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Welcome to the Conflict Research Group

The Conflict Research Group (CRG) is a multidisciplinary research unit at the Ghent University (Faculty of Political and Social Sciences). We are primarily interested in the micro-level dynamics of civil conflicts and concentrate both on the impact of civil conflicts on local communities, and on the links between local and global dimensions of conflict. CRG's crosscutting analysis has led to the comparison of different geographical case studies, from Asia and sub-Sahara Africa to Latin America. Our research centres around three clusters: resources, governance and humanitarian aid.

New Events

Tuesday, 20 December 2011, 12:00

Between fascination and science: research among rebels and positionality (Methods and Ethics in Fieldwork)

Martin Doevenspeck (Social and population Geography, University of Bayreuth)

Meeting Room, CTWS, Universiteitsstraat 8, Ghent

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Report Launch

Lessons from MENA: Appraising EU transfer of military and security equipment to the Middle East and North Africa

An Vranckx

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New Publications

Displacement in post-war Southern Sudan: Survival and
accumulation within urban perimeters

MICROCON Research Working Papers 57

Anne Walraet

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Obama takes on the LRA: Why Washington sent troops to Central Africa

On: Foreign Affairs

Mareike Schomerus, Tim Allen & Koen Vlassenroot

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Diamond mining, rice farming and a 'Maggi cube': A viable survival strategy in rural Liberia

In: Journal of International Development

Gavin Hilson & Steven Van Bockstael

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Team America's jacht op Joseph Kony

In: De Morgen

Koen Vlassenroot

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'Honderd soldaten veranderen niets aan humanitaire crisis'

In: Mo*

Kristof Titeca & Koen Vlassenroot

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Grey zones and first families: the reality of everyday violence in Central Asia

In: Open Democracy

Bruno De Cordier

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Diamonds, rice, and a 'maggi cube': Artisanal diamond mining and livelihoods in Liberia

Steven Van Bockstael & Koen Vlassenroot (eds.)

Lessons from MENA: Appraising EU transfers of military and security equipment to the Middle East and North Africa

An Vranckx, Frank Slijper & Roy Isbister (eds.)

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A companion volume to:

Retoric or restraint: Trade in military equipment under the EU transfer control system

An Vranckx (ed.)

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Peace Maybe: Joint evaluation of conflict precention and peace building in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Emery Brusset, Koen Vlassenroot et al.

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Impact of international donors' new policy agenda on project collaboration between community-based women organizations and NGOs in the Kibera slums of Nairobi

In: Afrika Focus

Sophie De Feyter

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De Deconstructie van de zaak Ai Weiwei

Ruddy Doom

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