The Society holds meetings and occasional symposia in the UK. The principal such event is the Annual Conference, normally held in early September. From time to time the CRS is also involved in joint events with other organisations. Details of forthcoming events and archival material relating to some recent events will be found below.

Forthcoming Events in 2010

Theory into Practice: systemic approaches; mediation; consensus voting

A workshop run by Julie Lloyd, Isabel Phillips and Peter Emerson Saturday 20th March 2010, 10am-5pm
St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, London
http://www.stethelburgas.org/
The aims of this workshop are:
* to introduce three different approaches used in conflict situations;
* to provide academics with an opportunity to experience these approaches in practical terms;
to encourage discussion about the application and connections between the approaches.
Please notify interest in attending by 5th March 2010 to g.j.burt@open.ac.uk.

Fourth IMA International Conference on Analysing Conflict Transformation.
http://www.ima.org.uk/Conferences/4_analysing_conflict.html
June 28th-30th, St Anne’s College, Oxford:
Extended submission deadline for papers: 8th February 2010
[Note that this is not a CRS event but a number of CRS members are involved in it.]

Conflict, complexity and mathematical social science III
July 1st, 10am-5pm, London
We hope to bring together researchers in the three fields indicated in the title: in peace and conflict science and international studies; in complexity theory, modelling and simulation; and in mathematical biology, artificial intelligence, mathematical psychology, mathematical sociology, mathematical political science, mathematical economics, regional science, statistics, physics and mathematics.
Call for Papers: contributions will be accepted on the basis of a 200-300 word abstract which should be submitted by 31st March 2010 to g.j.burt@open.ac.uk.
Past conferences in 2009:
http://kn.open.ac.uk/public/getfile.cfm?documentfileid=14878
http://kn.open.ac.uk/public/getfile.cfm?documentfileid=15866

Modelling Social Conflict (workshop)
July 2nd, 10am-4pm, London:
Gordon Burt will present eight half-hour seminars showing how modelling in various academic disciplines can give an insight into social conflict. This is based on the book Conflict, Complexity and Mathematical Social Science, to be published later this year by Emerald Books.
Please notify interest in attending by 31st March 2010 to g.j.burt@open.ac.uk.
http://kn.open.ac.uk/public/getfile.cfm?documentfileid=16321

Peace and Conflict: an international interdisciplinary conference
Call for Papers and Sessions
Tuesday 7th - Wednesday 8th September 2010
Conflict Research Society and Bradford Department of Peace Studies
University of Bradford, Bradford, UK
An initial expression of interest would be extremely helpful. Contributions will be accepted on the basis of a 200-300 word abstract which should be submitted – very preferably before 31st March 2010 - by post or to g.j.burt@open.ac.uk.
Stream A, fields traditionally associated with peace and conflict research
Stream B, academic disciplines and spheres of society relevant to peace and conflict
Stream C, practices of conflict transformation
Stream D, conflict and complexity
Stream E, non-‘standard’ sessions
Presentation by winner of the Cedric Smith Prize for Peace or Conflict Research 2010
Discussion Forum for Peace and Conflict Research Centres
Guest speakers
Open Space