Today we published a new report: Climate Change and Violent Extremism in Northeastern Kenya: Towards an Integrated Response. In the report we explore how climate change and violent extremism are interacting in complex ways in Garissa and Wajir counties. monographs.coventry.ac.uk/index.php/co...
Dylan O'Driscoll
@dylan-odriscoll.bsky.social
Professor in Peace & Conflict at Centre for Peace and Security (CPS), Coventry University | Associate Senior Fellow @sipri.org | Drivers of conflict and pathways to peace | Bridging academia & policy
This new partner publication by @giz.de, ISS and SIPRI brings together research and practical experience to offer actionable recommendations for making work on fragility more effective and sustainable➡️ bit.ly/44skwQW #Peace #Development @floriankrampe.bsky.social @dylan-odriscoll.bsky.social
Reading the walls of Belfast: @dylan-odriscoll.bsky.social @birtevogel.bsky.social & @ericlepp.bsky.social trace the changing content of the city's murals theconversation.com/what-belfast...
What Belfast’s changing murals can tell us about peace
By systematically tracking changes in murals over time, we have gained profound insights into the dynamics of peace and conflict.
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In my latest paper with colleagues from ISS and GIZ, we examine the need for peacebuilding to be better integrated across aid.
The world is facing unrelenting and interrelated environmental, ecological, demographic, socio-economic and political pressures. This new #SIPRI paper explores the opportunities and processes for reforming aid provision in fragile settings ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/QUU...
There are many starter packs out there more generally on peace and conflict, but wanted one for those people that specifically focus more on the local and everyday. Please reach out if you want to be added. go.bsky.app/5zcdot5
Check out our latest open access article with Eric Lepp, Birte Vogel, and Dan Morecroft-Rice, which is published in @jisb.bsky.social and develops a spatio-temporal method to understand the local through graffiti. ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1750...
Funded PhD opportunity at the Centre for Peace and Security with Aurélie Bröckerhoff, Elly Harrowell and myself - entitled "The peace potential of everyday economic spaces and practices in conflict-affected societies". ➡️ www.coventry.ac.uk/research/res...
The peace potential of everyday economic spaces and practices in conflict-affected societies
This three-year funded PhD studentship enables research into the everyday economic spaces and practices that emerge during and following war, exploring the peace potential they offer to conflict-affec...
coventry.ac.uk
Do you want to work with world-class conflict researchers in a supportive environment? Come be my new colleague! @uupeace.bsky.social is hiring a Senior Lecturer and an Associate Senior Lecturer. More info here ➡️ www.uu.se/en/about-uu/... and here ➡️ www.uu.se/en/about-uu/... Conflictsky
Funded PhD opportunity at the Centre for Peace and Security with Aurélie Bröckerhoff, Elly Harrowell and myself - entitled "The peace potential of everyday economic spaces and practices in conflict-affected societies". ➡️ www.coventry.ac.uk/research/res...
The peace potential of everyday economic spaces and practices in conflict-affected societies
This three-year funded PhD studentship enables research into the everyday economic spaces and practices that emerge during and following war, exploring the peace potential they offer to conflict-affec...
coventry.ac.uk
We are incredibly excited to announce that this wonderful Special Issue is out with Issue 4 of 2024! Edited by Sladjana Lazic and Elena B Stravrevska @ebstavrevska.bsky.social Peace in Plural: Towards Decolonial and Feminist Approaches to Peace Read the intro👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Peace in Plural: Towards Decolonial and Feminist Approaches to Peace
This Special Issue delves into the concept of peace beyond traditional definitions, engaging with decolonial and feminist perspectives to emphasize peace not merely as the absence of war or conflic...
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We have an article published in the November issue of @politicalgeography.bsky.social. In this article we develop an analytical framework around the concepts of ‘theft of time’ and ‘stolen dignity’ to examine the impact of checkpoints on people's everyday lives in Iraq. ➡️https://rb.gy/rdxr9t
Come and work with me at @prif.org! We are looking for a #Postdoc working on #peace and #security in the #Anthropocene (3 year contract, starting immediately, based in #Frankfurt) www.prif.org/en/career/va...
Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d) in the field of “Peace and Security in the Anthropocene”
Full-time, salary group 13 TV-H*, immediately until the 31st of December 2027 (acc. to WissZeitVG § 2 paragraph 1**)
prif.org
Hello academic folks. Do you work on Multilateralism? Come to Stockholm. Our workshop on “The future of multilateralism in peace, security and development”. We will cover everything.
We have an article published in the November issue of @politicalgeography.bsky.social. In this article we develop an analytical framework around the concepts of ‘theft of time’ and ‘stolen dignity’ to examine the impact of checkpoints on people's everyday lives in Iraq. ➡️https://rb.gy/rdxr9t
Let's test Bluesky's networking potential! Who works on local security with a comparative approach? We just got pilot funding, but will expand afterwards: www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/projects/... Get in touch and link ppl in replies! Will create a Starter Pack. #conflictsky #afripolsky
Exploring opportunities for decolonial cross area comparison – Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of the Congo | Arnold Bergstraesser Institute
Funded by the De/Coloniality Now initiative, this research project brings together a multidisciplinary team of German, Central African and Congolese researchers.
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The runner-up to our 2024 JISB Innovation Prize! 🙌 www.tandfonline.com/journals/ris.... 'The Failure of the Social Contract in Iraq: Iraqi Perspectives' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Congratulations to Lucia Ardovini and @dylan-odriscoll.bsky.social for this exceptional contribution 🎊
The Failure of the Social Contract in Iraq: Iraqi Perspectives
This article focuses on the failure of the post-2003 social contract in Iraq. It relies on extensive primary data collected in all of Iraq's 19 provinces through Focus Groups and Online Surveys. It...
tandfonline.com
Excellent starter pack on Local and everyday peace by @dylan-odriscoll.bsky.social. Add your suggestions! go.bsky.app/5zcdot5
There are many starter packs out there more generally on peace and conflict, but wanted one for those people that specifically focus more on the local and everyday. Please reach out if you want to be added. go.bsky.app/5zcdot5
As people are leaving X and joining Bluesky instead, here is a starter pack of peace and conflict researchers for all new users ⤵️ go.bsky.app/7o8tZt2
Together with Omran Ali & Remonda Armia we have published a new article in Political Geography. The article uses the concepts of the ‘theft of time’ and ‘stolen dignity’ to examine the impact of checkpoints on the everyday lives of people in Nineveh, Iraq. ➡️ doi.org/10.1016/j.po...
In this open access International Affairs article, Florian Krampe, McKenzie Johnson, Dahlia Simangan, Farah Hegazi, Cedric de Coning and I lay out what we see as a research agenda for climate change and peacebuilding. Great to work with this multidisciplinary team. doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...
Some reflections on water security in the Nineveh Plains and the critical need for action. www.newsecuritybeat.org/2024/02/weak...
Weakened Infrastructure and Climate Change: The Threat to Water Security in Nineveh
Iraq is incredibly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Temperatures are increasing, rainfall is decreasing, and the country experiences prolonged periods of drought. These conditions, as [......
newsecuritybeat.org
Honoured to have been part of this special issue.
Our Special Issue reflecting on 20 years since the invasion of #Iraq was published at the end of the year in International Peacekeeping. Articles cover governance, liberal peace, security sector reform, local dynamics, and much more. Check it out www.tandfonline.com/toc/finp20/c...
Our Special Issue reflecting on 20 years since the invasion of #Iraq was published at the end of the year in International Peacekeeping. Articles cover governance, liberal peace, security sector reform, local dynamics, and much more. Check it out www.tandfonline.com/toc/finp20/c...