Welcome to an EBA seminar on current challenges in conflict-affected and post-conflict societies. Drawing on three Development Dissertation Briefs (DDB)*, the seminar explores conflict-related mobility, ethnic power-sharing, and the role of international law in peace processes, and what research can tell us about how development cooperation can be designed to support peace and stability.
The seminar highlights how political violence shapes displacement and mobility in contexts such as Somalia and Bangladesh, how multi-ethnic power-sharing arrangements manage ethnic conflict in countries such as Burundi and Mauritius, and how international law affects participation in peace and constitutional reform processes, illustrated through the case of South Sudan. Together, the presentations offer new perspectives on complex societal problems and policy challenges in conflict-affected and post-conflict societies.
Program:
- Doors open at 13:00 for registration and coffee.
- Maxine Leis: Signals of Violence, Patterns of Flight: Predicting and Explaining Conflict-Related Mobility.
- Alexandre Raffoul: The Logics of Multi-Ethnic Coalitions: Power-Sharing, Party Systems, and Ethnic Conflict Management.
- William Underwood: We, the Generals: International Law and Authority to Change the Constitution in Peace Processes after Civil War.
- Comments and refelctions by Peter Weiderud , Counsellor at the Unit for UN Policy, Conflict Issues and Migration at the MFA.
- Panel discussion on the research and its potential implications for policy and practice.
- Moderator: Linn Ternsjö, Programme Manager at the Expert Group for Aid Studies.
*What is a DDB?
A Development Dissertation Brief (DDB) is a publication format at EBA in which the purpose is to communicate recent doctoral dissertations in a concise and accessible format to policymakers, practitioners, and other stakeholders in the field of development.
The seminar will not be recorded.