PeaceRep researchers often appear as guests on podcasts produced by other institutions. Listen to their insights on a range of topics below.

In this episode of the Just Access podcast, host Dr Miranda Melcher dives into the complex world of ceasefires with two leading experts:

• Dr Marika Sosnowski, legal scholar and author of Redefining Ceasefires: Wartime Order and Statebuilding in Syria, and
• Dr Sanja Badanjak, Data Director at PeaceRep and Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Edinburgh Law School.

In this week’s episode Haid Haid, Rim Turkmani, and Lina Khatib discuss the recent developments in Syria following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

We delve into the country’s economic struggles, the rise of interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the resurgence of sectarian violence, and the challenges facing Syria’s path to democracy. It also explores the roles of regional and international players, including Turkey, Israel and Iran, in shaping Syria’s future.

How is law understood and used by different actors during political transitions to achieve peace? In this episode of Root of Conflict, Professor Louise Mallinder discusses how amnesties can be granted without compromising justice, the intersection of law with other disciplines in academia, and the field of transitional justice. This podcast is produced in partnership with the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts, University of Chicago.

The PeaceRep Global Fragmentation project looks at fragmentations in the global order and how these impact peace and transition settlements. It explores why and how different third-party actors intervene in conflicts, and how they see themselves contributing to reduction of conflict and risks of conflict relapse. It also asks how local actors are navigating this multiplicity of mediators and peacebuilders and how this is shaping conflict outcomes and post-conflict governance. This presentation looks at two new data collection efforts conducted by the PeaceRep Global Fragmentation team, presenting some early findings and visualisation on peacemaking efforts by Russia and China.

What are the reasons behind the limited impact of violent extremism and the Islamic State in the Kurdistan region of Iraq?

In this episode of the NUPI podcast The World Stage, Dlawer Ala’Aldeen (Middle East Research Institute), Juline Beaujouan (University of Edinbrugh & Open Think Tank) and Morten Bøås (NUPI) are standing at the top of the citadel of Erbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq to discuss this topic.

PeaceRep Executive Director and Professor of Constitutional Law, Christine Bell, speaks to the Corrymeela Podcast about Peace Treaties, Brexit, the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement and Human Rights. Christine Bell is a co-director of the Global Justice Academy, and a founder member of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (established under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement).