Teaching on Violent Conflict, Migration and Peacebuilding

I offer 2 hours online interactive sessions on a wide array of issues relating to violent conflict, migration and peacebuilding. 

The sessions can be delivered on Teams or Zoom. Below are lists of the sessions, I am currently offering, but I am also happy to develop bespoke sessions carefully adapted to your needs.

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Sessions on Violent Conflict

  • Conflict Trends since WWII: This session introduces some of the most well-known international indexes that attempt to measure conflict and identifies some of the most noteworthy conflict trends since WWII.
  • Johan Galtung's Conceptualisation of Violence: This session introduces Galtung's two main interconnected frameworks: the Violence Triangle (direct, structural, and cultural violence) and the Conflict Triangle (attitude, behaviour, contradiction).
  • Gender Conflict Theory: This session introduces the main variations of gender conflict theory.
  • Gender and Violent Conflict: This session focuses on how violent conflict impacts women and men differently. 
  • Youth Involvement in Violent Conflict: This session explores why and how youth become involved in violent conflict.
  • Religion as a Troublemaker: This session explores key ideas about how religion contributes to violent conflict.
  • Conflict Analysis for Beginners: This session introduces conflict analysis and some of the main conflict analysis frameworks.
  • Conflict Analysis and Gender Sensitivity for Beginners: This session introduces gender sensitive conflict analysis.
  • Conflict Analysis and Gender Responsiveness for Beginners: This session introduces gender responsive conflict analysis.
  • Conflict Analysis and Migration for Beginners: This session explores the relationships between violent conflict and human mobility.
  • Understanding the Violent Conflicts in Myanmar:
    • This session maps the violent conflicts in Myanmar and identifies their main causes.
    • The session examines the influence of British colonialism on contemporary violent conflicts in Myanmar.
    • This session explores Buddhist nationalism and violence in Myanmar.
    • This session focuses on why and how youth become involved in the violent conflicts in Myanmar.
  • Understanding the Violent Conflicts in Somalia:
    • This session explores the inter-clan rivalries and conflicts in Somalia.
    • This session explores how the violent conflicts have affected men and women.
    • This session focuses on the Islamist extremist insurgency.
    • This sessions focuses on the humanitarian and economic crises. 

Sessions on Peacebuilding

Sessions on Peacekeeping and Peace Enforcement:

Sessions on Peace and Justice:

Sessions on Peacebuilding Theory:

  • Exploring Liberal Peace:
    • This session explores the origins and main features of liberal peace.
    • This session critically examines how liberal peace was implemented in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
    • This session critically examines how liberal peace was implemented in Somalia.
    • This session critically examines how liberal peace was implemented in Cambodia.
    • This session identifies the main critiques of liberal peace.
  • Exploring Feminist Approaches to Peacebuilding:
    • This session focuses on the development and implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 Women, Peace and Security.
    • This session explores and critically examines feminist liberal peacebuilding.
    • This session explores and critically examines women's participation in peacebuilding.
    • This session explores and critically examines feminist transformative peacebuilding.