Event series

Conflict, Violence and Development Seminar Series

The IDS Conflict, Violence and Development seminar series focuses on mass violent conflicts as well as every day forms of insecurity, looking at their relationship with poverty and development. It provides a forum to discuss the Institute’s work in this area, as well as some exciting work on these subjects from outside the Institute.

Notable past speakers

Charles Crawford, Former Senior Diplomat, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (HM Ambassador to Bosnia, Serbia and Poland), presenting on “Bosnia/Serbia/Kosovo: Where Statehood Meets Uncertainty”.

Carolyn Hayman OBE, CEO of Peace Direct, presenting on “Local First in Peacebuilding”.

Stathis Kalyvas, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Program on Order, Conflict, and Violence at Yale University, presenting on “Civil Wars Through History: 1810-2010”.

Clemens Hoffmann, International Relations Research Fellow at the University of Sussex, presenting on “Divided Waters – Troubled Waters: Climate Change, Development and Hydropolitics in Sudan’s North/South Conflict”.

For information please contact Deborah West at [email protected] or on +44 (0)1273 915688.

Past events in this series

Past Event

Conflict, Violence and Development Seminar Series

MACEDA: A new events data set on the self-determination conflict between the Mapuche indigenous group and the Chilean state (1990-2016)

Self-determination (SD) disputes are some of the most common conflicts in the world. While the literature has mainly focused on the most violent conflicts, such as civil wars, recent studies have acknowledged the diversity of strategies adopted by groups within SD movements, and the need for...

7 October 2019