadow of war: A pilot study on the effect of security sector reform on the establishment of post-conflict peace Paper 2: Andrew EE Collins, Local Ownership of Security Sector Reform and the Popularity of Intervention in Fragile States Paper 3: Walt Kilroy, Past and future: the interaction between reintegration of excombatants and transitional justice M13B (GS2) Theme: Resources, economy and conflict Chair Subhasish M. Chowdhury Discussant Christa Brunnschweiler Paper 1: Subhasish M. Chowdhury, Resources for Conflict: Constraint or Wealth? Paper 2: Miho Taka, Responsible minerals sourcing for conflict prevention in the Great Lakes Region Paper 3: Christa Brunnschweiler, Economic Backwardness and Social Tension Paper 4: Emmanuel Ofusu-Mensah, Mining and conflict in the Akyem Abuakwa Kingdom in the Eastern Region of Ghana, M13C (GLT2) Theme: Civil wars - ending, recurrence and post-conflict dynamics Chair Joakim Kreutz Discussant Corinne Bara Paper 1: Corinne Bara, Post-Conflict Peacekeeping and the Relocation of Conflict Paper 2: Joakim Kreutz, Civil war recurrence as a principal-agent problem 3
4 Paper 3: Elisabeth L. Rosvold, Catalysts for peace? Climatic disasters and termination of armed conflict Paper 4: Allard Duursma, Formulating Territorial Solutions to Civil Wars in Africa: A Two-Level Approach M13D (GS3) Theme: Palestinian nonviolent resistance: what is the role of dialogue, peace education and solidarity? Chair Patricia Sellick Discussant Marwan Darweish Paper 1: Michael Schulz, Methodological challenges: How to study Peace Education as Resistance Practices? Paper 2: Chuck Thiessen, To dialogue or not? Mapping the justifications for and resistance to dialogue between Palestinians and Israelis Paper 3: Patricia Sellick, The Isolated Generation: the significance of intra- Palestinian communication Paper 4:Marwan Darweish, Palestinian Unarmed Resistance: Challenges Facing the Israeli Peace and Solidarity Movement Paper 5: Iain Atack Cooperative power, nonviolent resistance and social transformation M13E (GS4) Theme: Conflict escalation and management Chair: Durukan Kuzu Discussant: Ulrike Theuerkauf Paper 1: Ulrike Theuerkauf Territorial Self-Governance: An Effective Approach to Territory-Centred Conflict Management? Paper 2: Durukan Kuzu, The Role of Multiculturalism as a Conflict Solving Mechanism: A Comparative Study of the UK, France, and Turkey Paper 3: I. Aytac Kadioglu, The Undeniable Peace: Debating Conflict Resolution Attempts in Northern Ireland and Turkey Paper 4: Nada Ali The role of democracy in international criminal law Tea (Grimond Foyer) Parallel Sessions M15A (GS1) Theme: Burtonian conflict resolution and transitional justice: tensions and dilemmas Participants: Judith Large and Eleanor O Gorman Dr. Eleanor O'Gorman and Judith Large will conduct an exchange and conversation regarding the tension between (Burtonian) Conflict Resolution and Transitional Justice. Interrogating this dilemma, they will offer comparative practice perspectives beginning with experience from Aceh, Timor Leste and Sri Lanka; also with reference to the complexities of Sudan. Following their remarks and observations, they will open to a wider discussion with participants for engagement on viewpoints, additional questions and research agendas. 4
5 M15B (GS2) Theme: State violence Chair Andrew Thomson Discussant Paper 1: Kristin Bakke and Neil Mitchell, Disabling Fire Alarm Monitoring: States, Non-State Actors, and Human Rights Paper 2: Timothy Williams, Never again and again and again A set-theoretic analysis of why genocide occurs Paper 3: Andrew Thomson and David Maher, Pro-Government Militias and Peace Agreements The Case of Colombia Paper 4: Isabel Bramsen, Explaining the Situational Dynamics of State Violence in Bahrain and Tunisia M15C (GLT2) Theme: Developing A Sustainable Security Approach to Migration Chair Feargal Cochrane Discussant Bahar Baser Paper 1: Bahar Baser, The Impact of Criminalization of the Kurdish Movement and Terrorist Listing on the Kurdish Diaspora in Europe: A special focus on the cases of France, Germany and the Netherlands Paper 2: Neophytos Loizides, Djordje Stefanovic - The Way Home: Refugee Returns after the War in Bosnia Paper 3: Simon