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April 2022
Varieties of Peace live-streamed roundtables
In May, the Varieties of Peace Research Network is hosting a workshop in Uppsala, which aims to take stock of recent advances in peace research, and discuss the next steps for the field. As part of the workshop, two roundtables will be live-streamed. To participate, sign up via the links below!
Roundtable: Conceptualizing and theorizing peace
What is peace? Are there different types and dimensions of peace? What explains different nuances, degrees, and characteristics of peace, and what explains sustainability and the deepening of peace? What is the way forward?
Speakers: Marie-Joëlle Zahar, Tarja Väyrynen, Paul Diehl, Peter Wallensteen, and Roger Mac Ginty
Chair: Anna Jarstad
May 18, 2022 03:30 PM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://uu-se.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5cofuqqrz0uGNAH_25-r-Z9SNQhWIDFU6EY
Round table: Methodological approaches to peace
How should peace be measured? What methodological challenges do we face when capturing peace experiences? How can peace be compared across time and places? What is the way forward?
Speakers: Lisa Strömbom, Pamina Firchow, Madhav Joshi, Annick Wibben
Chair: Elisabeth Olivius
May 19, 2022 03:30 PM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://uu-se.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5EsdeqtqDsoHNeaP3M0buEkZbeu2g2NBQ-O
New themed section: Toward a Feminist Peace, European Journal of Politics and Gender
The European Journal of Politics and Gender recently published a themed section on feminist peace, with contributions from several network members, edited by Jenna Sapiano and Jaqui True and including the following articles:
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Jenna Sapiano and Jaqui True, Feminist peace: reimagining peace through a feminist lens
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Magda Cardenas, Exploring women's vision (s) of peace: towards feminist peace in Myanmar and Georgia?
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Elisabeth Olivius, Jenny Hedström, and Zin Mar Phyo, Feminist peace or state co-optation? The Women, Peace and Security agenda in Myanmar
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Maria Martin de Almagro, Building feminist peace: gender, legal reforms and social reproduction after the United Nations Mission in Liberia
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Sarah Smith and Elena Stavrevska, A different Women, Peace and Security is possible? Intersectionality in Women, Peace and Security resolutions and national action plans
New publications
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Lisa Strömbom and Isabel Bramsen, Agonistic Peace: Advancing Knowledge on Institutional Dynamics and Relational Transformation, Third World Quarterly
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Johan Brosché, Conflict Over the Commons: Government Bias and Communal Conflicts in Darfur and Eastern Sudan, Ethnopolitics
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Yasmin Chilmeran, Women, Peace and Security across scales: exclusions and opportunities in Iraq's WPS engagements, International Affairs
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Paul F. Diehl, Gary Goertz and Yahve Gallegos, Peace data: Concept, measurement, patterns, and research agenda, Conflict Management and Peace Science
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Stefan Döring, Cooperation and Conflict amid Water Scarcity, Doctoral dissertation, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University
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Pamina Firchow and Yvette Selim, Meaningful Engagement from the Bottom-Up? Taking Stock of Participation in Transitional Justice Processes, International Journal of Transitional Justice
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Nerve Macaspac and Adam Moore, Peace geographies and the spatial turn in peace and conflict studies: Integrating parallel conversations through spatial practices, Geography Compass
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Laura Peters, Disasters as Ambivalent Multipliers: Influencing the Pathways from Disaster to Conflict Risk and Peace Potential Through Disaster Risk Reduction, Journal of Peacebuilding and Development
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Philip A. Martin, Giulia Piccolino, and Jeremy S. Speight, The Political Legacies of Rebel Rule: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Côte d’Ivoire, Comparative Political Studies
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Timothy D. Sisk, Elusive settlements in regional conflict complexes: Syria, Zartman, and the limits of ripeness theory, Ethnopolitics
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