Workshops

Experts' Meeting, June 2005

The TWE project team held an experts' meeting in June 2005. The sponsor of the event, the International Peace Academy, has produced a report on the papers and discussions (PDF) that took place over the three day meeting. This was conducted in partnership with the International Peace Academy as part of the Security-Development Nexus Programme. Participants included the TWE team members, other academics, practitioners and UN staff. The conference discussed the key themes and case studies of the research in order to influence next steps for the team.

 

TWE Team Meeting, November 2005

TWE Team Meeting, University of Bradford, 8 November 2005. This was to review work in progress and discuss the special issue of Conflict, Security and Development, edited by Neil Cooper and Mike Pugh. Jeremy Ginifer reported on his recent work in Northern Uganda and how IDP (internally displaced people) camps were proving a source of income for the rebels. Jenny Pearce spoke about her work on oil and conflict in Colombia. Mandy Turner outlined the controversy surrounding DFID, private consultants and the water privatisation agenda in Sierra Leone. And Neil Cooper presented his recent paper, “Picking through the pieces of the liberal peaces”, published in Security Dialogue, which assesses different perspectives on the ‘liberal peace’.

 

TWE Academic-Policy Workshop 2006

‘How to promote economic change in war-torn societies’, 19 May 2006, School of Oriental and African Studies, London. The aim of the workshop was to bring academics and policymakers together to discuss lessons learned from research and practice. The purpose of which was to (a) contribute to ongoing research and (b) identify new research areas of relevance for policymakers and field workers. A report of the workshop is available in .pdf format.

Presentations

• Cooper, Neil, 'Black holes, Havoc and Why Everything is Security and Everything is Development', Plymouth University, 15 November 2006.

• Cooper, Neil, 'The Debate on War Economies: An Overview', King's College London, 16 November 2006.

• Cooper, Neil, ‘Resource Regulation in West Africa’, Transformation of War Economies, University of Plymouth and the International Peace Academy, Experts’ Seminar 16-18 June 2005, Plymouth, Devon.

• Cooper, Neil, 'Framing Warlords and Blaming Victims: Representations of Conflict Economies and the Implications for Policy', Paper presented at the conference on: Post-Conflict Peace Building: Lessons Learned and Future Strategies, Geneva, 11-14 October 2004.

• Cooper, Neil, 'Security, Underdevelopment and the Regulation of Resources', Seminar paper presented at the University of Plymouth, 15 Nov. 2005.

• Cooper, Neil, 'Conflict Economies and the Liberal Peace', paper presented at the Department of War Studies, King's College, Nov 16th 2006.

• Goodhand, Jonathan, Neil Cooper, Michael Pugh, ‘Conflict and Development: Peacebuilding and Post-conflict Reconstruction’, Presentation of Evidence in Public, House of Commons International Development Committee, London, 10 May 2006. Read their evidence here.

• Goodhand, Jonathan, ‘Border Games on the Afghan Frontier’, Presentation to the BISA International Development and Governance Research Group, University of Bristol, 29 September 2006.

• Goodhand, Jonathan, ‘Shadow Economic Activity in Afghanistan’, Transformation of War Economies, University of Plymouth and the International Peace Academy, Experts’ Seminar 16-18 June 2005, Plymouth, Devon

• Kent, Gregory, University of Plymouth: ‘Diaspora Contributions to Peacebuilding’, Transformation of War Economies, University of Plymouth and the International Peace Academy, Experts’ Seminar 16-18 June 2005, Plymouth, Devon

• Pugh, Michael, Discussant: Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Western Balkans at a Crossroads, ‘Brainstorming Session with Paddy Ashdown’, University of Oxford, 26-27 April 2006.

• Pugh, Michael, ‘Why a merger of peacebuilding and development would reform rather than transform war-torn societies’, Fourth Count Bernadotte Memorial Lecture, United Nations Association, at Royal United Services Institute, London, 31 June 2006.

• Pugh, Michael, ‘Are Economic and Social Reforms in Competition? Participation in Forum on SwissAid, Sarajevo, 9 June 2006.

• Pugh, Michael, ‘Normative Values and Economic Deficits in Post-Conflict Transformation’, Hellenic Centre for European Studies (EKEM) Conference on International Security Peacekeeping and Peacemaking: Global and Regional Perspectives, Delfi, Greece, 16–17 June 2006.

• Pugh, Michael, ‘Success in Southeast Europe?’, Transformation of War Economies, University of Plymouth and the International Peace Academy, Experts’ Seminar 16-18 June 2005, University of Plymouth, Devon

• Pugh, Michael, ‘Crime and Capitalism in Kosovo’s Transformation’, Paper presented at International Studies Association Conference, Hawaii, March 2005.

• Pugh, Michael, ‘Liquid Transformation in the Political Economies of BiH and Kosovo’,
  Paper presented at International Studies Association Conference, Honolulu March 2005.

• Pugh, Michael, ‘The Political Economy of Peacebuilding: a critical theory
  perspective’, paper at International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Diego, March 2006.

• Spear, Joanna, ‘Political economy indicators for the success of DDR’. One of two non-government experts at roundtable on DDR and Establishing Political Economies of Peace in Iraq, State Department Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization with a video link to the US Embassy in Iraq. Chaired by Barbara Stephenson, Director of Planning, CRS.  Presentation integrated into Marcus Fisk’s (MNFI
  STRATEFF, Centcom) strategy for DDR in Iraq.  25 July 2006.

• Spear, Joanna, One of two experts at United States Institute of Peace (USIP) DDR metrics workshop run by Michael Dziedzic and Elon Weinstein on the link between successful DDR and political economies of peace, 8 September 2006.

• Spear, Joanna, “Diasporas and Peacebuilding: Early Work”, paper presented at the Culture in Global Affairs seminar, the George Washington University, April 28, 2006.

• Spear, Joanna, “Diasporas and Peacebuilding’, paper at International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Diego, March 2006.

• Turner, Mandy, Jonathan Goodhand, Neil Cooper, Michael Pugh: How to promote economic change in war-torn societies, TWE Policy-makers Workshop, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, 19 May 2006.

• Turner, Mandy, and Neil Cooper: The ESRC Transformation of War Economies Project, presentation to Rotary International Representatives, University of Bradford, 25 May 2006.