McMahon, Using security to save helpless lives at sea: an examination of Frontex joint operations Paper 4: Suthaharan Nadarajah, Diasporas and global liberal order: the Tamils and Sri Lanka s crisis Paper 5: Feargal Cochrane, Getting Beyond the Threat/Control Paradigm: Migration, Security and the 2015 UK General Election M15D (GS3) Theme: Studying war and peace Chair: Daina Chiba Discussant: David Maher Paper 1: Gokhan Ciflikli, Structural Determinants of War Longevity: Modeling Armed Conflict Duration Paper 2: Daina Chiba, Make Two Democracies and Call me in the Morning: Endogenous Democracy and the Democratic Peace Paper 3: David Maher, Using case studies for civil war analysis: a case for combining disaggregated conflict data with process tracing methods Paper 4: John Gledhill, Conflict within peace research? Research notes and networks in the field(s) of conflict and peace studies. M15E (GS4) Theme: Insurgency and counter-insurgency Chair: Chi Zhang Discussant: Paper 1: Jasper Schwampe, Foreign fighters and the puzzle of intra-organizational fighting 5
6 Paper 2: Chi Zhang, Terrorism, radicalisation and changing identity: a study of counterterrorism strategy in China Paper 3: Atsushi Tago and Yoshitaka Komiya, Casualties or Commitments? Determinants of Public Support for Coalition Defection PLENARY (GLT2) Kathleen Cunningham (University of Maryland) Winner of the CRS Book of the Year Prize The Politics of Self-Determination Groups PLENARY (GLT2) Annette Idler (University of Oxford) Winner of the Cedric Smith Prize for the Best Student Essay Complex Co-operation: Shifting Alliances among Rebels, Paramilitaries and Criminals 7.15 BANQUET (Dolche Vita, Keynes College) 6
7 Tuesday 15 September PLENARY (GLT2) Richard Sakwa (University of Kent) Frontline Ukraine Parallel Sessions T10A (GS1) Theme: Religion and conflict Chair Emanuela Mangiarotti Discussant Mark Owen Paper 1: Chas Morrison: The Rise of Buddhist Extremism and the Traumas of Civil War in Sri Lanka Paper 2: Mark Owen, The Theory and Practice of Religious Building: A Critical Reflection Paper 3: Emanuela Mangiarotti, Looking through and beyond conflict paradigms: communal violence and the social order in India Paper 4: Thomas Daffern, Religion, Spirituality and Violence: Can transpersonal History shed some light on why religion and violence seem to be so interconnected? T10B (GS2) Theme: Researching peace and conflict Chair Isabel Phillips Discussant Harmonie Toros Paper 1: Isabel Phillips, Autoethnography in Conflict Studies Paper 2: Harmonie Toros, Outlining an Empathetic Approach to Peace Research: Carl Rogers and Speaking With Co-Participants Paper 3: Erika Jimenez, Affording Palestinian Young People a Voice in Research: a Children s Rights Based Methodology T10C (GLT2) Theme: Determinants of Group Based Unrest and State Responses Chair Luke Abbs Discussant Janina Beiser Paper 1: Dragana Vidovic & Kristian S. Gleditsch, Ethnic Diversity and Nonviolent Uprisings: Linking Arms in Solidarity Paper 2: Todd G. Smith, The Service Delivery Protest Movement in South Africa: An Analysis through Different Theoretical Frameworks Paper 3: Luke Abbs & Govinda Clayton, Better the Devil You Know: Why Incumbents Delegate Violence to Ethnic Militias Paper 4: Janina Beiser, Targeting the motivated? The Pre-emptive Use of Government Repression 7
8 T10D (GS3) Theme: Kosovo Chair Chrissie Hirst Discussant Sandra Joireman Paper 1: Ganimete Asllani-Price, On whose behalf?? Taking ownership of DDR processes and the continuation of violence in post-conflict Kosovo Paper 2: Chissie Hirst, Legislating for Dialogue and Integration? A case study of local governance mechanisms in Kosovo Paper 3: Dana Landau, Diversity in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding: Minority Rights and State Legitimacy Paper 4: Sandra Joireman, Ethnic Violence, Local Security and Return Migration: Enclave communities in Kosovo Coffee (Grimond Foyer) PLENARY (GLT2) Kevin Clements (University of Otago) John Burton Lecture: Tools from the past for a problematic present: How relevant is Burtonian Theory and Practice for 21 st century conflict transformation? Lunch (Grimond Foyer) Meeting of the CRS Council (GS2) Parallel Sessions TI4A (GS1) Insurgency and counter-insurgency Chair Christine Cheng Discussant Steinar Skaar Paper 1: Steinar Skaar, The Case of Norway in Faryab Paper 2: David Brenner Legitimacy in Conflict: The Role of Elite-Grassroots Relations in Power Struggles within Myanmar s Ethno-national Insurgencies Paper 3: Christine Cheng, Conflict Capital T14B (GS2) Theme: Local level agency and peacebuilding Chair Robert Ulrich Nagel Discussant Yvan Guichaoua Paper 1: Robert Ulrich Nagel, The Role of the Northern Ireland Women s Coalition in the Northern Ireland Peace Process Paper 2: Yvan Guichaoua & Moussa Fofana, Civilian agency in conflict: Reviving schools under rebel rule in Côte-d Ivoire ( ) Paper 3: Izak Lattu, Youth, Space and Conflict Resolution: Urban Performance and the Recollection of Collective Identity in the Post-Conflict Area of Eastern Indonesia 8
9 Paper 4: Michaelina Jakala - Activism and transitional justice: a preliminary exploration of civilian victims of war activism in Bosnia-Herzegovina T14C (GS3) Theme: Mediation and negotiation Chair: Oliver Ramsbotham Discussant: Joana Amaral Paper 1: Joana Amaral, Process vs Outcome: Elite Mediation and Communities Support for Peace Settlements in Cyprus and Northern Ireland Paper 2: Oliver Ramsbotham, Principled Negotiation, Strategic Negotiation And The Kerry Initiative Paper 3: Jeremy Tomlinson, All for one and one for all? Examining the effects of collective rebel negotiation on Myanmar s peace process Paper 4: Levke Aduda, Consecutive Mediation Efforts in Intrastate Conflict The Case of Uganda T14D (GLT2) Theme: Values, World Society and Modelling Chair Gordon Burt Discussant Iain Atack Paper 1: Larry Ray, Violence - Dark diagnostics and idealized modernities Paper 2: Edward Cartwright, Game theoretic models of conflict and cooperation Paper 3: Iain Atack, Dialogue between the Disciplines about Conflict and Cooperation T14E (GS4) Theme: Identity and conflict Chair Marie-Kristin Thimm Discussant Paper 1: Marie-Kristin Thimm, Really on the brink of war? Israeli and Iranian Peace Policies through the Prism of their National Identities Paper 2: Florian Englberger, Never shake the machine too brusquely The question of national identity and social change in the wake of ethnic strife, using the example of Northern Ireland Paper 3: James Apam, Diversity, National Integration and Nigeria s Security Challenges Tea Parallel Sessions T15A (GS1) Theme: Conflict and co-operation: psychologies, motivations and group dynamics Chair: Herbert Blumberg Discussant: Hugh Miall Paper 1: Hugh Miall, Models of Peace and War Paper 2: Herbert Blumberg, Ruth Zeligman, Liat Appel, Shira Tibon - Overview of recent psychological research on cooperation and conflict 9
10 Paper 3: Ramila Usoof, Understanding Morality as a Mechanism of Mobilization Paper 4: Dennis Bury, Making Tyrants Personal T15B (GS2) Theme: International interventions: R2P, Humanitarianism and Peacebuilding Chair Anne Hammerstad Discussant Anne Hammerstad Paper 1: Bola Adediran, From theory to praxis, unravelling the world society ambition of R2P Paper 2: Anne Hammerstad, The international humanitarian regime and its discontents: India s challenge Paper 3: Yoshiaki Furuzawa, Peacebuilding and the Conflict Resolution: Can peacebuilding be reduced to state-building? T15C (GS3) Theme: Peace and the mass media Chair: Giuliana Tiripelli Discussant: Mareike Schomerus Paper 1: Jake Lynch, Is Peace Journalism feasible? Paper 2: Giuliana Tiripelli, Effective Peace Journalism in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Paper 3: Mareike Schomerus & Anouk Rigterink, Let us embrace dialogue: Do peace messages make South Sudan more peaceful? TI5D (GS4) Theme: Understanding insurgent groups Chair: Nada Ali Discussant: Bethsabee Souris Paper 1: Jennifer Philippa Eggert, Women in conflict: Non-state violent groups and female combatants Paper 2: Bethsabee Souris, Transnational ethnic kin groups and rebel s behaviour in a civil conflict. The case of the Karen National Union insurgency in Myanmar Paper 3: Nada Ali: The impact of prosecutions by the International Criminal Court on Opposition Groups in Conflict Societies 5.15 End of Conference 10
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