Conflict, Security and Democratic Transformation
Cluster leader: Mats Utas
This research cluster involves the following programmes and projects:
- Gendering and (Un)Gendering Police Reform: the case of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Researcher: Maria Eriksson Baaz - Conflict and State building in the Horn of Africa
Researcher: Redie Bereketeab - The African Union (AU) and Civilian Protection
Researcher: Linnea Gelot (previsously Bergholm)
- The Politics of Belonging and Exclusion:
Land Rights, Citizenship and Civil Society in Kenya and Uganda
Researcher: Anders Sjögren - The Informal Realities of Peacebuilding - Military Networks and Former Mid-Level Commanders in Post-War Liberia
Researcher: Mats Utas, Anders Themnér (formerly Nilsson) and Ilmari Käihkö
The conflict cluster aims to bring together research and analysis that explore key aspects of, and relationships between, on the one hand, various kinds of violent conflict and forced displacement, and on the other, processes of post-conflict peace building and modes of recovery and reinvention in the face of sustained uncertainties. More generally, the intention is to use the cluster openly and creatively as a platform for:
- Exploring and deepening conceptual and methodological approaches to the study of violent conflicts, forced displacement, modes of suffering, peace building and processes of transformation at different levels;
- Undertaking, supporting and disseminating empirically-grounded research on a diverse range of conflicts, displacement and transformations on the African continent: and
- Engaging in public debate and policy dialogue, where relevant, related to these topics
Conflict cluster
The current core foundations of this cluster combines complementary knowledge and experience in at least two regions of the continent, namely West Africa and Southern Africa different disciplinary perspectives, including political science, anthropology, human geography and development studies.
AU-UN peace missions evaluated
High level officials from the African Union and the United Nations, international scholars and military officers discussed the challenges of AU-UN joint missions at a seminar at NAI last month. In her report from the seminar, NAI researcher Linnéa Gelot gives a summary of the key findings. It is argued that both the AU and the UN need to invest more in the peace and security relationship. There is a need for systems to guide the two when responding to conflicts that arise at short notice
Open access
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