Regional Responses to Security Threats in the Middle East: Cooperation or Fragmentation?
This event is jointly hosted by al-Sabah Programme, Gulf Studies Center, Political Settlements Research Programme and Open Think Tank.
Rethinking peace & transition processes in a changing conflict landscape
Seminars, discussions and more from PeaceRep consortium members.
This event is jointly hosted by al-Sabah Programme, Gulf Studies Center, Political Settlements Research Programme and Open Think Tank.
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?
The session will highlight lessons learned from previous peace processes in Sudan, as well as the implications of those lessons on the ongoing process (including the Juba Peace Agreement and beyond).
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.
A panel discussion on the Law and Politics of the Coup D’Etat in Myanmar, hosted by International IDEA and Edinburgh Centre for Constitutional Law.
Jointly held by al-Sabah Programme, Gulf Studies Center, Political Settlements Research Programme and Open Think
Tank, this event will examine regional responses to Covid-19 in the Middle East and Africa, and explore whether Covid-19 is a tool of conflict or opportunity for rapprochement.
Join Dr Devanjan Bhattacharya for this invited talk as part of the International Semantic Intelligence Conference (ISIC 2021).
This event will explore the concept of ungovernance in peacebuilding and transitional justice: how un-governance works, what it is good for, its potential downsides, and its implications for programs of institutional change.
A panel discussion on the historical context of the crisis in Myanmar, co-hosted with the Keith Forum on Commonwealth Constitutionalism.
This event will examine the role of regional organisations in Africa and Latin America in responding to the pandemic.
This webinar will examine the relationship between power-sharing and inclusion of non-dominant groups, and will use PA-X data to demonstrate how peace agreements provide for above-average inclusion of women, girls, and gender.
Join PSRP for a roundtable discussion on women's rights in armed conflict under international law, celebrating the launch of a new book by Catherine O'Rourke.
Join us as we explore various aspects of interim transitional arrangements – focusing on the role of international actors, in supporting them and sustaining them.