02/2011
The EU-funded project Cultures of Governance and Conflict Resolution in Europe and India (CORE) held its kick-off meeting on Friday, February 11 in Brussels. Participants included representatives from all ten project partners in the consortium, as well as the five members of the advisory board, the scientific project officer Angela Liberatore from the European Commission, and a representative from the newly established European Union External Actions Service (EEAS). Attending the meeting from Berghof Conflict Research were Hans J. Giessmann, Ulrike Petri and Janel B. Galvanek.
The CORE project was officially launched in January 2011. It will analyse the premises and operation of governance initiatives in conflict transformation processes through a combination of fieldwork, qualitative analysis and theory development. The project aims to fill the gap in knowledge about the impact that governance agendas have on local conflict dynamics, especially in the cases where identity mobilisation is a prominent factor. Research concerning recent governance practices will be carried out within case studies in Bihar, Bosnia, Cyprus, Georgia, North East India and Kashmir.
More information can be found under the project’s website.
12/2010
Starting in February 2011, Berghof Conflict Research will participate in an international research project funded by the European Union (7th Framework Programme). The project is entitled “The Role of Governance in the Resolution of Socioeconomic and Political Conflict in India and Europe” (CORE). It aims at providing a substantial theory-related and empirical assessment of the impact of governance agendas on local conflict dynamics, particularly within conflicts in which identity mobilisation is prominent. The 2-year project is coordinated by the Peace Research Institute in Oslo, Norway (PRIO). The research team is comprised of researchers from Europe and India. Berghof Conflict Research will contribute to the project with a study on the methodology of impact research and will also take part in two case studies (Kashmir and Bosnia). Furthermore, one of the major project conferences will take place in Berlin in 2012. The project director for BCR is
Dr. Hans J. Giessmann.
03/2010
Funded by the German Foundation for Peace Research, this new project looks at the interaction of International and Local Initiatives for Transitional Justice and Reconciliation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia.
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02/2010
The “Gerda Henkel Foundation” has awarded a grant to BCR for an Expert Workshop on “Subsidiarity in Peacebuilding”. The rationale of this workshop is to discuss options for bottom-up peacebuilding in societies in transition with particular emphasis on Afghanistan. By bringing together a group of top experts on local governance and conflict transformation, this workshop will elaborate on how local governance can contribute to bringing about culturally-tailored, sustained peace structures in societal communities.
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