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The Conflict Research Group is a multidisciplinary research unit at Ghent University. We are primarily interested in the micro-level dynamics of conflict.
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You are invited! "FILM AND CONTENTIOUS POLITICS IN SENEGAL" Seminar and Screening of Baanum Nafi by Professor and Filmmaker Mamadou Dia 🗓️ MARCH 28 (Friday) 🕐 Time: 13:00 – 16:00 📍 Venue: -2 Floor, Auditorium B, Technicum 1, UFO Campus, Ghent University Register 🔗👉🏻 event.ugent.be/registration...

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New OPEN ACCESS Publication: "The Political Hidden Costs of Power-Sharing in the Democratic Republic of Congo" by @kvlassen.bsky.social and Alice Gregoire 🔗To access, click here 👉🏻 www.gicnetwork.be/wp-content/u... #DRC #Politics#Governance #ConflictResolution #Africa #PowerSharing #PowerSharing

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📣You're Invited! RITES BITES WITH KOEN VLASSENROOT: " HOW TO UNDERSTAND THE ESCALATION OF THE CONGO CONFLICT?" 📅 Date: February 28, 2025 (Friday)🕛 Time: 12:00–13:00 📍 Location: 3rd Floor, John Vincke, Technicum 1, UFO Campus, UGhent 🔗 Register here: event.ugent.be/registration...

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🌟 Exciting News! 🌟 The new REFRACT PSP website is officially live! (Resilience and Fragility in Action – Policy Supporting Programme) 🔗 Visit here: www.refract-psp.be ( Kindly share the link.) 💡 On this platform, you can: ( a thread 🧵 👇🏻 )

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Congratulations to @karen-buscher.bsky.social, Luce Beeckmans, and Godefroid Muzalia on securing FWO funding for their research project titled: 📜 “Transnational Urban Warscapes between Eastern Congo and Flanders: Mapping the Everyday Re-territorialization of Conflict through Diaspora Homemaking."

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📣EVENT: CRG Book Launch Series YOU ARE INVITED! 📜Occupation: Russian rule in South-Eastern Ukraine by David Lewis (University of Exeter) - CRG For more information, click 🔗 crg-ghent.be/https-www-ug... To register , click 🔗 event.ugent.be/registration...

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@kvlassen.bsky.social will be one of the panel speakers at the "25 Years of Conflict Studies at Utrecht University." The conference, with the theme “Concerning Conflict, War, and Peace,” will be held on on February 13–14, 2025, at Utrecht University. click the program 🔗👉🏻 www.uu.nl/en/events/co...

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CRG Director @kvlassen.bsky.social will deliver a talk on “ The transformations of contemporary wars and the role played by researchers" ( Lecture in French). 🗓️When: Feb. 11, 2025 🕒Time : 15H00-17H00 (GMT) +1 CET 📍Place : Salle des conférences (FSEG, Bamako) #Mali #Africa #conflictresearch

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With @judithverweijen.bsky.social I wrote this comment on why the Congo crisis extends beyonds 'conflict minerals'. (version française en dessous de la version angles) www.egmontinstitute.be/congo-crisis...

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📣📜New Opinion piece on Congo crisis. (In Dutch) ✅"The Congo crisis extends beyond 'conflict minerals’" by @judithverweijen.bsky.social and @kvlassen.bsky.social Vlassenroot. Read the full article 🔗 www.mo.be/opinie/de-co... #DRCongo #Goma #conflict #minerals #opinion

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🔎 Learn More About One of the Projects Led by the Conflict Research Group! (🧵 a thread) ✅ INSECURE LIVELIHOODS SERIES We offer open-access reports and analyses on violent conflicts in Eastern Congo. 🔗Access all the reports here: 👉🏻https://www.gicnetwork.be/insecure-livelihoods-series/ ——————

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🚨 REMINDER: Vacancy! Two sandwich PhD Scholarships Tomorrow ( Jan. 15( is the last day to submit applications for our vacancy! Be part of our team. The Conflict Research Group (CRG) offers 2 PhD sandwich scholarships in partnership with a university from the Global South.

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🔎🔎CONFLICT RESEARCH GROUP 2024 REVIEW ( 🧵 a thread) Through the Conflict Research Group Book Launch Series, we have highlighted several recently published books in 2024. These books deepen our understanding of critical issues, contexts, and perspectives on conflicts worldwide. check below 🔗👇🏻

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INSECURE LIVELIHOODS SERIES 2024 ( A THREAD) 🔔Conflict Research Group provides open-access and free research, reports, analyses, and policy briefs. T 📚We’ve compiled our open-access reports for 2024. To access the full collection of research, check the thread 👇🏻

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CRG's INSECURE LIVELIHOODS SERIES (ILS) "The Political Economy of the Kaziba Chiefdom, South Kivu, DRC." by @kvlassen.bsky.social Vlassenroot with Eric Batumike Banyanga Access the article here:🔗👉🏻👉🏻 www.gicnetwork.be/wp-content/u... #DRCongo #Africa #conflict

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🔔 NEW REPORT 📜 (🗝️🗝️ OPEN ACCESS) CRG's INSECURE LIVELIHOODS SERIES (ILS) “The Political Economy of the Bukumu Chiefdom, North Kivu, DRC” by CRG Postdoctoral Staff Sam Kniknie with Thierry M. Rukata. Access the article here:🔗👉🏻👉🏻 www.gicnetwork.be/the-politica... #DRCongo #Africa #conflict

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ONGOING: CRG team is participating in the 67th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association (ASA), taking place in Chicago, IL, Dec. 12–14, 2024. We are presenting the following 👇🏻 To know more about the conference,click👉🏻https://africanstudies.org/annual-meetings/ #Africa #globalafrica

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🚨🔐💻OPEN-ACCESS CO-AUTHORED PUBLICATION ON FEMINISM, KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION, AND RESEARCH ETHICS! 📜 by CRG Senior Staff @drmmartind.bsky.social "Doing Feminist Research on Conflict, Violence, and Peace: Ethical and Methodological Dilemmas." To access, click 👉🏻 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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🔔 NEW PUBLICATION on sand mining in Bangladesh! 📜 CRG Senior Staff @bertsuykens.bsky.social has co-authored an article with Atique Rahman and Magnus Hatlebakk. "Sand Mining, Non-Farm Employment, and a Local Labour Force in Rural Bangladesh can be accessed here: doi.org/10.1002/jid.... #Bangladesh

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🔔PUBLICATION📜 ( open access) "The Occupied Zones in Ukraine in the Event of a Frozen Conflict: Humanitarian No-Go Areas or Unconventional Humanitarian Space?" by CRG Senior Fellow Bruno de Cordier. Click here: 👉🏻 www.ugent.be/ps/politieke... #CRG #Ukraine #Occupation #politics #Humanitarianaid

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Next week, I am back @cerium-udem.bsky.social to discuss with the inimitable @smmartinbrule.bsky.social and Ketty Nivyabandi about sexual violence, reparations and resilience in the DRC. If in Montreal, please join us!

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HAPPENING NOW! Four of our research fellows are actively participating in the International Conference on Africa at the Intersection of Climate, Migration & Health Challenges at Ghent University, November 28- 29. #conference #Africa #Migration #Conflict #Health #Nexus

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"How the World Keeps Failing Eastern DRC": CRG’s @kvlassen.bsky.social and @ethuin.bsky.social offer an incisive analysis of the humanitarian crisis in the DRC. Read the full article here: www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202... #humanitarianaid #DRCongo #conflictstudies

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HAPPENING TOMORROW ( Nov.26) If you're in the area and have some free time, don't miss this! @drmmartind.bsky.social will be talking about gender and climate change—join her!" For more details, click here 👉🏻 www.linkedin.com/posts/care-b... #gender #climatechange #feminism #crg #conflictstudies

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