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      We offer a new theoretical framework – of militarized familial ties – to capture precisely how familial ties shape, and are shaped by, women’s participation in fighting forces.

      The art(s) of conflict disruption in South Sudan

      As part of the justice imagination in South Sudan, the arts disrupt conflict by resisting the erasure of past and present violence and offer visions of justice that refuse the totality of violence by rendering visible an imagined future without war.

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Dr Nicola Mathieson
Dec 6, 2022 Dec 8, 2022

Foreign fighter or foreign volunteer: what’s in a name?

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Armed conflict, reintegration, and gender roles

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Marriage among combatants in Nepal’s Maoist insurgency

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Oct 26, 2022 Oct 26, 2022

‘We Have the Enemy at Home’: How Georgian Leadership Avoided Russian-Georgian Clashes (So Far)

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Political unrest and socio-environmental breakdown in Iraq

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Sep 29, 2022 Sep 29, 2022

Achieving ‘Total Peace’ in Colombia: The Dilemmas of Participation in Peacebuilding

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Sep 23, 2022 Sep 23, 2022

Grounding the Inclusion Hype: Learning from Participatory Development Programmes in Post-Agreement Colombia

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Sep 6, 2022 Jul 21, 2024

The First Civil War Paths Conference: Themes and Directions

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Anastasia Shesterinina
Jul 11, 2022 Jul 13, 2022

2022-2023 Fellowship Scheme Applications Now Open!

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Eduardo Álvarez-Vanegas
Jul 8, 2022 Aug 17, 2022

The Progressivist Hope and the Legacies of War in Colombia: Petro and Márquez at the Crossroads

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Jul 1, 2022 Nov 3, 2023

Initial Reflections on Life Histories of Ex-Combatants in the Lebanese Civil War

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Jun 17, 2022 Nov 3, 2023

About returning – when research encounters feel different

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