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  • Finding Peace in Somalia – the Galkaio ‘local’ agreement

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    Galkaio town represents a boundary on the ground and in the imagination within Somali society. The 1993 Peace Accord held a fragile peace for many years as political and developmental trajectories differed markedly on either side of this border town. This talk, hosted by the Conflict Research Programme, explores the 2016/17 peace agreement, in its local and national dimensions, and which occurred as part of the state-building project that is still ongoing in Somalia and offers insights on the quality of international intervention.

  • Peace Negotiations in the Pandemic

    Prof Christine Bell will join this panel discussion addressing some of the novel challenges Covid-19 has created within the diplomatic community.

  • Women Constitution Makers Dialogue

    International IDEA and The Political Settlements Research Programme will convene the second annual Women Constitution Makers Dialogue, bringing together women from around the world who have played an instrumental role in constitution-building.

  • Why Local Peace Agreements Matter

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    This webinar will offer a glimpse into the processes and outcomes of local peace processes, featuring data from the PA-X Local Peace Agreements Database.

  • Book Talk: Women’s Rights in Armed Conflict under International Law

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    Catherine O'Rourke discusses her new book in which she examines the various legal regimes regulating women's rights in conflict. She will be joined in conversation by Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, new Senior Fellow in Global Policy at the Humphrey School.

  • PeaceTech and Data4peace: What are we learning?

    Online

    This introductory event will draw on PSRP’s work and partnership to offer key insights and learnings from the PeaceTech team at the University of Edinburgh, including:

    What is PeaceTech? How can technology help facilitate inclusive peace, and what is the new potential regarding data analysis?
    Data on peace processes: What are the new possibilities for data collection, analysis, and connectivity: what can we do with data on peace and conflict now that we couldn’t do 10 years ago?
    What types of interdisciplinary and research-practice-tech teams are needed to produce effective PeaceTech projects?
    What lessons have we learned about designing an effective collaborative PeaceTech project in the ‘data’ space?

  • Conflict, Peace, & Covid-19 in the Middle East

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    This event will offer insights into how Covid-19 is affecting peace and conflict trends in the Middle East, particularly around issues of trust and social cohesion and how local actors are shaping the response to the pandemic.