An international inter-disciplinary conference.
Many thanks to all who attended the CRS Conference 2010. The conference once again provided an important space to share ideas, practice, and to engage in critical debates over how conflict is understood and dealt with.
The conference had a far-reaching array of presentations, and attendees from a number of different institutions from around the globe. Reflecting on this, the CRS website will continue to grow and incorporate new ideas, link researchers together, and be a focal point for peace and conflict research in the UK and beyond. Keep tuned to the website for future developments
Tuesday 7th - Wednesday 8th September 2010
Conflict Research Society and Bradford Department of Peace Studies
University of Bradford, Bradford, UK
Contact: Gordon Burt, g.j.burt@open.ac.uk
Penultimate Programme (new 24/08/10)
Arriving at the conference and moving about Bradford (new 24/08/10)
Notes about sessions
(new 24/08/10)
Call for Papers and Sessions
Book of abstracts (draft)
Registration form
* The African Union's Continental Early Warning System: Methodological and operational contributions from conflict research
João Gomes Porto (Bradford Department of Peace Studies)
* Peace must be writ larger: transforming global conflict
Diana Francis (former President of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation)
* Panel on the Oxford International Encyclopedia for Peace
Nigel Young and others
* Cedric Smith Prize presentation
* Discussion forum for peace and conflict research centres
* Around fifty presentations in parallel streams from 9.15 am on the Tuesday to 14.00 on the Wednesday (and possibly till 17.00).
* Informal social gathering on the evening of Monday 6th September, 5pm onwards.
* Conference dinner, Tuesday 7th September
* AGM of the Conflict Research Society The conference embraces theory, evidence and practice – it invites presentation and discussion. It seeks to bring together developments in the ‘real’ world and developments in academic understanding … topical issues and enduring issues. Moreover it recognises the existence of disagreement: concepts, theories and approaches can be contested. Carrying forward the work of the annual conferences we have been running since 2003, the 2010 conference covers the following areas:
Stream A, fields traditionally associated with peace and conflict research:
Global and regional systems; regional and local conflict; politics and international relations; peace science; security studies; defence studies
Stream B, academic disciplines and spheres of society relevant to peace and conflict:
Psychological, sociological, cultural, linguistic, political, economic technological, military, geographical, environmental aspects. Humanities and science approaches.
Stream C, practices of conflict transformation:
Conflict prevention; Conflict resolution; Conflict transformation; Community peacemaking; Development; Developing a community; Disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration; Empowerment; Establishing a culture of harmony; International cooperation; International development; Mediation; Negotiation; Non-violent protection; Participation; Peacebuilding; Peacekeeping; Peace processes; Post-conflict building; Power sharing; Reconciliation; Repartitioning; Restorative justice; Self regulation; Sustainable peace.
Stream D, conflict and complexity
This stream builds on the work of our previous two conferences which were co-hosted with the Conflict Analysis Research Centre at the University of Kent and had the theme of ‘Conflict and Complexity’ – the complexity of contemporary conflict and the contribution to our understanding of complexity science.
Stream E, non-‘standard’ sessions:
Although the core of the conference will consist of ‘standard’ 30-minute presentations, we also wish to encourage offers of non-‘standard’ sessions.
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