Research
The range of research undertaken by members of the society is reflected in the streams for the 2010 annual conference:
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.’