Events

Seminars, discussions and more from PeaceRep consortium members.

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30 Oct 2024|15:00 - 16:00EVENT

Regional Peace Co-construction in Colombia: Innovations and Challenges

Join visiting academic, Andrei Gómez-Suárez, for a discussion on the ongoing peace process negotiations in Colombia.

A view of the UN Security Council hall
UN Photo / Evan Schneider
by PeaceRep
Somalia

Questions of Sovereignty – Somalia on the UN Security Council

Ahmed Sh. Ibrahim and Nisar Majid consider the impact of Somalia joining the UN Security Council at a time when its government controls only a portion of its territory.

Representatives of the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces pose for photo
Photo by @KSAmofaEN / Twitter
by PeaceRep
Gender

Gender, Peace Agreements, and Fragmentation

Drawing on data from the PA-X database, Laura Wise highlights the limited inclusion of women’s rights and gender-related issues in peace agreements signed in 2023.

Anti-government protesters stage a sit-in while security forces stand guard during ongoing protests in downtown Baghdad, 19 January 2020
AP Photo/Hadi Mizban

Suppressing Dissent in Post-Tishreen Iraq

This paper argues that while legal tools and repressive tactics have been used by Iraq’s political elite to suppress dissent since 2003, these tactics were extended and systematised following...

Conceptual illustration of a human head overlaid with binary digits, representing artificial intelligence
by PeaceRep
PeaceTech

Boom or Bust, Clear Heads are Needed for Peace Actors Navigating Artificial Intelligence

Adam Farquhar discusses the boom of AI related technologies, offering suggestions for how to navigate this period.

Demonstrators hold up a Colombian flag in Bogota
Photo by Juancho Torres/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
by PeaceRep

Should States Negotiate with Non-State Criminal Actors? Implications for Peace Processes

Dr Johanna Amaya-Panche analyses the rationale, benefits and challenges of states negotiating with criminal actors.

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Somalia's cabinet members gather
Photo by Abukar Mohamed Muhudin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
by PeaceRep
Somalia

Taming of the Somali Parliament

Khalif Abdirahman explores the evolving dynamics of Somalia's parliament, including the rise of corruption and co-option of leadership.

A Syrian visits the castle of Harim enjoying the sunset and the view of the city
Photo by Abdulmonam Eassa/Getty Images
by PeaceRep
News

Applications Now Open: PeaceRep Launches Two New Short Courses

PeaceRep is excited to expand its short course offering, with applications now open for two new online courses beginning in early 2025.

Screenshot of the Constitution building processes database
by PeaceRep
News PeaceTech

Unlocking Insights into Constitution-Building in Fragile Settings

A new resource for researchers and practitioners working in challenging environments has been launched: the Database on Constitution-Building Processes in Fragile Settings.

Militia walk through a charcoal loading area in Somalia
Photo by CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images
by PeaceRep
Somalia

Al-Shabaab and the Limits of Ma’awisley – State-sponsored Vigilantism

With an introduction by Nisar Majid, this blogpost by Abdifatah Ismael Tahir offers an analysis of the Ma’awisley movement in Somalia, and its potential harms.

A collage of photos from the CRS conference
by PeaceRep
News PeaceTech

Global Fragmentation in Focus: PeaceRep Hosts International Scholars at 61st CRS...

Last week, PeaceRep and Edinburgh Law School welcomed participants from a record-breaking 137 institutions to the 61st annual Conflict Research Society (CRS) conference.

An Iraqi soldier views passengers at a government checkpoint
Photo by John Moore/Getty Images
by PeaceRep
Iraq Somalia

Hard to Reach Areas, Staff Diversity and Conflict Risks – A Blind Spot?

Nisar Majid and Sarah Kilani explore the intersection of hard-to-reach (HTR) areas and staff diversity in humanitarian aid, focusing on Somalia and Iraqi Kurdistan.

Three images of workshop attendees
by PeaceRep
News Iraq

Building Bridges for Collaborative Research: PeaceRep Leads Workshop in Kurdistan Region...

Last month, Juline Beaujouan led a workshop on inter-disciplinary and inter-sectoral knowledge exchange at the University of Salahaddin in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

A tuktuk with a Somali flag drives during a sandstorm
(Photo by Sally Hayden/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
by PeaceRep
Somalia

El Berde, Somalia – From a UK Wedding to Transnational Conflict Mitigation

Khalif Abdirahman and Nisar Majid explore a real-life example of conflict mitigation in El Berde, Somalia.

Ilham Gasser with senior military leader and titled elder, Galkayo Town, Somalia 2019.
Ilham Gasser with senior military leader and titled elder, Galkayo Town, Somalia 2019.
by PeaceRep
Somalia

The Risks of Peace Activism in Somalia – the Galkayo ‘Local’ Agreement

Nisar Majid explores the significance of Somalia's Galkayo Agreement, its impact on social relations, and the ongoing challenges it faces amidst renewed insecurity.

Women attend the opening meeting of the second annual "One Voice 2013" conference in Libya
Photo by MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP via Getty Images
by PeaceRep
Gender

Supporting Women in Peace Processes as Civic Space Shrinks

Laura Wise reflects on how external actors can support women in a shrinking civic space, emphasizing the importance of context. 

A view of Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu, Somalia
Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images
by PeaceRep
Somalia

Mogadishu and the AAIA Checkpoint – Securitisation and Monopolisation in the Everyday...

Nisar Majid and Abdirahman I. Adan discuss the implications of the Sahal checkpoint for travellers through Mogadishu airport.

Afghan people stand in a queue as they wait for their turn to collect money from an ATM
Photo by AFP via Getty Images

Natural Bedfellows: Corruption, Criminality and the Failure of International...

This paper argues that international reconstruction practices and resources reconfigured power in Afghanistan, and helped create a governance system governed by the logic of a criminalised political marketplace.